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title: "Liverpool: Roberto Firmino contract talks “on the right track”"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-roberto-firmino-contract-talks-right-track-lfc-reds-klopp/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Cameron Winstanley"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2023-02-02T17:23:25Z"
modified: "2023-02-02T17:23:25Z"
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# Liverpool: Roberto Firmino contract talks “on the right track”

**The agent of [Liverpool](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fc-news/) forward Roberto Firmino has revealed that contract talks regarding the Brazilian remaining at Anfield are going well.**

### **The Lowdown: Firmino’s future**

With his Liverpool career set to hit the eight-year mark in the summer following his £21.3m move from Hoffenheim in 2015 (via [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/9893697/liverpool-sign-roberto-firmino-from-hoffenheim)), there were question marks over whether he could be about to call time on his Anfield journey, with his [£180k-per-week](https://salarysport.com/football/player/roberto-firmino/) contract set to expire at the end of the season.

Firmino has been one of Jurgen Klopp’s go-to players this campaign, with the 31-year-old playing [21](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/roberto-firmino/leistungsdaten/spieler/131789) times in all competitions, including a healthy return of seven goals and three assists in just 13 [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) games.

However, the Champions League and Premier League winner hasn’t featured since before the World Cup break due to injury, but Klopp [revealed](https://www.thisisanfield.com/2023/01/jurgen-klopp-confirms-expected-return-dates-for-van-dijk-jota-and-firmino/) he is set to return in a couple of weeks.

### **The Latest: Agent’s comments**

Firmino’s return will be a welcome one for Liverpool given his form this campaign, but agent Roger Wittmann’s latest comments will be further cherished amid talks over a contract extension running smoothly.

He said to [Sky Sports Germany](https://sport.sky.de/fussball/artikel/sky-exklusiv-berater-roger-wittmann-ueber-choupo-moting-und-roberto-firmino/12800213/34942): “It’s a very long relationship between Roberto and Liverpool. Roberto feels good. At the moment, we’re in a great exchange, and in February we’ll probably know where the journey is going.

“But Roberto also has to have a say in order to reach an agreement with Liverpool. We’re on the right track. We’re having really good talks with Liverpool. They’re a superbly positioned club.”

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### **The Verdict: Great news**

Firmino has been an immensely [popular figure](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fans-love-roberto-firminos-21549976) during his time at Anfield, and his form in front of goal this season – which sees him on course to record double figures for goals in the league for the first time in [three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/roberto-firmino/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/131789/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=GB1&pos=&trainer_id=) campaigns – will be a welcome boost for the Reds upon his return to fitness.

Liverpool are struggling this season, with them currently sat ninth and facing an uphill battle to overturn the 10-point deficit to the top four, and his return from injury could provide them with a spark. Following the arrival of Cody Gakpo last month – the club’s only winter signing – a new deal could ease Klopp’s concerns to bring in another player.

The Reds are set to see an overhaul in midfield in the summer with four centre-midfielders seeing their contracts expire at the end of the season (via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/vertragsende/verein/31)), and although Firmino is also currently on that list, his agent’s comments provide hope that Klopp has one less problem to address at the end of the campaign.