Total price of 15 million euros! Liverpool official: 22-year-old midfielder leaves the team

Liverpool officially released the latest news that the 22-year-old midfielder Morton officially transferred and left the team to join Ligue 1 Lyon and signed until 2030. According to official Lyon news, Morton's total transfer fee will reach up to 15 million euros, and Liverpool will enjoy a 20% second transfer share in the next 20%.

Morton was born in October 2002 and is 22 years old. He is an outstanding midfielder trained by Liverpool's youth training camp. He has played in a total of 14 games for Liverpool's first team so far in his career. Previously, Morton was played for teams such as Blackburn and Hull City who were loaned to the Championship and performed well. Slot once took charge of Liverpool in the future and rejected multiple teams' purchases last summer.

Regrettably, because the midfield trio composed of McAllister, Sobosloy and Heraffenberg are in their year of playing, and there are also powerful stars such as Curtis Jones and Endo Kazuki on the bench, Morton has never been able to enter the rotation, and has only played 5 times throughout the 2024-25 season. Worse, Morton was injured when the team encountered the Devil's schedule.

Inadequate strength + injury at critical moments made Morton completely lose the opportunity to stay in Liverpool. In the summer window of 2025, Liverpool made unprecedented major signings in the transfer market. Werz's joining and young player Nioni's emergence made Morton have no choice but to leave the team.

For Morton, leaving the team may be the best choice at this stage of his career. Morton is Lyon's long-term recruitment target. As a modern all-round six player, Morton has excellent ball-holding ability and is competent at the eighth position, which is the best choice for Lyon to seek to improve his midfield strength. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Lyon is willing to pay him a transfer fee that is much higher than his value. In the German transfer market, Morton's current personal value is 7 million euros, while the fixed transfer fee paid by Lyon is as high as 10 million euros, and the total price even has the chance to reach 15 million euros. For Liverpool, although it is a helpless choice to let Morton go, the income of up to 15 million euros will be compensated for economically. In the next transfer market, Liverpool may have more expectations!