Harvey Elliott has not been included in Aston Villa’s squad to face FC Basel
19:05, 10 Dec 2025
Harvey Elliott has struggled for game time at Aston Villa after signing from Liverpool(Image: Shaun Brooks – CameraSport via Getty Images)
Unai Emery has confirmed that Harvey Elliott has not travelled with the Aston Villa squad to face FC Basel in the Europa League.
The Villa boss also revealed that he has spoken to the Liverpool loanee on several occasions about his lack of playing time.
Elliott has made only five appearances for Villa this season, but he would become a permanent member of Emery’s squad for £35 million if he reaches 10 appearances.
He has not featured in any of Villa’s last seven Premier League matchday squads, although he had been included in the teams for their previous five European fixtures this term.
“We are speaking with him and about his situation. He is not here with us,” Emery said in his pre-match press conference. “Hopefully we can get the best for him and the best for us.
“I respect him as a player and as a person. He is training well, but we have one circumstance with him.
“Hopefully we can get a solution for him to try to play consistently and try to continue in his career with us or not.”
“I have spoken with him two or three times about the situation we have with him,” Emery added. “Firstly, my decision and also the situation. He is on loan playing with us, but he is not definitely adding to us with a permanent contract.”
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