Liverpool trigger contract extension for Alisson as Slot urges Reds to drive to season's end

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker during the FA Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium, London. Picture date: Sunday August 10, 2025.

Liverpool have triggered the 12-month option to extend goalkeeper Alisson Becker's contract.

The Brazil international signed a five-year deal in 2021 with the clause added in to make it more straightforward to tie him down for longer, and the Press Association understands the club have now exercised that option.

Alisson missed Tuesday's Champions League defeat to Galatasaray in Istanbul due to a minor problem sustained in training but head coach Arne Slot is hopeful the 33-year-old will be fit enough to return for Sunday's visit of Tottenham.

Slot has urged his players to "get the maximum" out of the remainder of their season but admitted he does not know what that will be.

A 1-0 defeat against Galatasaray leaves his side with work to do for next week's home Champions League last-16 second leg while they remain behind their rivals in the race for a top-five spot in the Premier League.

An FA Cup quarter-final trip to Manchester City next month will also provide a serious challenge to their other hope of winning silverware this season.

Liverpool's inability to string together a run of convincing performances and results has plagued them all season, but with two months remaining time is running out for them to find that form.

"What I want is that every single player gets the maximum out of every single training session and games we are playing from now until the end of the season," Slot said ahead of the visit of a hopelessly out of form Tottenham.

"That is the aim for me and that should be the aim for the players because that's the only way to get the maximum out of what is there, what is in it for us.

"What that's exactly going to be, that's not always so easy to say in advance because sometimes you need a little bit of luck."

Slot is relying on his squad's quality but, while on paper they are much better placed in that respect than Sunday's opponents - who have lost six in a row - it is the application of that which has been lacking.

Tuesday's defeat in Istanbul was another example of them failing to make the most of their opportunities and compounding that by allowing their opponents to seize the initiative with a goal from a set-piece, which has been a problem for them all season.

"There was a moment which completely changed the momentum of the game: conceding a set-piece," Slot added.

"That is not what we are accepting, we are not saying 'OK, we concede a goal after 20 minutes then everything will be much worse than it was before' but we didn't play our best game of the season, that is also completely clear.

"We have struggled throughout this whole season with converting the chances we have got and unfortunately we have the bad cocktail of conceding goals from the few chances we concede.

"As long as we cannot repair that then every game is going to be difficult, but I have confidence we are able to do better because of the quality players we have."