What Arne Slot REALLY thinks about Harvey Elliott after deadline day move | OneFootball

Liverpool parted ways with several of their Premier League title-winning stars over the summer.

Right at the end of the transfer window we saw Harvey Elliott depart for Aston Villa. Although officially a loan deal, it appears the new Villa No9 is destined to complete a permanent move for around £35m next summer.

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It brings the curtain down on six years at Anfield for the 22-year-old - who won two Premier League titles among other honours during his Anfield tenure.

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Elliott established himself a a crowd favourite on Merseyside - despite the relative lack of playing time afforded to him by Arne Slot. He enjoyed only TWO league starts last season - both coming after the title win was wrapped up.

Elliott contributes richly in final full season

The England under-21 star was doomed to play even less football this term following the arrival of Florian Wirtz - with the German as well as Dominik Szoboszlai and Mo Salah ahead of him in the pecking order.

But he goes having contributed richly in his last full season at Anfield. He played a big part in a vital win against Brentford in January and scored some big goals in the Champions League too.

As well as netting against Lille and PSV, it was Elliott who supplied the winner in a memorable encounter away at Paris Saint-Germain the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Arne Slot deeply impressed with Harvey Elliott

Although PSG ended up putting Liverpool out on penalties following the second leg, the Reds pushed them closer than most last season - thanks in part to Elliott’s goal in the Parc des Princes.

And according to a new report in the Athletic, Arne Slot used that goal as a teachable moment for the rest of his squad.

With Elliott’s game time at a premium, he battled for every minute he got and was held up by his manager as a template of how to behave when things aren’t going your way.

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Elliott "put the team first"

“When he returned to the away dressing room at Parc des Princes, there was a warm ovation from his team-mates, who were informed by Slot that Elliott was a shining example of how someone who was frustrated over not playing more often should conduct himself,” the report reads.

“He always parked his own personal disappointment and put the team first.”

Liverpool will be losing that as a result of Elliott’s exit - not to mention a bonafide Liverpool fan in their ranks.

It’s a gutting outcome for the boyhood Liverpool supporter - but no doubt he will be getting the first-team football he so richly deserves. Let’s hope those on the fringes this season learn from his example.