Good post. Hard to argue.Elliot engenders a lot support / sympathy for his situation and I get why. He clearly loves the club and he's not without talent by any means.
I think what most are saying in this thread is come on, let's be realistic. We are in four competitions, sure, but we're talking about keeping a supposed 40M asset around to play in the domestic cups and maybe get the odd sub appearance here and there.
There are clubs that keep young players hanging about (like Chelsea and Real Madrid) but I don't think it's in either ours or Elliot's best interests to do this. The best way forward as things stand - given the actual reality of the situation (not the reality we wish) - is to sell with a buy back clause because unlike most players, I reckon if Elliot did manage to properly establish himself somewhere and we wanted him back, he'd come.
You havnt changed.
You prick