{"id":152288,"date":"2025-09-18T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/152288\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:51:09","slug":"andy-robertson-hints-at-liverpool-exit-plan-after-taking-on-new-role-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/152288\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Robertson hints at Liverpool exit plan after taking on new role – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Robertson<\/a> has embraced his new role as vice-captain and mentor after a busy summer of arrivals including Milos Kerkez<\/a>, while hinting at an imminent departure.<\/p>\n

There was, at one stage in the summer, a very real possibility of Robertson lining up against Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

But the 31-year-old turned down advances from Atletico Madrid in order to stay on Merseyside, and that decision was followed by his appointment as Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s new vice-captain.<\/p>\n

In a way he has inherited the James Milner<\/a> role of veteran backup, providing his leadership off the field more so than on it, with Kerkez joining as new first-choice left-back.<\/p>\n

And after scoring the opening goal in fortuitous circumstances as Liverpool beat Atletico 3-2, Robertson explained his outlook on the job and pointed out that his contract will expire in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s part and parcel of football. When you\u2019re at a club like Liverpool you expect to be challenged every season,\u201d he told TNT Sports of Kerkez taking his place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis one\u2019s been a bit different in terms of we\u2019ve brought somebody in who\u2019s probably going to start, so that was a bit different for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bit of a difficult summer but once I made my mind up I committed to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I\u2019ve only got a year left and I love playing with this club, I love playing out there with the lads, I can help the lads as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting the vice-captaincy this season has given me added responsibility as well, so I\u2019ve just kind of thrived on that.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the games get going and there\u2019s more games, I believe I\u2019ll play enough football. I\u2019m taking positives and I\u2019m looking forward to the season ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a sense there that Robertson may be at peace with his situation, prepared to impart his wisdom in a season of significant change before leaving on a free transfer in the summer.<\/p>\n

While that is not yet guaranteed \u2013 and Liverpool could still seek to tie him down to extended terms \u2013 if that is the case the Scotland captain is confident the club have set themselves up for long-term success with a new generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many players came in, but they\u2019re all young as well,\u201d he said of the transfer window just gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you do have to help them, you do have to make sure they\u2019re settled in, make sure they don\u2019t get caught up in too much.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a completely different club to play for. It\u2019s one of the best clubs in the world but it\u2019s one of the most demanding, one of the biggest clubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat comes with a responsibility, it comes with pressure as well. We\u2019ve all thrived on it for years and these lads will thrive on it as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve all got the mentality to play here for years and years to come and I think they\u2019ll just get better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andy Robertson has embraced his new role as vice-captain and mentor after a busy summer of arrivals including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[102018,64,63,13149,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-152288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-andy-robertson","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-contracts","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}