Chris Sutton believes the Liverpool legend will have no problem adapting to life back in Scotland when his time at Anfield comes to an end
Andy Robertson's contract at Liverpool runs out at the end of the season
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Chris Sutton believes Andy Robertson would be a great signing for Celtic. It comes after the Liverpool legend confirmed that talks are yet to begin over a new deal to keep him at Anfield past this season.
The 31-year-old is able to speak to clubs outside England about a potential pre-contract agreement from January 1. The speculation on the Scotland skipper’s future builds on interest in him from Atletico Madrid last summer and following the £40m arrival of Milos Kerkez to Liverpool.
And the ex-Blackburn Rovers striker has indicated that a move to the Scottish Premiership could be a potential option for Robertson, a boyhood Celtic fan who was released by the club as a teenager, when he eventually leaves Merseyside.
While talking on the Record Celtic Podcast, former Parkhead hero Sutton said: “Robertson has that experience and has that quality and has that know-how.
“So, I think at 32 (he turns that in March), he could stroll back to Scotland.
“And I’m not saying that he will necessarily find it easy all the time, but he’s too much quality for if he came available.”
Sutton, who won the 1995 Premier League title with Blackburn after a dramatic final day at Anfield, has also questioned Kerkez's start to life at the Reds.
The Hungary international was named in the 2024-25 PFA Premier League Team of the Year after an outstanding campaign at Bournemouth.
But the 22-year-old has struggled to translate that form to the home of the defending champions and in recent weeks he has lost his place to Robertson.
And Sutton said: “Arne Slot brought Kerkez in to replace him (Robertson). What happened at the weekend? Kerkez was the sure-fire starter at the start of the season.
“You know, they spent a fortune on him. And all of a sudden at the weekend, Manchester City, Andy Robertson is back in the team. And I suspect he’ll get a lot more game time at Liverpool.”
Robertson himself has recently revealed some details about his contract situation, emphasising that he doesn’t want the public sagas that team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah had last season.
"I think last season everyone was bored of talking about the three lads (Salah, Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold), but for me the relationship between me and the club has been a wonderful one," he said.
"Whatever happens will happen behind closed doors and I'm relaxed about the whole situation.
"If it is my last year, then it's my last year. If it's not, then so be it.”
Robertson added: "That's what happens when you go into your last six months. I'm just trying to focus on football now.”