Liverpool could see some drastic changes made to the playing squad before the start of the 2025/26 season.
The Reds still have four games left to play this term and will do so as newly-crowned champions of the Premier League.
In reality, though, the season is done for Liverpool. They’ve achieved their ultimate goal and are now just playing out the final weeks of the campaign. All eyes are already on the future.
With Arne Slot yet to really stamp his mark on the Liverpool squad, there is excitement and intrigue over what the Dutch coach is planning in the transfer market.
The forward line has been the subject of much discussion ahead of the window opening, and it looks especially likely that Slot will make at least one attacking addition.
That could spell danger for the likes of Luis Diaz, who has been regularly linked with a summer exit. But according to Jamie Carragher, it now looks more likely that Diaz will stay put.
Jamie Carragher backs Luis Diaz stay
Throughout most of the season there have been two stories about Diaz running parallel to each other. One featured the 28-year-old signing a new Liverpool contract, the other had him leaving.
Most recently, it has been claimed that Diaz is a target for Saudi Arabia this summer, and it felt probable that he would exit Liverpool after claiming his Premier League winners medal.
However, Sky Sports broke the news on Friday that Liverpool are planning contract discussions with Diaz once the season ends.
The same outlet then asked Carragher for his thoughts on the £37m Colombian as he covered the evening game between Man City and Wolves.
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“I think he’s been one of the best left wingers in the Premier League this season,” said the Liverpool legend. “I don’t think he’s quite Sadio Mane. So, in Liverpool supporters’ eyes we haven’t quite replaced, or we haven’t got our Mane if you like. But how many of them is there about?
“If I’m being honest, I think for the majority of this season, up until Christmas, I was thinking you sell Luis Diaz in the summer. But I think the way he’s played and the way Liverpool’s front line might change – and with the fact he can now play through the middle in the manager’s eyes – I think he’s going to stay and it might be other players who move on in the front line other than Luis Diaz”
Does this mean Diogo Jota will leave?
There is widely expected to be at least one sale from Liverpool’s front line this summer, with Darwin Nunez virtually certain to be sold.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 1 |  LiverpoolLiverpool | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 32 | 48 | 82 |
| 2 |  ArsenalArsenal | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 67 |
| 3 |  Man CityManchester City | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 64 |
| 4 |  NewcastleNewcastle | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 62 |
Whether Slot chooses to make any further changes is so far difficult to say. But if Diaz is to stay, then it does throw the futures of both Diogo Jota and Federico Chiesa into question.
Mohamed Salah is definitely staying and the same is probably true of Cody Gakpo. But there have been real question marks over Nunez, Diaz, Jota and Chiesa.
It seems very unlikely that Liverpool will sell three forwards this summer, but two does not feel to be out of the question.
As a result, we’d suggest that Diaz’s new contract talks do make it more possible that we’re seeing the end of Jota or Chiesa at Anfield.
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