While Jurgen Klopp lapped up most of the fanfare as he took his Liverpool leave, some attention turned to the Reds players who will not be continuing their careers under Arne Slot.
The Merseyside giants managed to reclaim their status as Premier League title challengers in 2023-24, but not all will be around to witness the post-Klopp transition.
All of Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Adrian departed the club when their contracts expired at the end of June 2024, and others have now started to run down the last 12 months of their terms.
Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the Liverpool players whose contracts either expire at the end of June 2025, or in the summer of 2026.
Which Liverpool players are out of contract in the summer of 2025?
Mohamed Salah
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Age: 32
Position: Winger
Transfer value: £47m
Joined: July 1, 2017
Joining fee: £35.9m
Liverpool appearances: 349
Liverpool goals: 211
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Barely a month goes by without a new story on the future of Mohamed Salah, who could walk away from the Reds for nothing in 2025 and saw his future plunged into even more uncertainty during his touchline row with Klopp.
However, the Egypt international is expected to remain on the books for the 2024-25 season, meaning that a new contract should almost certainly be in the pipeline.
Virgil van Dijk
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Age: 32
Position: Centre-back
Transfer value: £25.7m
Joined: January 1, 2018
Joining fee: £72.4m
Liverpool appearances: 270
Liverpool goals: 23
Honours
Another fundamental Liverpool cog out of contract in 2025, Van Dijk added fuel to the fire surrounding his future when he admitted that he did not know what would lie in store after Klopp's exit.
The Dutchman has since clarified his comments, though, and the Reds are planning for life with Van Dijk donning the captain's armband for 2024-25.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
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Age: 25
Position: Right-back
Transfer value: £59.8m
Joined: 2004
Joining fee: Free
Liverpool appearances: 310
Liverpool goals: 19
Honours
Trent Alexander-Arnold's contract now has a little over 12 months to run too, and the right-back - also capable of doing a job in midfield - is thought to have attracted the attention of Real Madrid.
There are few doubts about the 25-year-old's future, though, and Liverpool are confident that a renewal will go through without a hitch.
Nat Phillips
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Age: 27
Position: Centre-back
Transfer value: £3m
Joined: August 1, 2016
Joining fee: Free
Liverpool appearances: 29
Liverpool goals: 1
Honours
Alongside Rhys Williams, Nat Phillips excelled as an emergency centre-back in the 2020-21 season but has failed to kick on since, enduring loan spells elsewhere with mixed success.
Before departing the Reds for nothing in 2025, the Englishman is expected to be sold for a nominal fee this summer in search of regular game time elsewhere.
Which Liverpool players are out of contract in the summer of 2026?
Ibrahima Konate
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Age: 25
Position: Centre-back
Transfer value: £38.2m
Joined: Jul 1, 2021
Joining fee: £34m
Liverpool appearances: 90
Liverpool goals: 3
Honours
Amid a spate of niggling injuries, Ibrahima Konate has proven himself to be a force to be reckoned with in the Liverpool backline over the past three years and will surely be rewarded with fresh terms before he enters the last year of his agreement.
Andrew Robertson
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Age: 30
Position: Left-back
Transfer value: £25.5m
Joined: Jul 21, 2017
Joining fee: £7.6m
Liverpool appearances: 297
Liverpool goals: 11
Honours
Speculation surrounding Andrew Robertson's future has started to heat up, as the Scotsman is now in his 30s and has apparently been targeted by Bayern Munich as a possible replacement for Alphonso Davies.
Injuries have also plagued the former Hull City man in recent months, but a short-term extension cannot be ruled out.
Caoimhin Kelleher
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Age: 25
Position: Goalkeeper
Transfer value: £17m
Joined: Jul 1, 2015
Joining fee: Free
Liverpool appearances: 47
Liverpool clean sheets: 15
Honours
Despite starring in Alisson Becker's enforced absence in the 2023-24 campaign, Caoimhin Kelleher is set to remain second choice under Slot and is pining for regular first-team football elsewhere, but there are fears that the Reds could price him out of a summer move.
Sepp van den Berg
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Age: 22
Position: Centre-back
Transfer value: £10.2m
Joined: Jul 1, 2019
Joining fee: £1.6m
Liverpool appearances: 4
Liverpool goals: 0
Honours
Club World Cup (1): 2020
Sepp van den Berg has not held his tongue in venting his frustrations at his Anfield situation, blasting the Reds for hindering his career after a successful loan spell at Mainz 05, who are now working to re-sign him permanently.
Rhys Williams
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Age: 23
Position: Centre-back
Transfer value: £1.5m
Joined: 2011
Joining fee: Free
Liverpool appearances: 19
Liverpool goals: 0
Honours
None
Another hero of the 2020-21 season alongside Phillips, Rhys Williams has failed to make a name for himself at Liverpool since and has endured a few disappointing loan spells too, so a parting of the ways this summer appears inevitable.
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