Press conference'He deserves a big compliment' – Arne Slot on Harvey Elliott's Liverpool contribution
Arne Slot praised Harvey Elliott for his contribution to his Liverpool team after the midfielder completed a season-long loan move to Aston Villa on deadline day.
The 22-year-old was part of the Reds' squad to lift the Premier League title last season under the head coach's guidance.
That triumph added to a previous title winner's medal for Elliott in 2019-20, alongside his role in securing two Carabao Cup trophies, an Emirates FA Cup and the FA Community Shield.
Ahead of Liverpool's Premier League trip to face Burnley on Sunday afternoon (2pm BST kick-off), Slot spoke about the decision to allow Elliott to exit the club on loan.
"[That's] another positive thing, I think," the boss told his pre-match press conference. "Not only Harvey, but if I look at Luis Diaz [and] how he hit the ground running at Bayern Munich.
"It's a big, big, big compliment for our performance staff and the people that work in this building. Every time a player leaves - Tyler Morton does really well at Olympique Lyonnais - so that tells you how we bring players through other clubs.
"Harvey is in a very good place, going to a very nice club with Aston Villa. I think it's in the interest of everyone when he didn't get the playing time he probably deserved for the quality player he is.
"He conducted himself always so well. It wasn't only when he said that this was his club that he wanted to say this to the fans. He acted [the same] inside [the club] - with him not playing so much - he was always doing what was in the best interest in the club. He deserves a big compliment for that.
"I know everyone always talks about Mo [Salah], Virgil [van Dijk] and the others if we win the league. But players like him were definitely also the reason why we could win it, because he always was positive if he had to play five or 10 minutes, he helped the team. That is partly the success of the team is [that] the ones that don't play that much have the right mindset.
"I think he is completely ready now to show the quality he has at Aston Villa."