{"id":671047,"date":"2026-01-03T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671047\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:26:11","slug":"romano-reveals-elliott-response-to-offer-as-aston-villa-flop-given-only-one-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671047\/","title":{"rendered":"Romano reveals Elliott response to &#8216;offer&#8217; as Aston Villa flop given &#8216;only one choice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed Aston Villa loanee Harvey Elliott\u2019s response to an \u2018offer\u2019 as he prepares to return to Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/harvey-elliott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elliott<\/strong> <\/a>has had a difficult 18 months as he fell in the pecking order at Liverpool last season and has also struggled at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Arne Slot preferred other players as Elliott only featured sparingly for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> <\/a>last term, but he did well in flashes and sparkled for England\u2019s U21s at the European Championships in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it was felt that Aston Villa pulled off a major coup by signing Elliott on loan with an option to buy for around \u00a335m in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>However, this move has gone poorly for all involved as head coach Unai Emery clearly is not an admirer of Elliott, who has only made one Premier League start this season.<\/p>\n<p>This means Elliott is likely to return to Liverpool this month, but he cannot play for another European club this month because he has already featured for two teams this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/mailbox-arsenal-sign-isak-replace-gyokeres-winning-pl-chatgpt-picks-better-man-utd-xi-amorim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal to sign Isak to replace Gyokeres after winning PL; ChatGPT picks better Man Utd XI than Amorim<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This leaves Elliott with limited options for the remainder of this campaign, but Romano revealed on Friday afternoon that he has attracted interest from MLS side Charlotte FC.<\/p>\n<p>He said on X: \u2018Charlotte FC are prepared to offer Harvey Elliott the chance to play on loan in MLS until June.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Elliott, likely to return to Liverpool after being unused at Aston Villa on loan. Decision up to the player.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Romano provided another update on Thursday night, claiming Elliott is not open to the idea of joining Charlotte FC.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018Harvey Elliott currently not taking into consideration a move to MLS at this stage of his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Charlotte FC to wait and try offer a loan move, but Elliott\u2019s not keen as of today.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong><br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-agree-transfer-reds-plot-78m-offer-real-madrid-rodrygo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0Liverpool \u2018agree deal\u2019 for \u2018huge talent\u2019 as Reds plot \u00a378m \u2018offer\u2019 for Real Madrid star<\/strong><\/a><br \/>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/semenyo-agreed-man-city-now-in-talks-sign-liverpool-target-extraordinary-demand-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00a0Semenyo \u2018agreed\u2019 as Man City now \u2018in talks\u2019 to sign Liverpool target with \u2018extraordinary\u2019 demand set<\/strong><\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-plot-extraordinary-move-wharton-van-hecke-wants-to-join-reds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool plot \u2018extraordinary\u2019 move for Prem star as another \u2018wants to join\u2019 Reds in 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Premier League CEO Keith Wyness, meanwhile, has explained why he thinks Elliott has \u2018only one choice\u2019 this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve obviously made a decision that Unai Emery just does not fancy him for whatever reason,\u201d Wyness told Football Insider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd his only option now is to go back to Liverpool, because he\u2019s already played for Liverpool and Villa, and he can\u2019t play for any more than two clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Liverpool is his only choice to go back, and we\u2019ll see where he goes. But I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be that costly for Villa to do it. But obviously a lot cheaper than actually making him a permanent member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame that didn\u2019t work out because I have a lot of respect for Harvey Elliott. I think he could be a really good quality player somewhere if given a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed Aston Villa loanee Harvey Elliott\u2019s response to an \u2018offer\u2019 as he prepares&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[102,748,393,4884,22689,225,179,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-671047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-aston-villa","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-harvey-elliott","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115830927085333241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}