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Kostas Tsimikas has revealed there is a “temptation” to play more regularly, which would invariably involve leaving Liverpool this summer, but suggested in a recent interview that he is happy with a back-up role at Anfield.

“I'm happy here, for five years I've always been happy with these players I had by my side and with the jersey I wore.

“But for me the 27-29 games I play every year in all competitions are more than playing 40 for another team and in another league.



Kostas Tsimikas earned a first Premier League winner's medal this season.

If you think about it, not all players play 50 games; some play 50, others 10, others play five.

“I think 27 games I played on average over the last four years is a good number.

“I would definitely like to play more, but from then on in this league, with this team, I was always happy and I always gave my best

Tsimikas started 18 games this season for Liverpool

Despite his backup role, the defender made 29 appearances in 2024/25.

He started 18 matches, half of which came in the Premier League, while Tsimikas started in five of the Reds’ eight Champions League matches in the league phase.

“If I go back five years, that's why I came to such a team, to such a championship, to win something that no one had done before,” Tsimikas explained.

“I am very happy because the Premier League was one of the main goals I had, along with the Champions League, from the first day I was here.

“I can't describe how I feel