Harvey Elliott set to move to Valencia on season-long loan
Harvey Elliott is expected to join Valencia on loan for the remainder of the season, BBC Sport reported on 31 August 2026. The move is described as a loan for the rest of the campaign rather than a permanent transfer.
Elliott is 23 and spent last season on loan at Aston Villa, where he made only one Premier League start. He signed for Liverpool from Fulham in 2019 at the age of 16 and spent the 2020-21 season on loan at Blackburn Rovers in the Championship.
Valencia finished ninth in La Liga last season and did not qualify for Europe, and the club had been working to find a financially viable way of making the loan deal work. The Spanish club want Liverpool to cover half of the midfielder's wages as part of the arrangement. It remains unclear what the exact wage split will be.
Sources indicate there is no option or obligation for Valencia to buy Elliott in the terms of the loan deal. Negotiations over the financial details have continued as the clubs finalise paperwork ahead of the deadline.
Elliott featured regularly during Liverpool's pre-season under new head coach Andoni Iraola but has subsequently been left out of the club's first two Premier League squads. The midfielder's contract with Liverpool runs until 2028 and he is a former England Under-21 international.
Meanwhile, Liverpool defensive midfielder Stefan Bajcetic has joined boyhood club Celta Vigo on a permanent deal. Elliott is yet to undergo a medical at Valencia and La Liga's transfer window closes on Tuesday at 23:00 BST.
