Liverpool have confirmed that Bobby Firmino, Naby Keita, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will all go away the Reds when their contracts expire this summer season.
The announcement was made on the membership’s official web site and Twitter channel at 5pm, with the latter stating that ‘particular acknowledgements will likely be paid to the quartet at Anfield, with additional tributes to observe on the finish of the season’.
LFC’s official assertion confirming the quartet’s departures concluded: ‘All 4 gamers will depart with our gratitude and appreciation for the contribution they’ve made.’
There was no additional element given as to what the ‘particular acknowledgements’ at Saturday’s house sport in opposition to Aston Villa will likely be, though some specifics could also be revealed nearer to the time.
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With all 4 of these gamers spending between 5 and eight years at Liverpool, there’s a definite ‘finish of an period’ really feel to their simultaneous departures from the membership.
Firmino and Milner got here in 2015 and pre-date Jurgen Klopp’s arrival at Anfield, with the duo making virtually 700 appearances mixed for the Reds (360 and 330 respectively) and scoring a cumulative 135 objectives (Transfermarkt). Their exits go away Joe Gomez as the one Brendan Rodgers signing remaining in L4.
Ox arrived in 2017 and accrued 18 objectives in 146 appearances, whereas Keita joined a yr later and netted 11 occasions in 129 video games for the membership (Transfermarkt).
The figures for these two gamers would have been a lot increased had each not been by quite a few accidents, and whereas they might want to have featured extra recurrently, they nonetheless made memorable contributions throughout their time on Merseyside.
The quartet have performed 965 occasions between them for Liverpool, with Klopp shedding an enormous quantity of expertise from his squad, and all 4 performed a component within the Premier League and Champions League triumphs underneath the German.
There had appeared an inevitability for a while that they’d be leaving, however now that it’s been confirmed by the membership formally, all 4 can count on a heat send-off once they characteristic for the ultimate time with the Reds at Anfield this coming weekend.
You may see the tweet confirming the quartet’s departures from Liverpool under, through @LFC on Twitter:
We will verify Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will go away the membership upon the expiry of their contracts this summer season.
Particular acknowledgements will likely be paid to the quartet at Anfield, with additional tributes to observe on the finish of the season.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) Could 17, 2023
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