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Liverpool could be set for some testing times in the transfer market after manager Jurgen Klopp announced his decision to leave at the end of the 2023/24 Premier League season
Jurgen Klopp is leaving Liverpool at the end of the season. That was the big news that came out on Friday morning, sending shockwaves through the Premier League.
The German has won everything there is to win at Anfield and will leave the club as a legend, no matter what happens at the end of the current campaign. it is a campaign in which Liverpool could win four trophies, with a Carabao Cup final vs Chelsea to come next month and the knockout stages of the Europa League.
That’s added on to the Reds being five points clear at the top of the Premier League table and an FA Cup fourth round clash with Norwich this weekend. It could be a big second half of the season to round of Klopp’s nine-year tenure.
But, away from the potential joy, there will be a number of clubs in the Premier League who could look at this as an opportunity to capitalise on upheaval at Liverpool. Klopp may not be the only one leaving the club in the summer.
football.london takes a look at the players who could follow him out of the exit door…
Mohamed Salah
The Egyptian King has regularly been linked with a move away from Anfield. Towards the end of last season, Salah said about Klopp: “We have a good relationship since I came here. We’ve played together for five or six years so we know each other very well now. We appreciate each other and we respect each other which is the most important thing.”
Saudi Arabia came calling last summer, but could not prise Salah away. They are sure to be interested again this summer, but Chelsea would surely like to rectify the mistake they made in letting Salah go, while any other Premier League club would be desperate to have him.
Salah’s contract expires in 2025 and could leave to secure some money for Liverpool, before he is available on a free the following summer.
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Virgil van Dijk
The names of potential departures do not get any smaller do they? One of the best centre-backs the Premier League has ever seen could also follow Klopp out of the Anfield exit gates.
Van Dijk has been at Anfield for six years and has enjoyed his most successful time as a player with Klopp. The Dutchman’s contract also expires in 2025 so is another who could be cashed in on before he leaves on a free.
Arsenal have had their defensive issues in the past and van Dijk would be a hell of a signing.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
It’s fair to say that Klopp has made Alexander-Arnold what he is today. The full-back came through the ranks at Liverpool and has made his name for his boyhood club.
Leaving Liverpool would likely be a wrench for the 25-year-old but he may see the time as being right for a new challenge with Klopp gone. Has had his critics over the years, but his talent is undoubted and another who could leave for free in 2025 so Liverpool could be tempted to sell.
Joel Matip
The defender is out of contract this summer and there has been no indication over a new deal. However, he has said he does not intend to leave.
Speaking earlier this season, he said: “Here in Liverpool, with these absolutely top conditions, you can’t just leave.”
But with Klopp upping and leaving, Matip may think differently come the summer, particularly if there has been no movement over a new contract.
Thiago Alcantara
Was seen as a big signing for Liverpool and has shown flashes of his brilliance in what has been an injury-curtailed spell on the north west. He is also out of contract this summer and looks all-but certain to leave Anfield for pastures new when the season ends.
Given his injury history, he would be a gamble for any club to take on, but he has undoubted quality in abundance.
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