Fabrizio Romano confirms Liverpool star's next move

Liverpool are constantly engaged in different transfer moves and stories are being written about players futures all the time, but we rarely know what the players actually think of reported moves.

The reliability of stories can be brought into doubt and we're all very quick to make up our minds.

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In the case of Andy Robertson and Atletico Madrid, the initial news appeared as though the transfer was already nearing its final stages and fans were preparing to say their goodbyes on social media.

But the link collapsed after just a week with Diego Simeone's team looking elsewhere at different left-back targets within a matter of days. So what happened and where do we stand with the Scot now?

What is Robertson's next move?

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Fabrizio Romano provided an update on the left-back's situation.

He said: "We don't expect Andy Robertson to go to Atletico Madrid anymore.

"Andy Robertson was a candidate, a strong candidate, for Atletico Madrid. They had concrete conversations, then the player was taking his time to decide his future, also out of respect with Liverpool, where he's still loving the club, the fanbase and all the people at the club.

"... [We are] waiting to see what he will decide for his future."

As such, the defender merely took too long for Atletico's liking, and so the Spanish club moved on.

Whether the idea of moving to Atletico is something that Robertson was on board with, we don't know, but he was assessing his options, and it was not a straightforward decision.

Earlier in June, the full-back said his contract talks with the club were 'good' ahead of potentially entering the final year of his deal and he added that he was looking forward to preseason once he had spent a few weeks on holiday with his family after a long and tiring title winning season.

However, since then, Milos Kerkez has been signed and the Hungarian admitted his admiration for Robertson, hailing him as 'the best left-back that played in the Premier League', in his interview via the club website, adding that it was important to be playing alongside a player with such experience.

As such, many will be hoping that Robertson sees out his deal, becomes a mentor for Kerkez for the season, and filling in the gaps when required to, before getting a historic send-off from the Anfield faithful in May 2026 when he can then find somewhere to finish off his career before he retires.

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But a lot of conversations with Liverpool and other clubs will be had before we can feel confident in those events happening and while he won't go to Atletico Madrid, he could move elsewhere.

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