Why Harvey Elliott is not playing for Aston Villa vs Liverpool after transfer exit

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He has been named in the squad on four other occasions, but has been left on the bench each time. Although he left Liverpool in the summer, it was on an initial loan deal, meaning he is ineligible to face what is still his parent club for the time being.

Harvey Elliott has made just five appearances since joining Unai Emery's side (Image: Aston Villa FC via Getty Images) Villa does have an obligation to make Elliott’s move permanent next summer, although even that may be in doubt now, with the clause subject to the England U21 star making a certain number of appearances for his new club this season. The number has previously been reported to be just 10 appearances, but should he continue to find himself out of favor with Emery, Elliott could in theory end up back at Anfield next summer.

Explaining why he has left Elliott out recently, Emery said last week: "I am being very, very demanding of myself to choose in each match the players to start and the players in the bench, and firstly it is always trying to get the best performance collectively, through individual players. "This is the main reason he is not playing the last matches minutes, but he has to continue working like he is doing in the training session and of course getting his confidence in the performance we need through him."Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.