There’s no doubt set to be change at Liverpool this summer with the ending of Jurgen Klopp’s historical reign at the club. It will also be a big change for the squad members as we’ll see which players will buy in to the new era at Anfield.
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00:00 Exciting times ahead for Liverpool, a new era after this young club. It could be quite a big summer, it could be quite an interesting summer where more players go.
00:13 We are yet to see, of course. But in terms of the contract situations at the club, who's looking towards the end of the contract?
00:22 Obviously the big one, Mo Salah. What can you tell us is the latest with Liverpool's contract situation?
00:28 It's an interesting one in terms of contracts at Liverpool because the players who are, you probably expect are going to be moving on.
00:36 This summer, Thiago Alcantara is one that there's little hope that he'll be handed a new deal. It looks virtually impossible.
00:45 The midfielder, for all his quality, all of his silky skills, etc, he just hasn't been fit.
00:53 He played once for Liverpool, that was a five-minute cameo away in Arsenal where he ended up finishing at centre-back after Liverpool had had a man sent off.
01:02 When he arrived from Bayern Munich in 2020, I think it was a real top sign.
01:11 It was different for Liverpool because he was a player who was in his prime and Liverpool don't normally go out and get players like that.
01:17 They normally get players who are on their upper care. For the most part, his hand-feel career just hasn't stayed fit enough and it's been absolutely horrific for him.
01:26 For the best part of a year now, he's won a pair. That's 21-22 season. He was voted in the PFA team of the year.
01:34 He only played 25 times in the Premier League. That shows how good he was that season.
01:38 It looks like he's moving on. Joel Matip is an interesting one. He's been out since December.
01:45 When he did his ACL, Ian Clopp said he expected the club to show the class and hand Joel Matip a new deal.
01:52 I wouldn't say just yet that Matip will be leading the club. It's an interesting one really.
01:59 You would like to think that FSG maybe will give him a deal if he wants to, because he might look at a new manager coming in and think,
02:06 'Do I want to prove myself? I'm 32-33 now. Do I want to maybe go elsewhere and play more football?'
02:13 He was playing a fair bit before he got injured. It was just unlucky. It might just be the balls in his course, basically, in terms of what he does for his future.
02:22 You've got Adrian, the third-choice goalkeeper. If Adrian wants to stay, I dare say that Arnie Slott, who's coming in, would probably say, 'Yeah, that's fine.'
02:30 He'll be a third-choice goalkeeper. He's experienced, goes around the group, knows the club.
02:36 He needs an experienced keeper for a third choice or maybe to fit homegrown rules.
02:44 You think, 'You've been great, but we're going to go and get an older English keeper,' say, maybe like Manchester City and Scott Carson do.
02:51 Those are the three out of contract this summer. Maybe two of them might stay, but it's up in the air really.