Andy Robertson signs new long-term contract with Liverpool

The Scottish left-back has become one of the most important players in Jurgen Klopp’s set-up over the last few years.

Andy Robertson with Liverpool; Credit: Twitter@andrewrobertso5
By Karthik Raman | Aug 24, 2021 | 3 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

First team left-back Andy Robertson has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool. The defender finalised the deal at the AXA Training Centre on Tuesday. Since joining the Reds from Hull City in the summer of 2017, Robertson did not take much time to settle down at Anfield. The 27-year-old quickly became a mainstay in the Starting XI. He has won the Premier League, Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup. Notably, he has made 177 appearances for the club to date and was appointed captain of Scotland in September 2018.

“Obviously when the negotiations started and it looked as if my future was going to be here longer term than what it was, then I think it’s no secret that I’m happy at this club,” Robertson told Liverpoolfc.com. “I want to stay at this club for as long as possible and to extend my stay, it’s always a happy time for me, for my family. We’re settled here, we love everything about this football club and I’m glad that the journey is continuing.”

Another Red signs a long-term deal

He becomes the fifth member of Jurgen Klopp’s squad to commit his future to Liverpool in recent weeks, following Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk. “Those four players are probably as good as a new signing, signing them for another how-ever-many years they’ve signed. Obviously other teams are spending quite big and things like that and we’ve got Ibou [Konate] in who has settled in magnificently, but tying these players down to hopefully their best years ahead of them is key,” Andy Robertson added.

“So obviously it’s great to have them all signed up, who knows what will happen, who knows who will be next, but this squad is a competitive squad. We all love playing with each other, we all love being in a changing room together and keeping that together is sometimes more important than adding new faces.

“Look, new faces will come and go, they already have done. But we’re building as a squad and it’s important that we keep on improving and adapting as a squad and I feel as if we’re doing that still and as long as that continues then we’ll be in a good place. The moment it stops, that’s maybe the moment when we need to change. But I believe that we’ve got the characters in there [so] that will never stop.

Andy Robertson wants more trophies

Speaking about his journey, Andy Robertson also emphasised his desire to keep winning more trophies with Liverpool. “When you sign for a massive club, I still remember the day as if it was yesterday when I signed here and obviously you have ambitions to become a regular player for Liverpool, to win trophies for this club, to do everything else but the way it’s gone has been excellent,” he continued.

“But since the very start of my career I’ve always been one to look forward: that’s in the past, that’s something that I can sit down with the people who want to listen to me when I’ve hung up my boots and retired and I can tell them all the stories that we’ve already made. But I’m certainly one, and I know a lot of people in this training ground just now are people to look forward and people [who want] to create more history, more stories.

“Hopefully people get bored of me when I’ve retired and I can sit down for hours and hours and tell them about all the stories! They’re certainly building up but I want to make more and obviously hopefully starting with this season. We want to achieve more, we want to bring hopefully more trophies, more happiness to this club. The only way of doing that is by working hard and having the same application that we have done since day one.”





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