Virals: Liverpool ace Joe Gomez 'to push' for summer departure

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is reportedly set ‘to push’ for a departure from Merseyside this summer. 

The 24-year-old ace has dropped down the pecking order at Anfield following a return to fitness this season. 

Having missed 39 matches in the 2020/21 campaign with a patella injury, Gomez, much like Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip is now back up and running. 

According to a report from 90min, as cited by Graeme Bailey on Twitter, the England international will look for a move in the near future. 

Joe Gomez to push for Liverpool exit in the summer to keep World Cup dream alive.

Gomez didn't even make the bench for the Carabao Cup Final.

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— Graeme Bailey (@GraemeBailey) March 10, 2022

The report states that more than ‘half the Premier League are keen’ on signing the 11-cap ace with the ‘biggest interest’ from Leicester, Newcastle United, Tottenham and West Ham.

This season Gomez – once hailed as ‘sensational’ by Jurgen Klopp – has played 14 times across all competitions for the Reds. 

Valued at £22.5million and under contract at Anfield until 2024 (Transfermarkt), the Englishman would understandably still fetch a ‘hefty price tag’. 

However, there can be little doubt that Gomez’s future is in doubt beyond this season as new signing Ibrahima Konate seemingly usurps the defender in Klopp’s side. 

Albeit blighted by injuries, the ex-Charlton Athletic starlet was one time the perfect foil alongside Virgil van Dijk. 

With the 22-year-old Frenchman already in favour and Joel Matip the regular partner to Van Dijk, the Lonon-born star must be wondering when a prolonged opportunity will come along.