Harvey Elliott’s future at Liverpool has turn out to be more and more unsure after Melissa Reddy’s replace.
The England youth worldwide has been largely restricted to cameo appearances in Arne Slot’s opening season in cost at Anfield.
Extra to the purpose, the previous Fulham academy prospect has seen his total time on the pitch lower considerably after selecting up 2,786 minutes in 2023/24 beneath Jurgen Klopp.
Intriguingly, the now-Crimson Bull chief publicly admitted he felt he hadn’t given the footballer sufficient minutes final time period.
His Dutch successor has as a substitute handed Elliott solely 583 minutes on the pitch (throughout all competitions), while selecting to rely extensively on Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch.
Participant
Minutes in 2024/25 (all comps)
Harvey Elliott
583
Dominik Szoboszlai
2,887
Alexis Mac Allister
3,081
Ryan Gravenberch
3,516
Harvey Elliott might be offered this summer season
Reddy now stories, inside the wider context of Trent Alexander-Arnold’s seemingly transfer to Actual Madrid this summer season, that Harvey Elliott might be offered if there’s a ‘good supply’ for his companies.
“The membership have made Alexander-Arnold profitable presents to stay, however they perceive the attraction of a brand new problem, a recent life and way of life expertise, and the lure of being a Actual participant,” the reporter knowledgeable Sky Sports activities.
“Liverpool have protected him, not permitting questions over his future as he’s wrestled with what’s an emotionally charged choice to make.
“The membership know it could be hypocritical, for instance, to be irritated by Alexander-Arnold leaving for Madrid when supply could be accepted this summer season for Harvey Elliott – a participant who turned the behemoths down as a result of he wished to name Anfield his residence floor.”
There are nonetheless over two years remaining on the 21-year-old’s phrases on the pink half of Merseyside.
Do Liverpool want extra substantial midfielders?
There’s a faculty of thought, significantly inside the context of the Premier League, {that a} midfield comprised primarily of bodily diminutive midfielders represents a drawback.
Given Elliott’s restricted minutes this time period beneath Slot, it could seem that our 56-year-old head coach would agree at the very least partially.
At any fee, we’d should think about this to be the case provided that our No.19 has been a particularly dependable presence off the bench for Liverpool in 2024/25.
Six purpose contributions (4 targets and two assists) have been supplied at a fee of 1 purpose or help each 97.16 minutes – a fairly impeccable report for a midfielder it must be mentioned.
We’re probably not positive what else Elliott might do to show himself to his new boss.
Finally, the very fact Slot would relatively run the likes of Szoboszlai and Co. into the bottom speaks volumes as to his degree of belief within the younger midfielder.
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