LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister says he was left “very, very sad” by the club's decision not to offer him a contract extension. He's still holding out hope for a new deal.
Mac Allister, a Premier League winner with Liverpool in 2024-25, said on Tuesday he had options to leave Liverpool in the offseason. He argued he doesn't need to prove he deserves the sort of extension given to his midfield teammates Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch this year.
"I received the news that the club was not in a position to offer me a new contract, which of course makes me very, very sad because I think everyone can see that I give my 100% for this football club every single day in training, games," he said ahead of Liverpool's Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.
“I see Dominik and Ryan renewing their contracts and that makes me very happy because they deserve it, but at the same time it makes me a little bit sad that I didn’t get mine. Of course, there is still time. I think the fans don’t need to worry because I will give my 100% until the last day I’m here.
"We will see what happens, but there were options to leave this summer and I think right now I’m in the right club and I have the right mindset to give my 100% for this club.”
Mac Allister’s contract runs through the 2027-28 season. Without an extension he could have more leverage for a transfer next year. Otherwise Liverpool would risk losing him for no fee when his deal ends.
A World Cup winner in 2022, the Argentina midfielder joined Liverpool in 2023 for Jürgen Klopp's final season.
“It’s a very successful period of my life and I don’t think I have to prove something but of course I have to show the level that I can perform,” he said.
Asked about Mac Allister's comments, coach Andoni Iraola signaled he's happy with the midfielder's performances in all three of their Premier League games.
“The important thing is that he wants to be here. He wants to continue here,” Iraola said ahead of his first European game as Liverpool manager. “I rate him very highly.”
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FILE - Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister celebrates after scoring during the Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and West Ham United in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government said Tuesday that France and Canada will join it in banning goods from Israeli West Bank settlements.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that the countries are part of an international coalition. He said that Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Poland, Portugal and Sweden have pledged to “support further action.”
The Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Spain and Norway have either banned goods from settlements or are in the process of doing so, he said.
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LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government said Tuesday that it's banning trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where it says “settler terrorists” are carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said that the U.K. will ban imports of all goods from the settlements, and some services including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate and advertising for settlements.
It’s a significant toughening of Britain’s stance towards Israel, whose conduct towards the Palestinians under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has increasingly been criticized by the U.K. and other Israeli allies.
Under Netanyahu’s ultranationalist government, settlement construction in the West Bank has surged. The international community overwhelmingly considers such construction to be illegal and an obstacle to peace.
”The British government agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West Bank, perpetrated by settler terrorists,” Miliband said. He said there had been “houses bulldozed, roads and public infrastructure destroyed, families displaced from their homes.”
He said that he feels “a deep sense of shame about what has unfolded in Palestine under the eyes of the international community.”
The United Kingdom, a longtime ally of Israel, recognized Palestinian statehood last year in an attempt to revive dwindling efforts to achieve a two-state solution.
The center-left Labour Party government has previously sanctioned some Israeli settlers and illegal outposts over violence against Palestinians and illegal development in the West Bank.
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has voiced concerns about the E1 settlement project approved by Israel, which would effectively cut the territory in two. Palestinians and rights groups say it could destroy hopes for a future Palestinian state.
A tougher line on settlements is likely to be welcomed by many Labour voters and lawmakers, who have urged the government to go further in sanctioning Israel and supporting the Palestinians.
But some Labour members expressed concern that the move could boost support for Netanyahu, who is facing a tough battle for reelection in October, or lead to attacks on British Jews.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that the ban would be “a grave miscalculation, a decision that will fall on the wrong side of history.
“In the current context, it would be a gross interference in the democratic elections of a sovereign nation,” he said.
Senior Israeli ministers condemned the U.K. government’s impending announcement. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar warned that “if Britain acts against Israel, Israel will act against Britain.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s hard-line public security minister, called on Netanyahu to recognize Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic known in Argentina as Islas Malvinas.
The move was also criticized by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said that it was “discrimination against the Jewish people.” He said that the U.K. could face “repercussions or retaliations” from the U.S. if it imposed the sanctions.
Several U.S. states have laws banning contracts or investments with businesses that boycott Israeli firms, including those based in the West Bank. U.S. Rep. Randy Fines, a Florida Republican, said in a post on social media that the U.K. ban could put at risk “billions of dollars” in trade between British businesses and Florida.
Burnham’s office said that the prime minister spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and set out “the U.K.’s commitment to working toward peace and security in the region” and achieving a two-state solution. There was no word on how Trump responded.
Israel seized the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and which would make up the main part of a future Palestinian state.
Netanyahu’s government views the West Bank as the biblical and historical homeland of the Jewish people and is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Megan Mineiro contributed to this report from Jerusalem.
FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband speaks during a press conference in Madrid, Spain, on July 29, 2026. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)
