Fabrizio Romano has revealed on Twitter that Adrian will stay at Liverpool for not less than yet one more season, with a brand new deal reportedly ‘signed’.
The £60,000-per-week goalkeeper (FBref) is amongst 5 gamers whose present contracts at Anfield will expire subsequent month (Transfermarkt), however whereas the others have all had their departures confirmed, the 36-year-old is about to remain put for the foreseeable future.
On Monday evening, the dependable Italian reporter tweeted: “EXCL: Adrian stays at Liverpool additionally subsequent season as new deal has been signed and will probably be unveiled quickly. He will likely be a part of Liverpool 23/24 crew.”
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Having not performed a single first-team minute for Liverpool for the reason that Group Defend 10 months in the past, and never even been included within the matchday squad for almost all of Premier League video games in 2022/23 (Transfermarkt), it could appear stunning that Adrian is staying on at Anfield.
Nonetheless, this might be a case of the membership masking their bases amid Caoimhin Kelleher’s hyperlinks with a number of top-flight outfits, and it’d be reckless within the excessive to enter subsequent season with just one senior goalkeeper if each the Irishman and the Spaniard had left and no one got here in to interchange them.
The 36-year-old has stepped up up to now every time Alisson has been unavailable, enjoying in 11 matches throughout our title-winning 2019/20 league marketing campaign (Transfermarkt).
Some Reds followers should be haunted by his pricey error within the Champions League defeat at house to Atletico Madrid that yr, however even one of the best gamers on the earth make errors on occasion.
Even when Harvey Davies is promoted as third-choice senior goalkeeper for subsequent season, the top-level expertise of Adrian might provide a priceless supply from which to hone his commerce on the coaching floor.
It’s completely wise from Liverpool to maintain the veteran round, amid the uncertainty over Kelleher’s future.
You may see Romano’s tweet under, by way of @FabrizioRomano on Twitter:
EXCL: Adrian stays at Liverpool additionally subsequent season as new deal has been signed and will probably be unveiled quickly. 🚨🔴✍🏻 #LFC
He will likely be a part of Liverpool 23/24 crew. pic.twitter.com/puhS6iuVJ7
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Might 29, 2023
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