Joe Gomez has admitted his Liverpool future is uncertain as he enters the final year of his contract this summer, saying the club’s next step is not in his hands. The 28-year-old defender, who joined from Charlton Athletic in a £6million deal in 2015, said he is grateful for his time at Anfield but does not know what comes next.
“I think anything can happen,” Gomez said. “I don’t know is the honest answer. I’ve only got a year left so I don’t know but whatever is meant to be will be, I guess. But I’m so grateful to have had this time here at this club.” He added: “I’ll always be grateful to have had 11 years at a place like this. All I can do is be thankful and we’ll see.”
The uncertainty matters because Gomez has remained a useful part of Arne Slot’s squad, largely filling in behind Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate. He has made 31 appearances in all competitions in 2025-26 and started six Premier League matches, extending a Liverpool career that has now reached 272 appearances across 11 seasons.
There is also a wider squeeze in Liverpool’s defensive picture. The club will be bolstered by the arrival of Jeremy Jacquet, a £60m French defender from Rennes, while Giovanni Leoni is working back to fitness after a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament injury and Mor Talla Ndiaye, signed from Amitie FC for £1m in January, has been on the bench for the past two matches. Konate’s contract expires at the end of June, and that unresolved situation could shape what happens around Gomez too.
Gomez has been here before. Liverpool agreed a £45m fee with Newcastle United two years ago, only for that move to collapse when Newcastle pulled the plug on the Gomez and Anthony Gordon deals after selling other players to meet Premier League profit and sustainability rules. There was also strong interest from AC Milan last summer, and he stayed only after Marc Guehi’s proposed move from Crystal Palace to Liverpool fell through.
That history leaves Liverpool with a straightforward decision this summer if Gomez wants more regular football and a decent offer arrives. Since Slot took over, he has had 12 league starts across the past two seasons, and the club may now be weighing whether to keep a seasoned international who has been capped 15 times by England or move him on while there is still value attached to him.
