Liverpool transfer news: Arne Slot makes £40m decision which could seal significant Reds profit

Liverpool person reportedly slapped a £40m terms tag connected the caput of attacker Harvey Elliott, who is connected the radar of Borussia Dortmund and Brighton & Hove Albion.

The 21-year-old started Saturday's 4-0 FA Cup third-round win implicit Accrington Stanley, but helium has often been overlooked for a spot successful Arne Slot's archetypal XI this season.

The sojourn of the League Two broadside saw Elliott commencement a competitory crippled for conscionable the 2nd clip this season, aft playing the afloat 90 minutes successful December's EFL Cup quarter-final triumph implicit Southampton.

A ft fracture ruled the erstwhile Fulham starlet retired for 2 months earlier this season, restricting him to conscionable 10 appearances successful each tournaments, though Slot has been loath to spot him successful the Premier League.

Elliott has racked up conscionable 43 minutes from 7 top-flight appearances successful the existent campaign, and adjacent though his declaration runs until 2027, his deficiency of crippled clip has led to speech of a January exit.

Liverpool to request £40m for Elliott?

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Both Dortmund and Brighton are said to person been alerted to Elliott's situation, but according to The Sun, Liverpool volition request astatine slightest £35m and perchance up to £40m to merchantability him this month.

Such a interest would correspond a staggering nett connected the £1.4m that Liverpool paid Fulham to bring Elliott to Merseyside successful 2019, since erstwhile helium has contributed 11 goals and 14 assists from 129 matches crossed each competitions.

The 21-year-old has demonstrated his versatility during his five-and-a-half years astatine Anfield, featuring arsenic some a fig 10 and right-sided attacker, but contention for some roles astatine Anfield is intense.

Mohamed Salah is the outright first-choice connected the right-hand side, portion Federico Chiesa enactment his fittingness woes down him with a stunning archetypal extremity for the nine successful the clash with Accrington.

Meanwhile, Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai are competing for starts successful the astir precocious midfield presumption implicit Elliott, who past extended his declaration backmost successful the summertime of 2022.

What has Slot said astir Elliott's situation?

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Asked astir Elliott's deficiency of playing clip earlier the triumph implicit Accrington, Slot suggested that the winger was inactive rediscovering his champion signifier aft his lengthy layoff earlier successful the season, saying: "He's a talented player, he's been with america for truthful long.

"In caller weeks, helium comes successful rather a batch and gets immoderate minutes, but similar it is for him and each the others, helium is successful contention with the different players. He's been unlucky with wounded and was retired for a agelong time.

"What I've seen until now, with astir each of our players that person been retired for rather a while, is that successful this league, it is not truthful casual to travel backmost and beryllium astatine your champion immediately. I spot this with each of our players.

"That is the equilibrium we person to find, to springiness playing clip to get them backmost to their champion level but inactive to beryllium capable to triumph each game. Our margins are perpetually small, but if you're 5-0 up, you tin springiness players fractional an hr oregon a half, but that is not the mode we person been winning games."

Elliott made a affirmative content successful Saturday's success, though, portion 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha besides caught the oculus with an energetic performance connected his elder Reds debut.

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