00:00Liverpool's pre-season with Wrexham offered a useful glimpse into the early stages of preparations ahead of a demanding campaign
00:12for Liverpool.
00:13While the result provided a positive outcome for the Premier League side, the focus was less on the scoreline and
00:21more on building fitness and testing tactical ideas and giving players valuable minutes as well.
00:30For the Reds, this pre-season offers an opportunity for new manager Andoni Iriola to test out his new tactics
00:38and take a look at all his players.
00:41Rio Ingemoa has played a key role so far this season and Liverpool fans will be hoping the youngster will
00:47play a bigger role next season.
00:50One of those players that the new manager will be looking at is Harvey Elliott.
00:54He had a very difficult season last year with Aston Villa.
00:59They'd previously arranged a loan with an obligation but Harvey Elliott didn't make enough appearances for Aston Villa for that
01:08loan to go through.
01:09So he's back with Liverpool enjoying pre-season and here is what the young player had to say.
01:15You know, whether that's staying here and fighting for my place or whether that's potentially going elsewhere, I'm still unsure
01:23at that moment in time until I get some more intel.
01:27But, you know, I'm really happy to be back, you know, since the first day I walked through the door
01:31at AXA, I've had a big beaming smile on my face and, you know, as I was saying before about
01:36putting a shirt on, you know, I don't want to take these moments for granted because, you know, last season
01:41I thought it was the last opportunity I'd done it.
01:43And, you know, I'm back here now, I'm wearing, you know, the strip again and putting a shirt on and,
01:48you know, I just want to be free and just play as much as I can and just enjoy it
01:54because sometimes I don't feel like I do it enough.
01:58But, you know, playing at Liverpool, there's no better feeling.
02:00Didn't I Emery explain the situation to you?
02:03Sit down and explain it through so you were clear what was going on last season with him?
02:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:08He explained it, you know, very, very clear and, you know, a fair few times.
02:16The whole club were very apologetic within the situation and, you know, ultimately it was a situation that I couldn't
02:22control as long as I just knew 100% what the case was and what the situation was.
02:29It was like, OK, I can, you know, get over it.
02:31I know what the situation is now.
02:33It was just about me handling it and showing my professionalism and, you know, hopefully I've done that within the
02:40club.
02:40You know, I'm that kind of guy who wanted to kick up the fuss and, you know, cause problems because,
02:45you know, no one really deserves that.
02:47It's just all part of football and, you know, for me, as I said, it's a learning curve and an
02:51opportunity that I hope I don't experience again.
02:54But, you know, it's a situation where I know if I've been able to get through it, you know, I
02:58can do it again.
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