Why Andy Robertson should be offered a new Liverpool contract

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With Kostas Tsimikas out on loan, Liverpool’s academy left-backs suffering from injuries and Milos Kerkez far from ready to take the left-back shirt permanently, now is the time for Robertson and Liverpool to agree a new contract. What Andy Robertson has said about a new contract With Ibrahima Konate also out of contract at the end of the season, Liverpool could do without the circus that followed the club around during the last campaign, which eventually ended in Trent Alexander-Arnold departing.

“That’s what happens when you go into your last six months.” Andy Robertson is a safer option than Milos Kerkez The hasty decision to install Kerkez as Liverpool’s first-choice left-back has now been reversed by Arne Slot, who is benefitting from having one less project to think about, as evidenced by Robertson’s performances against Aston Villa and Real Madrid. Andy Robertson’s weekly wages Of course, the argument made above for playing Robertson over Kerkez is of sound reasoning in the short term.

Kerkez is still in line to be Robertson’s successor, but the need to introduce him slowly has become obvious since the beginning of the season. In a time when new players are still settling and the squad is changing, Robertson’s residence could be as vital as ever.