Liverpool have big call to make on Mac Allister future

Aadam Patel - Liverpool reporterWed, July 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM UTC

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It seems a long time ago now, but go back to the day that Liverpool sealed the Premier League title under Arne Slot in 2025 and there is a lovely clip of Alexis Mac Allister.

As the final whistle goes and the players run on to the pitch to celebrate, Mac Allister sits alone on the bench and starts to cry. He was undeniably a force that season and integral to Liverpool's title-winning campaign.

But a year on, after a disappointing campaign that wasn't helped by injury problems at the outset, Mac Allister would be the first to admit that the 2025-26 season fell below the standards he had set previously.

The Argentina international is still on the five-year deal he signed when he arrived at Liverpool in the summer of 2023, so he still has two seasons left on his contract, but it is worth noting that currently there are no talks over a new deal and he is not in active talks with another club.

When you consider that Dominik Szoboszlai - whose contract also ends in 2028 - is in talks over a new deal, the expectation is that movement on that front for Mac Allister would be expected over the course of the next season.

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If those talks aren't planned, then it would make sense if Liverpool considered offers this summer. But, in a market in which the value of midfielders is rising and rising, that would be a big call - similar to when Liverpool let Luis Diaz leave for Bayern Munich last summer.

Mac Allister was so close to Jurgen Klopp that his Liverpool team-mates would often joke that Klopp was like his dad. You only have to see the clip of the pair hugging at the World Cup and Mac Allister giving him his shirt to see the warmth between the pair.

He described Arne Slot as the "perfect bridge" after Klopp left, crediting the Dutchman's support for him off the pitch too.

"It's not just football. This is not just a club - it's our family, it's our memories, it's our legacy... and we have to cherish it, because we don't know how long it will last," Mac Allister told The Players' Tribune in August 2025.

Crucial to his next steps will be his relationship with Andoni Iraola and whether the Spaniard can get the best out of Mac Allister. Both parties will be hoping that last season was merely a blip and more memories are going to be made.

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