Andy Robertson is bidding farewell to Liverpool, with Sunday’s Premier League season finale against Brentford at Anfield set to bring down the curtain on his nine years with the Reds. The Scotland captain arrived from Hull City in 2017 and has spent the next stretch turning himself into one of the defining figures of Liverpool’s recent era.
Robertson has won almost everything with the club, including the Champions League and two Premier League titles, while making almost 400 appearances in the process. The numbers tell one part of the story. The tributes from those around him tell the rest.
One teammate said playing with Robertson on the left-hand side was a joy because of his mentality, drive, energy, quality on and off the ball, and assists. He described those years together as something he would never forget, saying the defender had been a big part of his own success. Another tribute said Robertson understood what it means to play for Liverpool, that the shirt became like his skin, and that he gave everything every time he stepped on the pitch.
That sense of commitment has run through every description of him. One speaker said Robertson was a great person as well as a player, known for his intensity, and recalled him once making a press from the left full-back position to the right wing a few years ago — the kind of detail that has become part of his legend among coaches and teammates alike. Another said supporters value the selfless pressing he does to bring energy into the team, and that they sing his name again and again because they understand what he adds beyond the obvious.
Robertson’s impact has also been felt in the stands. One tribute said Liverpool fans gave him his own chant, while another said he has pace, an excellent final ball and plays with his heart on his sleeve. That same speaker called him a modern legend of the club, a view echoed by others who spoke of his loyalty, his influence and the way he helped make the team what it was.
There is a tension in that farewell. Robertson is leaving as one of Liverpool’s most decorated players of the modern era, yet the praise from teammates and friends keeps circling back to something less measurable: the work, the intensity and the selflessness that never made him a superstar in the usual sense. One tribute put it plainly, saying he will not mind being told he is not superstar status because the real fans see the effect he has on the team and never forget it.
Sunday will close a nine-year spell that began with his move from Hull City and ended with him having won it all at Anfield. For Liverpool, it is the departure of a player who helped shape an era. For Robertson, it is the end of a career chapter that those closest to him say made him the best version of a left-back the club could have hoped for.
