Liverpool look READY to go all-in on £40m star

Liverpool look ready to go all-in on a £40m star. The Reds's minds appear completely made up.

Liverpool made some massive moves in 2025, spending far more than they ever have before. Over £450m went on new players as they twice broke their transfer record.

Alexander Isak is now the most expensive signing in British history, in fact, and the second £100m Liverpool player after Florian Wirtz. Unprecedented spending, then, as the Reds sought to give Arne Slot a squad built for him.

He didn't have that last season, after all, and instead used Jurgen Klopp's squad. That was a squad built over many years to play under the German - they were very much his players.

2025 was about rebuilding under Slot, moving on many of those Klopp wanted and swapping them for stars that suit the Dutchman. It's a process that isn't entirely complete but it's getting closer and closer.

That includes going all-in on one current signing. It appears Liverpool are ready to do so.

Liverpool’s left-back

Liverpool spent a lot of money to sign Milos Kerkez this summer. He’s now, at £40m, the most expensive full-back in the Reds’ history.

But that was a risk. Kerkez is a very young player and one who isn’t entirely proven at the absolute elite level.

Liverpool’s other left-back, Andy Robertson, very much is. He’s won everything with the Reds and will go down as arguably the greatest left-back to ever play for the club.

Yet, the switch from Robertson to Kerkez has been dramatic. Slot put Kerkez straight into the team and hasn’t looked back - despite the signs being there that perhaps it should be a more gradual switch.

Football Insider reports that Robertson is now very uncertain about signing a new contract as he doesn’t believe he’s really in the first-XI plans. Essentially pointing to Kerkez being the undisputed first-choice left-back and who Liverpool will bet on.

It’s a bold move, given Robertson was the starting left-back for a title-winning team last season. Still, Slot seems convinced that Kerkez is the one to trust with the role, potentially leading to Robertson’s exit.

Time will tell if that’s the right move.

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