Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott has confirmed he plans to remain and struggle for his future at Anfield this summer time.
The 22-year-old, a boyhood Liverpool fan, has managed 24 appearances throughout all competitions this season, however the overwhelming majority of these have come as a late substitute. In whole, Arne Slot has handed him 651 minutes at a mean of simply over 27 minutes per look. None of his 14 Premier League outings have come as a starter.
His restricted function noticed Elliott admit he has been “indignant and pissed off” at occasions this season and sparked strategies of a transfer away from Liverpool. It’s believed the Reds are ready to demand as a lot as £40m within the face of curiosity from Newcastle United.
Whereas Elliott admitted to the Liverpool ECHO that he can’t predict what his future might maintain, he made no try to cover his want to stay on the membership past this season.
“I hope that I can push on [next season],” Elliott mentioned. “That is my group, I’m dedicated to them and it is only a scenario that’s all the time going to have numerous discuss, I simply want to consider what’s greatest for my future, my profession and, as a lot as I need it to be right here, you by no means know what’s going to occur across the nook.
“If I had it my approach, that might be right here, I’d play every recreation right here and keep right here for the remainder of my profession however it all depends upon managers, the folks above and, as I mentioned, you do not know what might occur, however so far as I’m conscious I’m right here, right here to remain and that is the membership I need to be at.
“Hopefully I’m nonetheless right here to be trustworthy. It’s the greatest place to be, the most effective membership to be at and particularly having the followers round us in the mean time, I do not assume there’s a higher place to be enjoying.
“Gamers undergo ups and downs however on the finish of the day it’s a must to come out preventing and I believe it’s inside myself to make it occur. So hopefully I can keep right here for the remainder of my profession.”
Elliott’s season acquired off to a stuttering begin after a foot harm sidelined him between September and December, and he acknowledged the problem of making an attempt to drive his approach right into a settled midfield unit that was already dazzling in his absence.
“I believe it has been much more troublesome for me as a result of I clearly had that harm at first,” he defined. “However on the identical time, you should be right here for the group, work as arduous as you’ll be able to and when the alternatives come on the pitch.
“A whole lot of occasions this season it is nearly been [coming on] after we’ve been shedding or drawing, so it’s about making an attempt to vary the sport, try to flip it round and have a constructive influence. However, you realize, any minutes for Liverpool are wonderful.”
Experiences state Liverpool won’t actively look to promote Elliott, whose dedication to the membership in a fringe function is extremely precious, however “good gives” for a participant who price a complete of £4.3m when he joined from Fulham in 2019 could possibly be accepted.
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