At no level since arriving at Liverpool in 2020 has Kostas Tsimikas been a hard and fast starter for the Reds, however barring a drastic and unexpected flip of occasions, he appears assured of ‘cult hero’ standing amongst Kopites for years to come back.
The ‘Greek Scouser‘ has made no secret of his love for the membership and the town, and he wrote his identify into Anfield folklore by scoring the penalty which secured victory within the 2022 FA Cup last towards Chelsea.
Nonetheless, after 5 years of taking part in second fiddle to Andy Robertson, the 28-year-old’s future has come beneath the highlight forward of the summer time switch window, significantly with the abundance of rumours surrounding potential left-back additions (most notably Milos Kerkez).
Tsimikas ‘anticipated to be moved on’ by Liverpool this summer time
Lyall Thomas, information editor with Sky Sports activities Informationhas shared a complete replace on Liverpool’s plans for incomings and outgoings from when the market opens in a month’s time to when it shuts on the finish of August for the rest of the yr.
The journalist mentions that the Anfield hierarchy are searching for a brand new left-back who can initially ‘share the workload’ with Robertson earlier than ultimately succeeding the long-serving Scot as a hard and fast starter.
Bournemouth defender Kerkez is cited as somebody who LFC significantly like in that place, with Antonee Robinson and Rayan Ait-Nouri additionally namechecked as ‘the kind of attacking left-backs Liverpool are in search of’.
On Tsimikas, Thomas wrote that the Reds’ quantity 21 ‘is predicted to be moved on’ this summer time to ensure that a brand new signing to come back in.
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If Tsimikas goes this summer time, he’d accomplish that as a followers’ favorite
The Greece worldwide has by no means reached double figures for Premier League begins in any of his 5 seasons at Liverpool, and he’d want three from the subsequent 4 video games if he’s to interrupt that unenviable sequence (WhoScored).
Even with Robertson’s performances coming in for voluble criticism at occasions over the previous few months, his understudy hasn’t been in a position to nail down a beginning berth beneath Arne Slot, who like Jurgen Klopp has demonstrably regarded him because the Scotland captain’s backup.
Tsimikas will flip 29 within the subsequent fortnight and couldn’t be blamed for wanting a contemporary problem at this stage in his profession after half a decade on the fringes at Anfield, however to his credit score, there haven’t been any public ‘come and get me’ pleas from him.
If Liverpool had been to signal a brand new left-back in the summertime – particularly a a lot youthful different corresponding to Kerkez – then it appears fairly believable that the Reds’ quantity 21 may transfer on to pastures new given the elevated competitors for a spot within the beginning XI.
Ought to that occur, the ‘Greek Scouser’ would depart together with his head held excessive and the love of the Kop, who’d undoubtedly give him a rousing reception at any time when he returns to L4 after he’s left the membership.
