Andy Robertson: Liverpool defender to leave club at the end of the season

Liverpool defender Andy Robertson will leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires.

Robertson joined Liverpool from Hull in 2017 and in nine seasons has won two Premier League titles, a Champions League, the FA Cup and two League Cups, as well as the FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Community Shield.

Robertson, 32, has made 373 appearances for Liverpool but has been second choice this season after the £40m summer arrival of Milos Kerkez.

Robertson revealed it was difficult for him to leave Liverpool, despite having offers to do so. Tottenham were in discussions for the Scotland captain in the winter transfer window, but the £5m move did not happen.

He said: "It's never easy leaving a club like Liverpool, it has been a huge part of mine and my family's life for the last nine years. But for me, players move on, other people move on - the thing that stays the same is the club and obviously the fans.

"I've had an amazing nine years here. I think it has been well-documented, especially over the last year or so, I've had opportunities to leave and I've not taken them because of how difficult it is to leave this club. And I wouldn't change that for the world.

"But I know football moves on, I know teams move on and I think now is the time for me to move on and go. Wherever my next move is and wherever my career takes me, I'll always look back on amazing memories at this football club.

"I've put my heart and soul into the club for nine years and I've not got many regrets. I've grown as a man and as a person. This club will always mean the world to me, the fans will mean the world to me. It has been a hell of a journey."

Robertson follows Mohamed Salah, who also joined Liverpool in 2017, in leaving Anfield in the summer. Ibrahima Konate is also out of contract at the end of the season.

Trent Alexander-Arnold joined Real Madrid last summer, Luiz Diaz moved to Bayern Munich and Diego Jota tragically passed away as the famous Liverpool side of Jurgen Klopp continues to evolve.

Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Joe Gomez are out of contract in the summer of 2027.

Andy Robertson will leave Liverpool as a legend this summer - not bad for an £8m signing from Hull.

Robertson jokes he still reminds Jurgen Klopp over the limited opportunities the left-back had after his debut. Robertson played just once in the 12 matches that followed his Anfield introduction, a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, but remembers being stunned at how the Liverpool fans sung his name that day. They could sense he would come good.

Robertson has been more than just good in his 373 appearances for the club. He has scored 13 goals, but it is his 69 assists that will be his legacy. Sixty of them have come in the Premier League, putting him only behind Trent Alexander-Arnold for the most by a defender.

It was his partnership with Alexander-Arnold that became a stand-out feature in Klopp's best side, raiding down both flanks, trading diagonal passes and supplying Sadio Mane and Mo Salah with chance after chance.