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Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott is being linked with a January switch to Elland Road as the player looks to get his career back on track.
Once touted as one of the most exciting young players in the Premier League, Elliott has had a torrid couple of years after struggling to get any game time, in a large part due to being a victim of circumstance.
Loaned out last season from Liverpool to Aston Villa, Elliott played just nine times for Villa, with manager Unai Emery not wanting to trigger a clause in the deal that would have seen Villa required to pay a substantial £35m transfer fee to sign the player permanently. As a result Elliott spent a lot of the season on the sidelines and was sent back to Liverpool this summer, who then arranged a loan switch to Valencia, where he has failed to make a breakthrough.
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The 23-year-old has made just six substitute appearances in la Liga so far this season, totally just 152 minutes of action. Now, according to reports Valencia look set to terminate the loan deal in January, sending the player back to Liverpool.
With Andoni Iraola seemingly not wanting the player, Liverpool look like cashing in this January and will look to sell. According to Football Insider, Leeds are in the frame and are a possible destination for the former England under-21 international.
Elliott had been a Liverpool regular under Jurgen Klopp and was earning rave reviews for his performances. Only last season while at Aston Villa, former England midfielder Owen Hargreaves said the attacking midfielder had the potential to be as good as Arsenal star Martin Odegaard.
"I think Harvey Elliott can eventually go on to be a player as good as Martin Odegaard," said Hargreaves. "I think technically he’s fantastic, he hasn’t had the opportunities at Liverpool obviously, because they had so many players. But I think centrally, he’s a fabulous player."