The FIVE Liverpool players out of contract in 2026 and what their futures hold

Liverpool spent much of their title-winning campaign sweating over the futures of three players who were due to be out of contract at the end of the season – but they also have some players who could be in the same boat next year.

While Liverpool emerged victorious from the 2024-25 Premier League season, the campaign was also dominated by doubts over the futures of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

All three of those players started the season in the last year of their contracts, with Salah and Van Dijk ultimately renewing their deals but Alexander-Arnold moving on to Real Madrid.

Now, ahead of their title defence, Liverpool need to brace themselves for the next batch of players whose futures they need to decide.

They have already taken the opportunity to sell Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford before his deal would have expired in 2026.

Liverpool have another five players who are due to reach the end of their contracts in 2026 – meaning this summer will be a crucial time to decide whether to keep or sell them.

Here are the five Liverpool players out of contract in 2026 and what the future may hold for them.

Ibrahima Konate

• Appearances last season: 42
• Goals last season: 2
• Weekly salary: £70,000
• Annual salary: £3.64m

Konate was a big signing for the Reds in 2021, arriving from RB Leipzig as a centre-back partner for Van Dijk.

Not always helped by injury issues, it took some time for Konate to actually earn that regular place next to Van Dijk. He featured in fewer than half of Liverpool’s Premier League games in each of his first two seasons.

But the France international has since passed the 100-appearance landmark for Liverpool in all competitions. Still only 26 years of age, he will hope the worst of his physical issues are behind him.

Konate confirmed in January that Liverpool have offered him a new contract, but he refused to say how close he was to signing it.

Liverpool are likely to be in the market for a new centre-back in the summer, even after Van Dijk’s decision to stay, which could cast some doubt on Konate’s future.

He has been linked with his hometown club Paris Saint-Germain and also familiar foes Real Madrid.

Andy Robertson

• Appearances last season: 45
• Goals last season: 0
• Weekly salary: £160,000
• Annual salary: £8.32m

In his prime, Robertson was one of the most dangerous left-backs in the Premier League. You would have been hard pressed to find a club with a better combination of full-backs than Liverpool with him and Alexander-Arnold.

But change is coming. Alexander-Arnold has left for Real Madrid, while Liverpool have signed Milos Kerkez as a successor to Robertson.

The Scotland international’s form has shown signs of decline over the past year. Now 31, he is no longer a guarantee as their long-term starter in his position.

After the arrival of Kerkez, Liverpool will have to decide whether to sell Robertson, or to try and renew his contract on less lucrative terms.

Robertson remains one of the highest earners at Liverpool on his current £160,000-per-week contract.

That wouldn’t be feasible if he was to lose his starting place, but he wouldn’t be a bad player to keep around for some experience in a backup role if he was willing to take a pay-cut and Liverpool could shift Kostas Tsimikas instead.

Keeping Robertson might lessen Liverpool’s chances of recouping a fee for the former Hull City man, but let’s not forget they only paid a bargain £8m for him in the first place. They have more than got their money’s worth.

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Ben Doak

• Appearances last season: 24 (on loan at Middlesbrough)
• Goals last season: 3
• Weekly salary: £15,000
• Annual salary: £780,000

Signed from Celtic in 2022 for a compensation fee of £600,000, Doak started to show some potential on loan last season in the Championship with Middlesbrough.

Injury scuppered his progress there and now Liverpool have to decide what the right next step is for the 19-year-old.

A number of clubs are showing interest in Doak, most interestingly of all including Merseyside rivals Everton, but also the likes of Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest, as well as some suitors abroad.

Liverpool could be tempted to cash in on Doak and turn a profit, after reportedly setting a price tag in the region of £25m.

Tyler Morton

• Appearances last season: 5
• Goals last season: 0
• Weekly salary: £8,000
• Annual salary: £416,000

A product of Liverpool’s academy, Morton spent the 2023-24 season on loan with Hull City before returning to make five appearances – all in cup competitions – for Arne Slot’s side in 2024-25.

“I think when you’re not playing as a footballer who’s as hungry as I am, it does hurt,” Morton admitted to the BBC while on duty with England’s under-21s in the summer. “It’s tough, especially when, in my opinion, I wanted to go out and I wanted to play and I wanted to go on loan and get my game time.”

Middlesbrough saw an approach for Morton rejected by Liverpool in February. His current crop of suitors is believed to include West Ham, Ajax, Club Brugge and Braga.

Rhys Williams

• Appearances last season: 38 (on loan at Morecambe)
• Goals last season: 2
• Weekly salary: £10,000
• Annual salary: £520,000

While he helped Liverpool out in the 2020-21 season during an injury crisis, the calibre of clubs Rhys Williams has since been on loan at indicates he is unlikely to have a long-term future at Anfield.

Last season, the defender played in League Two with Morecambe, who gladly extended his initial half-season stay in January and have now become his most-represented club.

Having recently turned 24, it would make sense – and be the kind thing to do – for Liverpool to let Williams go if a fair offer arrives in the summer.