Trey Nyoni
Trey Nyoni
Reports emerged this week that Liverpool are in advanced talks with Trey Nyoni over a new contract to reflect his progress at first-team level.
The Reds have been negotiating with the midfielder’s representatives for several months and are now believed to be close to reaching an agreement.
Liverpool opted not to pursue a replacement after Curtis Jones was sold to Inter Milan in August, believing Nyoni was ready to step up in seniority at Anfield.
The club rejected a £30m offer from Nottingham Forest late in the summer transfer window, and the 19-year-old has since become an important player for Andoni Iraola.
Nyoni made his full Premier League debut in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, impressing before being replaced by Dominik Szoboszlai in the second half.
His seven Premier League appearances this season are already one more than he managed throughout the entire 2025/26 campaign under Arne Slot.
He has racked up 12 appearances and scored once in all competitions for Liverpool so far this season. With more than three years remaining on his current deal, there is no immediate urgency for Liverpool to secure an extension.
However, the club are keen to ensure his progress and increased importance are recognised. Providing an update on his contract situation, Nyoni told Liverpool Echo: “At the minute I am just leaving to my agents to sort out.
“My main focus right now is playing football, performing every time I go on the pitch. The off the pitch stuff, I leave it to them to do.”
Nyoni, who scored his first senior goal for Liverpool in Wednesday’s 3-2 Champions League defeat to Fenerbahce, signed a new contract in June 2025.
However, the Reds are keen to reward the midfielder for the progress he has made over the past 18 months. He leads Liverpool’s squad for Opta-defined ‘defensive contributions’, averaging 13.3 per 90 minutes, while his 18.2 line-breaking passes are the most of any midfielder.
In the Champions League this campaign, where Nyoni has started three of Liverpool’s four group-stage fixtures, he has completed 92% of his passes under high-intensity pressure – the highest rate in the competition’s new format so far.
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