Calvin Ramsay Joins St Mirren on Loan for 2026/27 Season
Calvin Ramsay has drawn a line under his Liverpool career and headed home, admitting he was desperate to return to Scotland as he tries to piece his trajectory back together.
The 23-year-old right-back has joined St Mirren on loan for the 2026/27 season, subject to international clearance, in a move that all but confirms his time at Anfield is over. His Liverpool contract expires next summer and the decision has already been made: there will be no new deal. He will leave on a free.
So this isn’t just another loan. It’s a reset.
“I feel really good, really excited,” Ramsay told St Mirren’s media. “I’ve been in and trained and met all the boys, so yeah, I’m looking forward to it.
“I know the league and I wanted to come back up here and try and show what I can do and rebuild myself again. I feel like it’s a good place to come. I want to try and perform, work as hard as I can and see where that takes me.”
The pull of familiarity mattered. Ramsay knows Scottish football, knows the grounds, and crucially, knows St Mirren Park from the other side of the touchline.
“It’s a really tough place to come for opposition teams and I think the pitch is really good as well from when I played here,” he said. “It’s a good set up, it’s a good club and I’m just excited to get going.
“I spoke to the manager a couple of times before I came up and he got his plan across and what he wanted to do.
“It’s probably a different St Mirren compared to the last few years. That’ll suit me. I’m comfortable on the ball, I’m composed, I like to get on it and try and create things and make things happen.”
A Liverpool chapter that never really started
Ramsay arrived at Liverpool in June 2022 from Aberdeen in an initial £4.2m deal, billed as one of the most promising young full-backs in Britain. The pathway looked clear enough: learn under Trent Alexander-Arnold, grow into the role, become part of the next wave.
It never unfolded that way.
Injuries struck early and often. Rhythm never came. Confidence was hard to find when minutes were scarce.
Across four years on Liverpool’s books, Ramsay managed only four first-team appearances. The club tried to kick-start his development with a series of loans, but those spells brought frustration more than momentum. Between Preston North End, Bolton Wanderers, Wigan Athletic and Kilmarnock in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, he totalled just 26 games.
Back on Merseyside for 2025/26 under Arne Slot, he was present but rarely involved. Ramsay made the matchday squad 20 times, yet got on the pitch only twice, mostly covering for defensive injuries rather than staking a claim of his own.
For a player who thrives on the ball and wants to “make things happen”, watching from the bench or treatment room was never going to be enough.
A career to relaunch
That is why this move north feels decisive. Ramsay is not just looking for minutes; he is searching for a version of himself that the last few years have obscured.
St Mirren, for their part, are getting a Scotland international with something to prove and time on his side. Ramsay turns 24 next year, the same summer his Liverpool contract runs out. From January, he will be free to speak to other clubs about his next permanent move.
What happens between now and then in Paisley will go a long way to deciding who comes calling.
