Liverpool report: Longest-serving Reds player seeking summer exit, following shock announcement

 Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool is replaced by Joe Gomez during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Liverpool FC at Goodison Park on April 24, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)
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Liverpool could see their longest-serving player leave the club in the summer, after being told to consider any reasonable deal made by other sides.

Expected incoming Liverpool boss Arne Slot already has a lot to deal with when he starts work at Anfield, not least sorting out the contract situations of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.

But the Dutchman could have even more issues to contend with, as the longest-serving Reds player is now reportedly seeking a move away from the club.

Incoming Liverpool and Feyenoord coach Arne Slot responds during the press conference to a possible transfer to Liverpool FC after the Dutch Eredivisie match between Go Ahead Eagles and Feyenoord Rotterdam in De Adelaarshorst on April 25, 2024 in Deventer, the Netherlands. ANP VINCENT JANNINK (Photo by ANP via Getty Images)

Slot could have a lot of tasks on his hands (Image credit: Getty Images)

According to Anfield Watch, Joe Gomez could be heading for the Anfield exit door this summer, after requesting Liverpool seriously consider any approach made from other sides. 

Liverpool's longest-serving player Gomez is the only member of the current squad to survive the entire Jurgen Klopp era at Anfield, having been brought to the club by Brendan Rodgers in 2015 as an 18-year-old from Charlton, in a £3.5m deal. 

Now 26, Gomez has made 222 appearances across his time at Liverpool so far, though he has famously never scored a goal during his senior playing career. Despite that, he has won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup and European Super Cup while at Liverpool, with his verstaility helping play across the entire back four as well as in central midfield at times.

Joe Gomez of Liverpool during the UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Quarter-Final first leg match between Liverpool FC and Atalanta at Anfield on April 11, 2024 in Liverpool, England.(Photo by Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty Images)

Gomez has spent nine seasons at Liverpool (Image credit: Getty Images)

But, with Klopp's shock leaving announcement in January, Gomez has started weighing up his future. And, according to the aforementioned report, he is open to leaving Anfield in the summer, though only if the right offer comes along.

With three years still remaining on his Liverpool contract, Gomez certainly won't come cheap for any buying club. Transfermarkt values the Englishman at £22m, though they could seek more considering his importance to the team and his experience as a player.

In FourFourTwo's view, it is understandable that Gomez would seek a new challenge away from Liverpool, especially as he approaches a decade at the club. While he's been an important figure this season and has started plenty of games, not many have come in his preferred centre-back role, so the chance to nail down that spot in a first team elsewhere in the Premier League could be a good option for the 26-year-old. 

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Ryan Dabbs
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Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.