Harvey Elliott has admitted there is a chance he may not be at Liverpool next season despite wanting to remain at Anfield.
The 21-year-old has endured a difficult season under Arne Slot and is yet to start a Premier League game since the Dutchman took over from Jurgen Klopp. An ankle injury in September set the campaign off to a disappointing start, one from which he has struggled to recover.
Elliott has played just 14 of Liverpool’s 34 league matches this season and only on two occasions has he featured for longer than 30 minutes. While the former Fulham man has had more impact in the cups – including three goals in the Champions League – Elliott has managed just one goal contribution in the Premier League.
The midfielder was linked with an exit in January bu t insisted after the Champions League win over Lille, a game he scored the winner in, that he has no plans to leave his boyhood club.
But recent comments suggest that looks less certain now and the decision could even rest with Slot.
“I hope that I can push on [next season],” Elliott told the Liverpool ECHO in an exclusive interview.
“This is my team, I am committed to them and it’s just a situation that is always going to have a lot of talk, I just need to think about what is best for my future, my career and as much as I want it to be here.
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“You never know what is going to happen around the corner. If I had it my way, that would be here, I would play each and every game here and stay here for the rest of my career but it all depends on managers, the people above and as I said you don’t know what could happen but as far as I am aware I am here, here to stay and this is the club I want to be at.
“Hopefully I am still here to be honest. It is the best place to be, the best club to be at and especially having the fans around us at the moment, I don’t think there is a better place to be playing.
“Players go through ups and downs but at the end of the day you have to come out fighting and I think it is within myself to make it happen. So hopefully I can stay here for the rest of my career.”
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On his lack of play time, Elliott added: “I think it’s been a lot more difficult for me because I obviously had that injury at the start.
“But at the same time, you need to be here for the team, work as hard as you can and when the opportunities come on the pitch.
“A lot of times this season it’s almost been [coming on] when we’ve been losing or drawing, so it is about trying to change the game, try and turn it around and have a positive impact. But, you know, any minutes for Liverpool are amazing.”
