Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits one “regret” he has about his final season at the club centres around his use of England U21 international Harvey Elliott.
The 21-year-old has made 117 appearances, around half of which have been off the bench, since his making his Liverpool debut in 2019 and his 51 games this season is the most in a single campaign as he has made a more significant contribution in midfield.
“If I regret one thing…”
Recent performances have shown Elliott at his best and Klopp, who will move on in the summer after the final two games of the season, said he wished he could have played him more.
“It’s not like I go back and think ‘Where did we go wrong here and there?’ but if I regret one thing a little bit it’s that Harvey didn’t play often enough maybe,” he said.
“It’s not that I go back and think, ‘OK, what did we all do wrong? ‘ But if I regret one thing a little bit, it’s that Harvey didn’t play often enough maybe,” Klopp said in May 2024.
“Because in a very important, intense period – January, a lot of injuries – he played really good. He was probably our best player – right wing, right midfield, all these kinds of things.
“Everybody came back and he had minutes here, minutes there and he didn’t start anymore.”
What has Arne Slot said about Harvey Elliott?
Arne Slot and Harvey Elliott (Credit:Getty)
In May of 2025, Slot explained why Elliott did not feature as often as the player may have liked.
“Harvey is one of the players who hasn’t had as much playing time as he maybe deserves, but like some others he’s in competition with so many good players that mainly I’ve chosen,” Slot said.
“Also partly because he was injured for a long time and I’ve been honest with him, the first part after he came back from his injury he wasn’t the same as he was before his injury.
“But the last few months he’s back to his old level again.”