Harvey Elliott explains 'shut up' celebration after Liverpool transfer exit rumours

Harvey Elliott scored the winning extremity for Liverpool arsenic they bushed Lille 2-1 and the 21-year-old sent a connection astir his aboriginal astatine the nine with his celebration

Harvey Elliott has insisted helium volition not beryllium leaving Liverpool successful the January transportation model aft scoring the victor arsenic they beat Lille successful the Champions League.

The extremity was Elliott's 2nd of the play and helium celebrated by making a 'shut up' gesture, signalling his intentions to stay astatine Anfield contempt rumours claiming helium could beryllium connected the determination this month.

Elliott has yet to marque a Premier League oregon Champions League commencement since recovering from a breached foot, which kept him retired of enactment for astir 3 months, but the 21-year-old wants to enactment astatine Liverpool.

"I deliberation it's beauteous wide to beryllium honest… I'm not leaving," Elliott told Amazon Prime erstwhile asked astir his celebration. "I said it successful an interrogation the different day, this is my team, this is my club, I'm a monolithic instrumentality and we are successful a large presumption truthful acold this season."

Presenter Gabby Logan interjected: "So you're shutting them up basically?" Elliot past replied: "Yes, without saying thing connected societal media. To beryllium honorable I didn't truly spot each the stuff, determination were conscionable a fewer things, similar my friends person said a fewer things, calling maine up left, close and centre and saying 'you're going here, present and here', and it's the archetypal I've heard of it.

"It [speculation] is ever going to hap successful January, particularly aft being retired for a agelong clip and not truly playing arsenic overmuch arsenic I privation to, but that's football.

"I've had conversations with the gaffer, but astatine the aforesaid time, I request to recognize the situation. The squad is flying - we are archetypal successful the Premier League and Champions League. For maine to spell successful and accidental I should beryllium starting it would beryllium silly of myself really.

"You cognize what the reply is going to be. I request to enactment diligent and erstwhile I americium getting opportunities, nevertheless agelong it is, conscionable bask the moment, particularly aft being injured for 3 months astatine the commencement of the season.

"I conscionable privation to bask my football, and erstwhile a accidental comes, I request to amusement the gaffer that if I americium needed, I americium ready." Elliott's extremity earned Liverpool a 2-1 triumph implicit Lille and ensured Arne Slot's broadside person advanced straight into the circular of 16, on with Barcelona.

"We are blessed that we are apical eight," Slot said. "This league array doesn't archer you anything. Maybe the fig 24 is amended than the fig 16, but the 16 had an easier draw. We privation to beryllium top, but we person to hold and spot if it's an advantage."

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