LONDON — Veteran midfielder
James Milner has signed a new
one-year contract with Liverpool, the Premier League club announced on Monday.
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Since arriving on a free transfer in 2015, Milner
has helped Jurgen Klopp’s team win six major honors, including the Champions
League and Premier League.
Liverpool were chasing an unprecedented quadruple in
the 2021/22 season after winning both domestic cups but finished a point behind
Premier League champions
Manchester City and lost the Champions League final
against Real Madrid.
Milner, whose contract was due to expire later this
month, has played 289 games and scored 26 goals since arriving at Anfield from
Manchester City.
He made 39 appearances last season, although only 14
were starts, and it is reported he has accepted a contract on significantly
reduced personal terms.
The former
England midfielder is understood to have
turned down offers from the Premier League and overseas in order to stay at
Anfield.
Milner, who made his Premier League debut for Leeds
in 2002, has played at full-back and in midfield under Klopp,
“I’m very pleased
to be staying for another season,” he told Liverpoolfc.com. “I have never taken
playing for this club for granted and I never will”.
He added: “Last season was extraordinary, even
though it didn’t have the ending we hoped it would. But I think that will only
make us all even hungrier for more success.”
Five Liverpool players —
Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane,
Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain — are about to enter
the final 12 months of their existing contracts.
While negotiations have dragged on with Salah,
fellow forward Sadio Mane is reportedly attracting interest from Bayern Munich.
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