Liverpool legends Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah top the list of Anfield departures this summer
Liverpool have confirmed that 12 players will leave the club, including first-team stars Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate.
Defender Rhys Williams departs the club after 15 years at the club, including a pivotal role as defensive cover under Jurgen Klopp during the 2021-21 campaign. A host of academy prospects also depart including James Balagizi and Oakley Cannonier, who was the ballboy that handed Trent Alexander-Arnold the ball for the winning goal against Barcelona during the famous Champions League semi-final win in 2019.
Kyle Kelly, Afolami Onanuga, Oliver O'Connor, Lucas Pitt, Ben Trueman, Matthew Wright, Prince Cisse and Keyrol Figueroa, sons of Premier League cult heroes Djibril Cisse and Maynor Figueroa, have been offered new contracts.
Robertson and Salah bid farewell to Anfield in an emotional send off during the final day draw with Brentford. Both the Scotland and Egyptian internationals were brought off by then-head coach Arne Slot as they received separate makeshift guards of honour.
Konate, however, saw his time on Merseyside come to an end after failing to reach an agreement with the Liverpool hierarchy. The stopper had hinted that he was close to extending his deal following the win over Everton in April but the two parties didn't agree terms which will see the 27-year-old leave on a free transfer.
Robertson was confirmed as a Tottenham Hotspur player on Friday. The North London club announced that the full-back will make the move to the capital following a trophy-laden spell at Anfield upon expiry of his contract this month.
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The 32-year-old will link up with Roberto De Zerbi after the World Cup, where he will captain Scotland at the major tournament for the first time since 1998.
Andoni Iraola will get a first look over his new players when they return for pre-season next month but he will be without three key players under Klopp and Slot as they go on to pastures new.
The Spaniard offered newfound belief to the up-and-coming talents at the AXA Training Centre in Kirkby as he revealed during his first interview with the clubs' in-house media team that their youngsters will be afforded opportunities in pre-season.
He said: "For me right now, I think it's more than talk to the players. Some of them will be on deserved holidays, some of them will be with their national teams. I want to talk to the staff, to the people that were here every day, that know very well the players, to arrive as ready as possible to that first day of pre-season.
"I think especially with a lot of those young players that will do the pre-season with us, a lot of things about the organisation, about the staff, about how we can create the best atmosphere, the best environment so when they arrive [on] day one, everyone feels everything is in place and we can do this process of adaptation, that it will take some time as soon as possible."
Kareem Ahmed leads the list of youngsters leaving the club as Emmanuel Airoboma, DJ Bernard, Josh Davidson, Terence Miles and Jacob Poytress will leave the club.
Balagizi made the first-team bench twice during his Liverpool career during the Reds' domestic cup double in 2022 as he was an unused substitute for the wins over Shrewsbury and Norwich.
Cannonier has called time on his Liverpool career, five years after signing his first professional deal with the club. The attacker went on trial with Leeds United in January 2025 but no move came to fruition.
Following his heroics during the famous comeback win over Lionel Messi and co, Jose Mourinho saluted the then-14-year-old. He said previously: "You want a quick throw in, the ballboys need to know you want a quick throw in
"The ball must arrive fast. In this game, the kid, very intelligent, very bright. I don't know if he's an Academy player or not, but the kid knew what he was going to do."