Sam Tighe

environment where people who love the game regardless of their sexuality i mean the world has moved on it does not if this is these are the standards in men's football they do not reflect the standards in in the world in the workplace in general not saying homophobia is eradicated it isn't but it should reflect what is happening in real life in that specific country and clearly it doesn't

Sam, it's your debut on the show, and you're a Villa fan, so I can't pass up the opportunity to ask you about Harvey Elliott.

I'm a big fan.

He's one of my favorite players.

Arne Slott, who I also like, doesn't seem to like him very much, which is why he sent him on loan to Aston Villa.

Unai Emery, who I have massive respect for professionally, but I think he's a bit of an oddball as a person, shares Slott's view because he never plays the guy, and he's on loan at Villa.

Where do you stand?

What happened?

y'all don't have any money.

You're under a settlement agreement with Villa.

And what?

And you think you're going to go sign Lucas Paqueta for 60 million as opposed to Harvey Elliott for zero?

This is what I struggle with because Olave and Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes, two of those three I know personally,

are very smart people.

Very smart people.

So I'm sure they did sit down and said, is there some kind of solution here?

My solution would be bring him back.

He's not allowed to play for anybody other than Liverpool or Villa this season.

Yes, okay.

He could go to Mauritius on holiday too.