Mo Salah shares touching tribute to Harvey Elliott after move to Aston Villa

Mohamed Salah has shared a touching tribute to former Liverpool team-mate Harvey Elliott after he completed his move to Aston Villa.

Salah, 32, offered his best wishes to Elliott, 22, after the England youngster joined Villa on an initial loan - although a £35million obligation to buy has been included in the deal.

There is a possibility that the pair could be reunited in the future as Liverpool have included sell-on and buy-back clauses as part of negotiations.

Unai Emery's side were able to fend off competition from Bundesliga side RB Leipzig, while Elliott also turned down moves to West Ham and Fulham earlier this summer.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Salah wrote: 'You’ll be remembered for your loyalty and dedication every time you were called upon.

'You leave as a champion, and I’ve got no doubt you’ll do big things at your new club. They are lucky to have you.'

It comes after Salah called for departing Liverpool players to be shown respect on Wednesday as the club talisman took aim at a post shared by a major fan account.

Liverpool fan platform Anfield Edition, which has over 500,000 followers on X, lauded the club's summer transfer business in a post on Tuesday,

The account focused on the big-money signings of Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, who joined for £125million and £116m respectively.

In praising the transfers, the account shared the message 'Name a bigger upgrade in footballing history', with the new signings compared to departing stars Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez.

Diaz left Liverpool in a £65.5m move to Bayern Munich, while Nunez's underwhelming spell at the club came to an end when he joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal for £53m.

Salah came to the defence of his former team-mates, with the Liverpool star highlighting their contribution to Liverpool's title success last season.

'How about we celebrate the great signings without disrespecting the PL champions?' Salah wrote.

Salah's comment received the backing of several Liverpool fans, who noted Diaz and Nunez's contributions to their title winning campaign last season.

'Even as they left us, they will always be remembered of there influence in the team. Champions always,' one wrote.

'Spot on, Mo,' another added, with a third posting 'As it should be, brother. Let's stop the comparison'.

Another fan commented 'The King has spoken, stop the disrespect'.

Anfield Edition later responded to Salah, writing 'Whilst we acknowledge Mo Salah, it wasn’t the intention to disrespect, more to highlight the incredible transfers this summer. But we’re sorry, Mo Salah.'