Joe Gomez attracting interest from Aston Villa

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Joe Gomez is the latest Liverpool player to have been linked with a move away. Gomez’s future is expected to depend on Liverpool’s defensive situation.If Ibrahima Konate remains at the club alongside fit and available options such as Giovanni Leoni and Jeremy Jacquet, he could become surplus to requirements.However, Liverpool may opt to retain him given his versatility and the number of experienced players expected to leave this summer.According to the Daily Mail’s Simon Jones, Aston Villa are among the clubs showing interest in Gomez.

The Englishman is Liverpool’s longest-serving current player, having joined from Charlton Athletic in 2015.He has played a key role in Liverpool’s success over the years, winning multiple trophies, but injuries have limited him to 274 appearances across 11 seasons.In the 2025/26 campaign under Arne Slot, Gomez made 31 appearances in all competitions (16 starts), including just six Premier League starts. Gomez said: “I think anything can happen.

I’ve only got a year left so I don’t know but whatever is meant to be will be, I guess.“But I’m so grateful to have had this time here at this club. All I can do is be thankful and we’ll see.”Gomez has mainly provided cover at centre-back and right-back for Liverpool this season, operating behind the first-choice pairing of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.Liverpool’s defensive options are set to be strengthened this summer with the arrival of £60m French defender Jeremy Jacquet from Stade Rennais, while Giovanni Leoni is returning from an ACL injury, and there are also high hopes for young Senegalese defender Mor Talla Ndiaye.Capped 15 times by England, Gomez previously came close to leaving for Newcastle United in a £45m deal, while AC Milan also showed interest in January.