Michael Edwards could possibly be set for an imminent return to Liverpool, and which will have implications for 3 senior gamers in Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
Fabrizio Romano posted on X within the early hours of Sunday morning that the 44-year-old is ‘near’ rejoining the Anfield membership in a broader function than the sporting director place that he beforehand held.
Based on Soccer Insider, ought to that come to move, it may imply that gamers within the 30+ age bracket resembling Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk (whose present contracts expire in 2025) and Andy Robertson (2026) are much less prone to be supplied long-term offers on huge wages once they’re up for renewal.
One of many major sticking factors between Edwards and Klopp at Liverpool up to now was their variations of opinion over contract provides for ‘ageing’ gamers.
With the 44-year-old set to be handed a larger diploma of management than in his earlier time with the membership, he’s set to have an even bigger say over contractual issues in comparison with whoever is available in as our subsequent supervisor.
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Salah (31) and Van Dijk (32) are Liverpool’s two highest earners on £350,000 and £220,000 per week respectively (Capology), so pragmatically you possibly can see why Edwards could also be reluctant to supply them long-term contract extensions on comparable cash if he returns to the membership within the coming days.
Nevertheless, contemplating how essential each gamers nonetheless are to the Reds on the pitch, it’d be kamikaze stuff to easily let their present offers expire or put them up on the market.
Soccer Insider‘s report means that an excellent compromise could possibly be discovered whereby the duo are stored on at Anfield past 2025, safeguarding their speedy futures with out committing large sources on two property who – for his or her undoubted brilliance – will naturally depreciate in worth all through the remainder of the last decade.
Robertson is barely youthful (he turns 30 tomorrow) and earns considerably much less (£100,000 per week), so there could also be a viable chance that he nonetheless receives a sizeable contract extension, though that would rely upon how necessary Edwards view the Scotland captain to Liverpool’s long-term future.
Hopefully an answer may be discovered whereby all three gamers are nonetheless with the Reds for an additional few years whereas becoming into the wage construction that the membership’s powerbrokers may search to implement.
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