Calvin Ramsay Joins St Mirren on Loan to Restart Career

Calvin Ramsay has drawn a line under his Liverpool career and headed home, insisting a return to Scotland was exactly what he needed to restart a stalled journey.

The 23-year-old right-back has joined St Mirren on loan for the 2026/27 season, subject to international clearance. With his Liverpool contract expiring next summer and no new deal on the table, the move all but confirms his Anfield chapter is over. He will leave on a free.

"I feel really good, really excited," he told the club. "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 was as much about environment as opportunity. Paisley is familiar ground for visiting teams, and Ramsay has felt that from the other side.

"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."

He has also been sold on the project by the man in charge.

"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."

Ramsay arrived at Liverpool from Aberdeen in June 2022 in an initial £4.2m deal, billed as a long-term option at right-back. The move never truly got going. Injuries bit hard, rhythm never came, and a series of loans failed to provide the platform he needed.

Across four years on Liverpool’s books, he managed only four senior appearances. Temporary spells at Preston North End, Bolton Wanderers, Wigan Athletic and Kilmarnock during the 2023/24 and 2024/25 campaigns brought just 26 games in total. It was a stop-start existence, heavy on travel and rehab, light on continuity.

He stayed on Merseyside for the 2025/26 season under Arne Slot and was named in 20 matchday squads. The door seemed slightly ajar, but injuries elsewhere in defence largely explained his presence. He played only twice.

Now comes a cleaner slate. Back in the Scottish Premiership, in a league he knows and a setting he trusts, Ramsay is chasing minutes, form and a bit of himself.

From January, he will be free to speak to other clubs about his next permanent move. How different might those conversations sound if St Mirren becomes the place where he finally catches fire?