Liverpool cannot afford to lose dressing room leader - but the decision should be his

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December was a significant month in Andy Robertson's Liverpool career, but whether this will be his last one at the club remains to be seenWhile there’s still plenty of time left in Andy Robertson’s career, it is fair to say the modern-day Liverpool legend, at 31, is closer to the end of it than he is to the start.And when the day comes for the Scotland skipper to sit back and reflect on what he’s achieved in the game, November 2025 will be significant, as last month was the month he led his country to their first World Cup finals in 28 years. I hate not being involved.“I believe in myself and I always felt I could be out there contributing, so being up in the stand, watching the game with my family, wasn’t a nice experience.“I was a real pain to be around, to be honest.

I hadn’t come through an academy system, where boys are used to being in and out; I’d worked my way through the ranks and was used to playing matches.“When I got my chance, I knew I had to take it.”That chance arrived on December 2, 2017. I know the age I’m at this is my last chance of a World Cup and I couldn’t get my mate Diogo Jota out of my head today.

We always discussed what it’d be like going to this World Cup and I know he’ll be somewhere smiling over me tonight."I couldn’t get him out of my head the whole day so I was in a bit of trouble in my room. Or as a former Reds full-back Jason McAteer suggested recently, when addressing reports linking Robertson to his boyhood heroes Celtic, perhaps it should rest with the player himself."It is a funny one with Andy Robertson and Liverpool, really,” said McAteer, "I think from how he has served Liverpool in his career, I think it will more be a case of Liverpool giving him the option.