Fabrizio Romano has revealed on Twitter that Adrian will stay at Liverpool for no less than another season, with a brand new deal reportedly ‘signed’.
The £60,000-per-week goalkeeper (FBref) is amongst 5 gamers whose present contracts at Anfield will expire subsequent month (Transfermarkt), however whereas the others have all had their departures confirmed, the 36-year-old is about to remain put for the foreseeable future.
On Monday evening, the dependable Italian reporter tweeted: “EXCL: Adrian stays at Liverpool additionally subsequent season as new deal has been signed and it will likely be unveiled quickly. He can be a part of Liverpool 23/24 group.”
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Having not performed a single first-team minute for Liverpool for the reason that Neighborhood Protect 10 months in the past, and never even been included within the matchday squad for almost all of Premier League video games in 2022/23 (Transfermarkt), it could appear shocking that Adrian is staying on at Anfield.
Nevertheless, this may very well be a case of the membership overlaying their bases amid Caoimhin Kelleher’s links with a number of top-flight outfits, and it’d be reckless within the excessive to enter subsequent season with just one senior goalkeeper if each the Irishman and the Spaniard had left and no one got here in to exchange them.
The 36-year-old has stepped up previously every time Alisson has been unavailable, enjoying in 11 matches throughout our title-winning 2019/20 league marketing campaign (Transfermarkt).
Some Reds followers should be haunted by his pricey error within the Champions League defeat at residence to Atletico Madrid that yr, however even the most effective gamers on the earth make errors infrequently.
Even when Harvey Davies is promoted as third-choice senior goalkeeper for subsequent season, the top-level expertise of Adrian might supply a helpful supply from which to hone his commerce on the coaching floor.
It’s completely smart from Liverpool to maintain the veteran round, amid the uncertainty over Kelleher’s future.
You possibly can see Romano’s tweet under, through @FabrizioRomano on Twitter:
EXCL: Adrian stays at Liverpool additionally subsequent season as new deal has been signed and it will likely be unveiled quickly. 🚨🔴✍🏻 #LFC
He can be a part of Liverpool 23/24 group. pic.twitter.com/puhS6iuVJ7
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 29, 2023
