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  • 25/06/2025
Will Rooney looks at who could be heading for the Anfield exit this summer.

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00:00In terms of players leaving Liverpool this summer, obviously, you know, Trent's gone, Keller has gone as well.
00:09You know, players where you feel there are still a number of players in the Liverpool side that would have wanted first team minutes.
00:16And they're, you know, just finding themselves falling short because the players who are competing in their position are just, you know, had a much better season and a much better output than them in general.
00:26So who could leave Liverpool? Is there still, you know, moments, obviously, Harvey Elliott has been vocal about his playing time, you know, on international duty as well.
00:35He wants to make sure that he's getting some Premier League minutes, you know, probably more than last season as well.
00:41Yeah, Elliott's an interesting one now with where it's coming in, as you say.
00:46Where does the future lie for him? Because he sees himself as a number 10.
00:50And he's not going to play on the right wing because Mo Salah's there.
00:54I don't really think he's a winger either. I think he is a number 10.
00:57And Harvey Elliott's maybe looking at this and thinking, I might have to move on.
01:02Maybe Liverpool could install a buyback clause like they are doing with Gerald Kwanza going to buy a Leverkusen.
01:09Liverpool, look, even though they're having a big summer in terms of spending, you know, say £200 million at least now with the goalkeeper Marmitash Vili coming in as well as Frim Pongwert and Milos Kierkez.
01:23It's still going to balance the books. It's still going to be run sustainably.
01:26So, Elliott, you could get a good fee for, say, Alexander Arnall, Keller has gone, Kwanza has gone.
01:34You're looking at Darwin Nunes. I think everyone accepts it after three years at Liverpool.
01:39It just unfortunately hasn't worked out.
01:43And it's just a struggle for consistency.
01:47There's been some brilliant moments of his Liverpool career.
01:50You think of that double off the bench at Newcastle and you're down to 10 men.
01:53The one at Brentford earlier this season coming off the bench and scoring two late goals.
01:58But he's just struggled to find real cast-iron consistency.
02:02And three years, I think, is long enough to judge everyone.
02:06I think maybe last season we were saying, well, one more year, we'll give it.
02:10And it just hasn't worked out.
02:12He started eight Premier League games this season, which says it all, really, for a player who arrived for £64 million initially.
02:22I don't think Liverpool hit the £85 million that caused reach.
02:25But it's just, you can't say that Liverpool fans haven't given him a chance at how they've always stood by him.
02:31So I think he's one who will move on.
02:34And then with Kerkers coming in, one of their left backs, Andy Robertson, or Costa Simakas,
02:40I think Liverpool would probably rather keep Andy Robertson.
02:43Because I don't think Kerkers has initially been coming in to be starting week in, week out.
02:49I think it'd be rotated.
02:50He'd have to learn a little bit.
02:53And Robertson, his experience would be invaluable in the dressing room.
02:57But he might not want to play fewer minutes, especially with the World Cup coming up.
03:03And he might want to go and experience something else at Atletico Madrid, if not Costa Simakas.
03:08Does he want to go and play regular football elsewhere?
03:11So this decision's to be made on a couple more players.
03:14And just one more is Federico Chieda.
03:16You would be surprised if he stays at the club.
03:21Arrived last year as, I don't want to say a gamble,
03:25but I think more of an opportunity to buy him for £10 million.
03:29You know, a couple of years ago, we should get talked about as a £100 million player.
03:33And he's just had his injury issues.
03:35He hasn't broken into the team.
03:37And I think, fair enough, he'd probably want to go and play football again.
03:41Another one who would want to be, you know, in the World Cup next summer.
03:44So they'd probably be looking at that, raising funds,
03:47and then maybe they might dip into the transfer market again.
03:51Centre-back will be a priority now,
03:53or Gerald Quanta leave and talk about Mark Gahey.
03:56Can Liverpool get the right price for him?
03:58Did he go and look at other options?
04:00And then maybe a striker as well,
04:02depending on what Arna Slough fancies.

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