Roberto Firmino to leave Liverpool this summer

By | Niranjan Bhargav 5 Mar, 2023

Firmino will leave Anfield after eight glorious seasons

Earlier this week it was announced that Firmino will not sign a new deal and leave Anfield at the end of the season. Firmino had failed to replicate his old form and was not a regular starter for Klopp anymore, thus he will be looking for better opportunities elsewhere.

The Brazilian striker has informed the club of his decision in a positive fashion. This ends his eight-year-long run as a Liverpool player.

What did Roger Wittmann have to say about his client?

Confirming on behalf of his client, agent Roger Wittmann said to Football Insider: “Our plan for the next couple of weeks – this is the plan of Roberto – is to show the manager and Liverpool finally again the best version of him to say goodbye. This is what he wants to do.

“He has no clue what that means for him in the near future. He told us during the whole phase when we negotiated, ‘I don’t want to talk to anybody else, there’s no need to do that’. He said it was a decision with the club.

“This was the first time in my life he was a free agent player and he said there was no need to talk to others! So he’s not motivated by other clubs or by financial terms – far away from that.

“The club gave him the time as well, no pressure. And he never started to compare by asking us to talk to different clubs. For us [it would be] easy but this was not his intention, it was just to find his own way. This is so far away from this normal business, believe me!”

A tough call

Wittmann also made sure he thanked the love and encouragement received from the fans and admitted that it was a tough and emotional decision for Firmino.

He added, “This was not the easiest decision for the boy.”

“Roberto is a peaceful man and said, ‘I’ve had my time but it’s time to go. Liverpool was the biggest, greatest, most successful time of my life together with the manager, together with my colleagues, together with all of them. It was an unbelievable journey.

“He said the feeling with Liverpool, this is unbeatable. This club, the people, all of them. I saw so many rumors about the boy making a decision, even the club, but everything was at peace.

“He is the best Brazilian scorer ever in the Premier League, he’s not a normal one, a top human. He was really, really sad as well, when he told us this would be his new challenge, it was unbelievably emotional.”