Joe Gomez’s future at Liverpool remains uncertain as injuries and squad competition continue to impact his role. While he has shown versatility and resilience, the emergence of younger defenders and the club’s defensive depth have limited his game time.
With Liverpool constantly evolving, Gomez may face a crucial decision on whether to fight for his place or seek regular football elsewhere.
With Liverpool constantly evolving, Gomez may face a crucial decision on whether to fight for his place or seek regular football elsewhere.
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00:00Looking at Joe Gomez specifically, we've looked at a few Liverpool players across our talks
00:09with the likes of Darwin Nunes, Diogo Jota as well, these sort of players who have had
00:15good spells and really captured the liking of the fans at times, but you just feel like
00:21maybe they could have gone on to more and maybe they could have achieved a little bit
00:25more in their time.
00:26Joe Gomez specifically, let's just start with looking at his future at the club. Obviously,
00:30he's been marred by a lot of injuries in his time. What do you make of his time at the
00:36club?
00:37Well, he's currently Liverpool's longest-serving first-team member, which is an absolute credit
00:43to him. He arrived from Charlton Athletic. Maybe Liverpool didn't think he was out for
00:49the career that he has had because sometimes it's a gamble when you go and sign these sorts
00:54of players, but fair play to Gomez. He's come and established himself as a regular
01:00member of the squad. He was Pedro van Dijk's regular parter in that Premier League title
01:05win season. Obviously, he had the serious injury after that. Since then, it's been difficult
01:12for him in terms of minutes. He's always been a highly valued asset at the club. There's
01:20always been interest, but Liverpool have battered that away because they know that he's a very
01:26capable centre-half and he can cover all four positions across the back line. Last season,
01:34it was somewhat of a renaissance for him because he didn't play a lot in his favourous position
01:39centrally, but he played a lot at right-back and then he had to cover at left-back when
01:43Andy Robertson cost a similar cast without injuries and ended up winning himself a spot
01:48in the England squad for the Euros. Looking at the season, thinking, right, can he kick
01:52on again? He had to wait for his opportunity to come back from the Euros and then Canarty
01:59thrust himself in with van Dijk. When Canarty was injured, Gomez was doing really well and
02:04he picked up the hamstring injury. He's fourth-traced centre-back. He's what now? 27-ish, 28. Maybe
02:14there were talks about him maybe going to Newcastle last summer. I dare say there will be
02:18a lot of suitors if he's available on the market. Liverpool might look at him and think,
02:25can we get someone in for a similar price who's younger, who we can develop? We see it as a really
02:32pivotal path for our squad going forward. Did he shake Gomez's hand and say, look,
02:37you're a fantastic servant, go and play regular football elsewhere and we hope it goes well for
02:42you? It might be a decision for our squad to make in the summer. As things stand, he's under
02:48contract and Liverpool won't be selling him cheap if they want to sell him at all because
02:54he is a capable player and can cover a lot of positions.