Liverpool are likely to part ways with 21-year-old right-back Calvin Ramsay this summer due to constraints imposed by Premier League registration rules.
Since joining from Aberdeen in 2022, Ramsay has made just two senior appearances and now faces the prospect of being moved on primarily because he doesn’t meet the league’s homegrown player criteria. As outlined by onefootball.com, Ramsay would have qualified as homegrown had he completed his loan at Wigan Athletic, an English club. However, his switch to Kilmarnock in Scotland meant he failed to accumulate the required three years at an FA- or FAW-affiliated club before turning 21.
Injuries have also plagued his development, with Ramsay missing 46 games over the past three seasons—an unfortunate trend for a player once seen as a rising talent.
Liverpool already submitted a reduced 21-man squad for the second half of last season, featuring just six homegrown players. With Trent Alexander-Arnold’s departure to Real Madrid, that number drops further, forcing the club to make tough decisions on non-homegrown squad members.
The problem is compounded by several young players—including Ramsay—aging out of Under-21 status and thus losing their exemption from registration limits. Given Ramsay’s injury record and his failure to qualify as homegrown, he appears a logical choice to be let go.
Even as a backup to new arrival Jeremie Frimpong and academy graduate Conor Bradley, Ramsay’s place in the squad can’t be justified. With non-homegrown additions like Florian Wirtz already in and possible signings such as Alexander Isak on the horizon, Liverpool need to free up slots — and Ramsay is the unfortunate casualty.
His exit would create more room for manoeuvre in the transfer market, aiding Liverpool’s continued rebuild under their Premier League-winning manager.
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