Calvin Ramsay's Liverpool Journey Ends with Loan to St Mirren
Liverpool’s summer rebuild is still in motion, but one story already feels like it has reached its quiet conclusion: Calvin Ramsay’s time at Anfield.
Liverpool juggle big-money targets and exits
At the top end of the market, Liverpool are pushing on with ambitious moves for Bradley Barcola and Yankuba Minteh, though the numbers are eye-watering even by modern standards.
Barcola is being priced at around £120m as Paris Saint-Germain prepare for the 23-year-old’s possible departure. Brighton, sensing a seller’s market of their own, have grown increasingly bullish over Minteh and now value the 22-year-old winger at £80m.
Whether Richard Hughes is prepared to meet those figures is another matter entirely. There is every chance Liverpool, newly crowned 2024/25 Premier League champions, simply walk away if the asking prices don’t budge.
Before any major arrivals, the club still need to clear the decks. Stefan Bajcetic, Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott are all set to leave as Liverpool reshape the squad around Arne Slot’s plans.
Amid those bigger headlines, one deal has already been signed off.
Ramsay heads to St Mirren – and towards the exit door
Calvin Ramsay has joined St Mirren on loan for the 2026/27 season, a move that feels less like a development step and more like a soft farewell.
The 23-year-old full-back arrived at Liverpool from Aberdeen in 2022 for a little over £4m, carrying the weight of promise and the label of a long-term option at right-back. It never really happened for him.
Instead of building momentum at Anfield, Ramsay’s Liverpool career has been scattered across loan spells – Preston, Bolton, Wigan, Kilmarnock. Plenty of miles, very little stability.
For some supporters, Arne Slot’s decision to move him on so quickly jars with the team’s recent struggles at right-back. They saw a player discarded before he truly had a chance to stake a claim.
St Mirren, though, see opportunity. Manager Craig McLeish has already gone on record, via BBC Sport, calling Ramsay’s talents “exceptional” and stressing how significant this season could be.
"It's a really important year for Calvin where he needs to find regular football to help kick on his career and we're happy to give him that platform because we get an exceptional young player to add to our group," McLeish said.
A Liverpool chapter that never quite opened
The move all but confirms what many suspected: Ramsay’s Liverpool story is effectively over.
His contract at Anfield runs until 2027, but Liverpool have chosen to let him see it out on loan elsewhere. That decision speaks loudly. This season in the Scottish Premiership now doubles as a shop window, a chance for Ramsay to convince future suitors rather than his parent club.
He departs the first-team picture having made his breakthrough under Jurgen Klopp, but only just – four senior appearances in total, a career at Liverpool that flickered rather than burned.
Now the stage is in Paisley, not on the Kop. If Ramsay is to prove McLeish right and show he really is “exceptional”, this is the year he has to do it.
