Irish Daily Mirror

Gomez is a big deal for Klopp

- BY DAVID MADDOCK

LIVERPOOL will reward Joe Gomez’s emergence among the Premier League’s elite defenders with a new, improved contract.

The England star still has three and a half years remaining on his current deal, but the Reds want to recognise a player manager Jurgen Klopp said is “the future of Liverpool”.

Negotiatio­ns are proceeding, with Anfield chiefs confident that the centre-half, 21, will extend on significan­tly improved terms in the near future.

Klopp is keen to tie up all his best young players on extended, big-money deals, to secure a nucleus of talent at the club.

Speaking about Gomez, he said: “He has a big future at Liverpool. Joe is a very important part of the squad and it’s nice to see.

“When I came in here everybody told me about him. Now seeing him full of confidence and being really fit – I know what they were talking about when they told me how good he was, and more importantl­y how good he is.”

While Klopp is keen on securing the services of Gomez, it is understood he has passed up any chance to sign Arsenal’s Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

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ANFIELD ELITE Gomez will get a bumper contract

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