4 Liverpool players whose careers at the club is coming to a dead end 

Liverpool v Sunderland - Premier League
Liverpool v Sunderland - Premier League

Liverpool are among the most successful and most followed clubs in English football. Founded in 1892, the Reds won 18 league titles, five Champions League trophies, three UEFA Cups, three UEFA Super Cups, seven FA Cups, eight League Cups, and 15 FA Community Shields.

However, they struggled to win trophies recently and were last crowned as the Premier League winners in 1990. Most of their struggles are down to their poor business in the transfer market and the signing of a number of players who are not good enough to play for a club that is regularly competing for the top honours.

Right on this note, here is the list of four current players whose career at the club is coming to a dead end.


#4 Alberto Moreno

Liverpool v FK Crvena Zvezda - UEFA Champions League Group C
Liverpool v FK Crvena Zvezda - UEFA Champions League Group C

Big things were expected from Alberto Moreno when he joined Liverpool from Sevilla for £12 million in the summer transfer window of 2014. However, he failed to live up to his hype and is currently struggling for his game time at the club.

Alberto Moreno was a first-team regular for Liverpool during his initial years and showed flashes of his attacking talents. However, the defensive side of the game was hugely criticized and he often left the Reds exposed on the left side of the defence. The Reds kept only 19 clean sheets in the 89 Premier League games that he played in.

The rise of Andrew Robertson last season completely isolated him from the Liverpool's first team set-up and he played just 16 Premier League games last season. He is yet to feature in a league game this season.

Alberto Moreno's contract with Liverpool is set to expire at the end of the current season and it is very unlikely that the Merseysiders will offer him a new contract. Though he is being linked with a move back to his former club Sevilla, Arsenal is also showing interest in signing him on a free transfer.

#3 Lazar Markovic

Tranmere Rovers v Liverpool - Pre Season Friendly
Tranmere Rovers v Liverpool - Pre Season Friendly

Lazor Markovic was compared with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when he was signed for Liverpool for £20 million in the summer transfer window of 2014. However, he failed to achieve even one per cent of what the other two achieved in their respective careers and is currently the forgotten man at the club.

The Serbian international never found his feet at Anfield and played just 19 games, scoring two goals for the club. He was loaned out to Fenerbache in 2015 to revive his career but he failed to score a single goal in the 14 league games he played for the club.

He was loaned out to Sporting CP, Hull City, and Anderlecht as well but he failed to make the most of his opportunities at any of those clubs.

The 24-year-old is currently in the final year of his contract at the club and he is most likely to leave the club on a free transfer at the end of the current season.

#2 Divock Origi

Divock Origi failed to live up to his potential
Divock Origi failed to live up to his potential

Liverpool signed Divock Origi from Lille for £10 million in the summer transfer window of 2014 after his impressive performances in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. However, he was immediately sent back on loan to his former club and was made to wait until the 2015-2016 season to make his first appearance for the Reds.

The Belgium international scored 10 goals in his debut season at Anfield, which were followed up by 11 in the next. However, inconsistency meant that Origi never nailed down a regular place in Liverpool's starting XI.

He was sent on loan to the Bundesliga club, VfL Wolfsburg to find some consistency but he failed to take the chance and scored only six goals in 31 Bundesliga games for the club.

The 23-year-old is yet to feature in a first-team game for the Reds this season and is definitely surplus to requirements at the club.

#1 Simon Mignolet

Simon Mignolet is surplus to the requirements at Liverpool
Simon Mignolet is surplus to the requirements at Liverpool

Simon Mignolet joined Liverpool from Sunderland for £9 million in the summer transfer window of 2013. He played 203 games for the Reds thus far and helped the club keep 66 clean sheets.

However, he never looked convincing in the goal for the Reds and made 13 errors leading to goals since joining Liverpool. The Reds signed Loris Karius to replace to the Belgian in 2017 but he also failed to make an impact at the club.

Nevertheless, Liverpool finally found their perfect goalkeeper, Alisson Becker, and the Brazillian significantly improved the Reds' defence since his arrival.

Simon Mignolet is currently a backup goalkeeper at Liverpool and is yet to make a Premier League feature this season. He was linked with a move away from the club last summer and Liverpool could finally get rid of the goalkeeper during the winter transfer window.

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Edited by Vikshith R