Andy Robertson wanted Celtic return but it’s all Liverpool now

Liverpool's Andy Robertson says he would love to retire as an Anfield player. Picture PA Wire

Scotland captain Andrew Robertson has revealed he no longer has ambitions to finish his career with boyhood club Celtic.

The Liverpool left-back was released by the Scottish champions when he was 15.

At the time, the coaches at the Parkhead club deemed him not good enough to be offered a professional contract.

Robertson has previously spoken of holding on to a dream of one day returning to play for Celtic.

But the recently crowned English Premier League winner now insists his sole focus is on seeing out the rest of his playing career with Liverpool.

“If I could retire at Liverpool, then I’d bite your hand off for it now,” said Robertson, who is currently under contract to the Anfield club until 2024. “In an ideal world, I’d want to retire here.”

Speaking to The Lockdown Tactics podcast, Robertson confirmed he retains a strong emotional attachment to Celtic.

But the 26-year-old former Queen’s Park, Dundee United and Hull City man says they have now been superseded in his affections by Liverpool.

“It’s something I think about quite a lot, to be honest,” he tells podcast hosts and former Scotland internationals Kris Boyd and Robert Snodgrass.

“If you asked me when I was playing for Hull if I wanted to go back and play for Celtic, then I would have said that 100 per cent I wanted to play for my boyhood club.

“But now I’ve found my home at Liverpool and I love playing for this club. Playing at this club is amazing. To play in front of the fans every second week at Anfield is incredible.

“When I was younger, I wanted to play for Celtic and give my best years to Celtic. I didn’t want to be hanging on and going there at 33 or 34 when I knew my best years were gone.

“It might be something I’ll need to think about at some stage. I still follow Celtic and they still have a place in my heart.

“It would be hard to say ‘no’ but if I did have the option of retiring at Liverpool I’d bite your hand off for it and I’d probably sign the contract now.”

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