Aston Villa will face Manchester City in this round of the Premier League's focus game, but new aid Harvey Elliott was not selected from the squad announced before the game. British media talkSPORT revealed that his transfer mandatory buyout cla...
Aston Villa will face Manchester City in this round of the Premier League's focus game, but new aid Harvey Elliott was not selected from the squad announced before the game. British media talkSPORT revealed that his transfer mandatory buyout clause is about to take effect.
Havery Elliott will not get any playing time at Aston Villa for the fourth consecutive game. The midfielder, who was on loan from Villa for a season from Liverpool, was not included in the squad for Villa's game against Manchester City.
As part of Elliott's signing agreement on the transfer deadline, if the midfielder reaches 10 appearances this season, Villa must pay 35 million pounds to complete the permanent transfer. Currently, Elliott has made 5 appearances on behalf of Villa in various competitions.
talkSPORT also learned that it was then sporting director Monchi, not Emery, who pushed Elliott to move to Villa Park. The game against Manchester City was the first time since Elliott made his debut against Everton on September 13 that he was neither on the bench nor in the starting lineup.
Before Emery abandoned Elliott completely, he publicly praised the 22-year-old player's attitude and commitment in training. However, the Villa boss believes Elliott's performances so far are "not good enough" to be included in his starting XI.
"I have very, very high requirements for my selection of starting players, bench players and substitutions in every game. The first goal is always to obtain the best collective performance through individual players," Emery said at the pre-match press conference.
"Havery is the No. 10 player in our system. He has played some games but is still adapting to how to integrate his personal abilities into our system and tactical requirements. "
"Of course, he trains well and his commitment is very high. , but his performance (so far) is not good enough. At the same time, we have other players who can play at No. 10 and they are doing well. I have different options. "
"This is the main reason why he has not been able to get playing time in recent games, but. He has to keep working hard like he did in training and get the confidence back with the performances we need. "
Emery added: "I think his characteristics are suitable for playing the No. 10 position. He might also be able to play on the right, like John McGinn, but that would take more time to get used to. When I originally signed him, it was with the idea of him playing as a number 10, performing at his level and playing consistently for us. But there are other players out there who can do the job. "
Elliott made his Villa debut as a substitute for 19 minutes in the 0-0 draw with Everton. Then in the League Cup against Brentford, the 22-year-old got his first starting opportunity and scored Villa's first goal of the season, but the team eventually lost in a penalty shootout.
In Villa's 1-0 Europa League victory over Bologna, Elliott did not get a chance to play, but returned to the starting lineup in the subsequent Premier League game against Fulham. However, against the Cottagers, Elliott was substituted at half-time and Villa won 3-1.
On October 2, he came on as a substitute for 4 minutes against Feyenoord, which was Elliott's latest opportunity to play. In Villa's subsequent three games against Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and the Advance Eagles, he sat on the bench and did not appear.
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