What must happen for Harvey Elliott to return to Liverpool in January

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Unai Emery’s reluctance to select Elliott has left the Liverpool loanee in no-man's land. He is not here with us,” Emery explained last week ahead of Villa’s Europa League clash against Basel.

“I have spoken with him two or three times about the situation we have with him,” he added. He is on loan playing with us, but he is not definitely adding to us with a permanent contract.” Elliott has struggled for minutes this season (Image: Getty Images) Evidently, there’s little desire on Villa’s part to trigger the terms that will make the transfer permanent.

Elliott could return to Liverpool in January (Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images) Clearly, the Villans won’t stand in the player’s way if he wishes to return to his parent club, but complicating matters is the lack of a release clause inserted into the loan arrangement, which is customary in the majority of season-long deals. Liverpool.com understands that for Elliott’s loan at Villa to be cut short, new terms would have to be negotiated with Liverpool.