Liverpool weigh Salah successor as Robertson exit and contract calls shape summer
Liverpool confirm Rhys Williams will leave on a free. The 25-year-old made 19 senior appearances in 2020-21. Konate talks have not progressed, Gomez future uncertain, while Alisson and Van Dijk are expected to stay.
Arne Slot is expected to remain and add Etienne Reijnen. RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande is a leading option to replace Salah. Alisson expected to remain, Konate contract unresolved. £60m Jeremy Jacquet arrives at centre-back.
Harvey Elliott will return to Liverpool for pre-season in 2026 with two years left on his deal after a stalled Aston Villa loan, and could seek another move, potentially in the Premier League or abroad.
Alexander Isak addresses Liverpool fans after a tough season and pledges improvement following the final game.
Liverpool’s likely Champions League opponents for next season are taking shape, with fresh threats confirmed ahead of the group-stage draw.
BBC Sport grades Liverpool’s £415m 2025 window of Isak, Wirtz, Ekitike, Kerkez, Frimpong and Leoni after a 24-point drop and a final-day Champions League clinch, with none starting vs Brentford.
Liverpool’s 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha joins England’s pre-World Cup camp but can still switch nations under 2021 rules. Eligible for France, Nigeria and Guadeloupe, he may feature in US friendlies.
Inter push to sign Atalanta wing-back Marco Palestra regardless of Denzel Dumfries’s €25m clause. Liverpool have held talks with Dumfries’s agent but no offer yet, with a decision likely after the World Cup.
Gabriel Magalhaes wins a readers’ Defender of the Season vote. Virgil van Dijk places third with 7% after a mixed Liverpool campaign.
Liverpool are plotting a major forward rebuild, eyeing a high-cost Salah successor after seeing off Bayern interest to shape a £340m front line.
Andy Robertson reflects on a trophy-laden Liverpool career, says securing Champions League before his exit mattered, calls the week ‘really difficult’, and pays tribute to Jordan Henderson and Caoimhin Kelleher.
Tottenham are in advanced talks to sign departing Liverpool captain Andy Robertson on a free, but Juventus have made a lucrative offer as the Scotland left-back decides his next move.
One year after the title parade attack in Liverpool, victims describe lasting trauma from Paul Doyle’s car rampage that injured more than 130 supporters.
Liverpool’s new Adidas home kit debuted vs Brentford, with fans noting the shirts and shorts appeared different reds on TV, though the contrast is said to be less visible in person.
Liverpool could target relegated-club talents, with names including Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville among possible cut-price options to bolster attack.
Liverpool, after farewells to Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, have opened talks to sign a teenage prospect likened to Rio Ngumoha.
