IBRAHIMA KONATE and the Liverpool FC players huddle ahead of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase Day 6 game between FC INTER and LIVERPOOL FC at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. Liverpool won the game 1:0.
IBRAHIMA KONATE and the Liverpool FC players huddle ahead of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase Day 6 game between FC INTER and LIVERPOOL FC at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. Liverpool won the game 1:0.
Liverpool have several first-team contract situations unresolved.
The Athletic’s James Pearce has written that there is unlikely to be a quick resolution for Virgil van Dijk or Alisson Becker.
Van Dijk and Alisson are among five senior players whose contracts expire in the summer of 2027. The others are Joe Gomez, Wataru Endo and Kostas Tsimikas.
Van Dijk, 35, said there is “nothing to report at the moment” after Sunday’s 3-1 win at Crystal Palace. He added that he is “not in any panic whatsoever”.
Alisson, 34, said his will is to stay. He said his agent is talking with the club, but he has not held talks himself.
Alexis Mac Allister’s contract runs until 2028. In September he said the club told him it was not in a position to offer a new deal.
That backdrop affects one more player.
Pearce reports that it seems unlikely that goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili will accept to be a backup to Alisson for another season and could push for a move away from Anfield at the end of the season.
“Giorgi Mamardashvili has shown signs of improvement but has yet to convince that he has what it takes to be Alisson’s long-term replacement. Would the 26-year-old Georgia international accept another year as backup? It seems unlikely.”
Liverpool agreed a deal worth around £30m with Valencia for Mamardashvili in the summer of 2024. He spent that season on loan at the Spanish club.
He played 20 times in all competitions last season, including ten Premier League games to cover for the injured Alisson.
Pearce said on The Athletic’s Walk On podcast in September that if Alisson stays, Mamardashvili is unlikely to accept being a backup for a third successive season.
Liverpool have also signed 18-year-old Belgian goalkeeper Lucca Brughmans from Genk in a deal worth up to £30m including add-ons. He stays at Genk on loan this season and joins Liverpool ahead of the 2027-28 campaign.
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