Glen Johnson not likely long for Liverpool: ‘I have no contract, and I don’t think that will change’

'Everyone knows where I am' says Glen Johnson, resigned to the fact that it appears likely his time at Liverpool is nearing its end.

Liverpool's Glen Johnson dribbles the ball against Hull City during his side's Premier League loss on Tuesday. Paul Ellis / AFP / April 28, 2015

Glen Johnson says he is still willing to discuss a new contract at Anfield but the Liverpool defender admits the chances of him still being at the club next season are slim.

Johnson started in Tuesday night’s 1-0 defeat at Hull City which effectively ended any realistic hopes of Brendan Rodgers’s men qualifying for next season’s Champions League.

The 30-year-old’s current deal expires in the summer and with no signs of a new offer he has been linked with a move abroad or back to his former club West Ham United.

In a sign he would still be willing to discuss terms, Johnson said: “Everyone knows where I am. I have no contract, and I don’t think that will change.”

However Johnson is adamant he will keep fighting to the finish – even if it means helping Rodgers’s men secure the second-best prize of a place in the Europa League.

Liverpool look set to end the campaign with a whimper following their FA Cup semi-final exit to Aston Villa and Saturday’s poor goalless draw at West Bromwich Albion.

But Johnson added: "Every team wants to finish as high in the Premier League as possible. With the Europa League, you do get a lot more games, but it's a competition you would rather be in than not.

“We’re all professionals, otherwise we would not be at a club like Liverpool. We’ve got four more games to concentrate on to try to get a few more points. That’s what we will concentrate on doing.”

Rodgers has already ordered his ailing Liverpool team to toughen up if they are to mount a serious challenge for a return to the top level of European competition in the near future.

While manager Rodgers believes his side’s mid-season rally has cost them in recent weeks, he will have been alarmed by the lack of desire on show in Tuesday’s defeat at the KC Stadium.

Rodgers said: “The challenge for next year is to build a team that can get through the rough waters as well and that is going to be critical for us.

“We’ve got a lot of fantastic players but when it is tough we have to get through that and if we want to make a challenge like we did last year, that is what we have to do.

“The challenge for me until the end of pre-season is to rebuild a group that can get through. The players here have given their best to meet that challenge but we have to refocus again and look to improve the squad.”

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