Liverpool has three players away with England at the U21 European Championship at the moment: Harvey Elliott, Jarell Quansah, and Tyler Morton. And while all three are big talents, each of the trio could move on this summer.
Quansah, it appears, is set to join Bayer Leverkusen, while Morton drew interest from a variety of clubs around Europe last year, and has already hinted that he was frustrated at not playing a single Premier League game in the season just gone. Elliott, meanwhile, will have to make a difficult decision.
In Jurgen Klopp's last season in charge, the German said not playing Elliott often enough was his biggest regret. In the campaign that followed, though, he only made his first top-flight start after the Premier League title had already been confirmed.
It isn't known yet exactly what Arne Slot's plan is for Florian Wirtz, but the German playmaker plays in broadly the same areas as Elliott. Wirtz's best position is as a number 10, and if he doesn't play there, it will probably only be because of Dominik Szoboszlai.
While Elliott was unfortunate with an injury early on in Slot's tenure at Anfield, his chances were limited for the entirety of the rest of the season. Things can change quickly in soccer, but in a World Cup year, it would be a gamble to risk another similar outcome this time around.
Slot loves the pressing and energy that Szoboszlai brings to the table, and Wirtz has a similar level of endeavor. Elliott, though he will give 100 per cent whenever afforded the opportunity, simply isn't as fast and as physical.
Arne Slot watches on as Trent Alexander-Arnold comes off for Liverpool and Harvey Elliott comes on.
Arne Slot watches on as Trent Alexander-Arnold comes off for Liverpool and Harvey Elliott comes on. (Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
If Elliott was to move to, say, Brighton, Nottingham Forest or Aston Villa, just three of the clubs that have been speculated as possible destinations, then he would become an instant starter. He is good enough to play every week for the majority of Premier League clubs, which is why staying at Liverpool and risking being left on the bench shouldn't appeal.
There should be no shortage of options both at home and abroad, and if Elliott fancied a move to a different league, the likes of Jadon Sancho and more recently Scott McTominay has shown the benefits such a switch.
There are two options on the table: move on, and find a club where he can become the main man, or stay at Liverpool, and gamble that he can find a way to more regular minutes. The safer bet, unfortunately, appears to be the former, though Elliott does appear to have come to that conclusion himself.
"It's just a situation that me and the team have to have a conversation about," he said earlier this month. "I'm coming into an age now where I'm 22, I'm going to be 23 next season.
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"I don't really want to be wasting years because it's a short career. You don't know what's going to happen. I need to reflect. I need to see if I'm content in doing what I'm doing and how can I improve as a player because that's the most important thing.
"I just want to improve and be the best possible version of myself. If that's to go somewhere else, then it's a decision that I'm going to have to make, and I just need to see what happens.
"Nothing makes me want to leave. I love the club, I love the fans, the team. I support them as well. But most importantly, it's just about what's best for my career."
Elliott appears to be assessing his options, and reluctantly, that feels like the right move. He is simply too talented to be nothing more than a bit-part player.