Andrew Robertson, the Liverpool defender, has signed a new five-year contract for the Premier League leaders.

Robertson put pen to paper on a deal keeping him on Merseyside until the end of the 2024 season, recognition of his excellence since joining from Hull City in the summer of 2017. The 24-year-old is the latest in a recent flurry of contract extensions.

“I am still young enough that I hope my best is still to come, that I can get better at the things that maybe are a small weakness or whatever,” Robertson told the club website. “It’s about improving on them every day and the things you think are strengths, to try to get better at.

“I feel as if I have done that - this season I have already got more assists than last season, which is massive for me because I wanted to give more in attack and make my final ball a bit better.

“This season I feel it has been better, but it can still improve. As a defence we’ve improved and of course, defensively, I feel as if I have improved under that.

“I am happy with that side of the game as well, getting better and better and I hope there is still a lot more to come.”