It’s rare in the UK but I wonder if there’s a good faith clause in the deal?
It’s highly questionable what else was on table on deadline day, because the player also needs to accept it.
Why did it take so long also says something about Elliott’s stock on the market. After all the little hype about him being best player at the U21’s Euros.
It’s not a shit deal objectivelly on paper, but it’s a rare case where different circumstances led to the player ending up in a shit position.
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Not sure if such a thing would be incorporated if the deal was done in good faith between two ‘honourable’ clubs… but you are right, there might well be 
To me anyway, Villa have obviously got ‘buyers regret’, but with injuries and poor form coming into the latter stage of the season, and European qualification becoming a priority, Emery needs all available resources to see the season out… looking at Harvey he needs a way to play him, without wanting him at Villa next season… A case of Unai ‘Del Boy’ Emery :0)
My presumption is that there can’t be one otherwise Emery’s public statements on the position would be a clear breach.
Which would beg the question, why wasn’t there one given what has played out should have been reasonably foreseeable?
Didn’t he join Aston Villa at a time when Rogers was in terrible form and they hadn’t scored, or even really had a meaningful shot, in the first four games? I’m not sure why Elliott would be being called unrealistic for thinking he could play there.
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I think Villa wanted everything in the arrangement to lean heavily in their favour from the get-go. They may have cited a concern re injury record of Harvey, and whether he could remain fit and firing. Maybe they put it across they wanted to establish first hand his fitness durability… Bottom line remains though, Villa are the culprits here in these tactics, and as far as Harvey is concerned, LFC can only look at where they have got their side of the bargain wrong… Even if they brought him back now, Slot is unlikely to consider him for selection anyway…
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