Harvey Elliott responds to Liverpool exit rumours | OneFootball

Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott insists he wants to stay and fight for his place in the team amid speculation over a potential move away.

The 21-year-old hasn't started a Premier League game since May and missed two months of the current campaign with a broken foot.

The former Fulham midfielder became an increasingly prominent figure for Liverpool towards the end of Jurgen Klopp's tenure but hasn't been able to build on the positive pre-season he enjoyed under Arne Slot.

Brighton & Hove Albion and Borussia Dortmund have both been linked to Elliott, potentially offering a loan move away from Anfield, but the player remains committed to the Premier League leaders and instead wants to force his way into Slot's thinking.

"Liverpool is my club, Liverpool is my team. I want to fight for my place, fight for my position in the team," Elliott said, quoted by The Athletic. "I am going to do what it takes and help the team out when it’s possible. It’s down to me to put in the effort, the hard work, the desire, to achieve that. I am not going to give up. I am going to keep fighting and who knows what might happen.

“It’s just friendly conversations: ‘Is there anything I need to show you to get more game time? Is there anything I need to work on specifically?’ We have had those conversations," Elliott continued, revealing he's spoken to Slot about what needs to change.

Elliott wants to impress Slot and earn more regular minutes / Michael Regan/GettyImages

"It’s not just me, it’s other lads as well who maybe haven’t played as much as they want probably doing the same thing. I need to keep my head down and wait for my opportunity.

"I was out with an injury at the start of the season. I don’t expect to come in and play straight away. I want to help my team out as much as I can. Help the club out. Do everything I can."

Elliott admitted that he feels he can improve "physically" and that doing so may help him to be more a effective member of the team: "We have players in the team who are unbelievable at it. In terms of Darwin, Curtis (Jones), people like that, constantly pressing, constantly running around.

"It is something that I can do but I need to get into a rhythm of doing it and making it effective. Not just doing it for the sake of doing it."