Harvey Elliott of Aston Villa(Image: Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

Despite enduring a challenging season in the Midlands, Harvey Elliott has been impressing Aston Villa coaches with his commitment during training sessions.

Elliott joined Villa on a season-long loan deal last summer, with the agreement stipulating that Villa would be obliged to make the move permanent provided the player made 10 appearances in all competitions.

He made five appearances for Villa in the initial weeks of the season, but was then sidelined for several months due to Unai Emery's doubts. In early January, Emery confessed that he had been avoiding playing Elliott so as not to activate the mandatory purchase option in the loan contract.

Recently, Elliott returned to Villa's squad and made substitute appearances against RB Salzburg and Brentford, bringing his total number of appearances for the Villans to seven.

However, it is believed that Villa's position on Elliott's future remains unchanged, leaving the player in a precarious situation with several months of the season still to go, reports Liverpool.com.

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