Liverpool, the fifth English football league, announced the departure of four players from its ranks at the end of the current season, at the end of their contracts.

The four players are: James Milner, Brazilian Roberto Firmino, Guinean Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
"We can confirm that Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will leave the club at the end of their contracts this summer," the ancient northern club said in a statement.

He added, "These people will be honored at Anfield (in their match against Aston Villa next Saturday), in addition to other honors later."

The name Milner, who defended the colors of Liverpool for 8 years, was associated with moving to the ranks of Brighton or returning to the ranks of Leeds United, who witnessed his start in the English Premier League at the age of sixteen in 2002, before playing with Newcastle, Aston Villa and Manchester City clubs to return and move to Liverpool. 2015.

Milner played 617 matches in the English Premier League and ranks third in the ranking of players with the most matches, after Gareth Barry (652) and Welshman Ryan Giggs (632). But the trio is still far from the record registered in the name of former international goalkeeper Peter Shilton, who played 848 matches in the first division previously.