Liverpool might be trying to dethrone Manchester Metropolis and luxuriate in extra success in Europe after a profitable however in the end disappointing 2021/22 marketing campaign.
The Reds took house the Carabao Cup and FA Cup however have been denied a historic quadruple by Metropolis within the Premier League and Actual Madrid within the Champions League.
The membership have made some shrewd additions within the switch market to compensate one main outgoing switch, and expectations stay excessive on Merseyside.
This is 90min‘s preview of the upcoming Liverpool season.
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Sadio Mane might have departed over the summer time, however the Liverpool squad has been added to with the additions of Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay.
The Reds have one of many strongest beginning XIs within the Premier League and now have an distinctive quantity of depth because of years of regular squad administration.
Numbers topic to alter earlier than finish of switch window
1) Alisson Becker
2) Joe Gomez
3) Fabinho
4) Virgil van Dijk
5) Ibrahima Konate
6) Thiago Alcantara
7) James Milner (VC)
8) Naby Keita
9) Roberto Firmino
11) Mohamed Salah
13) Adrian
14) Jordan Henderson (C)
15) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
17) Curtis Jones
19) Harvey Elliott
20) Diogo Jota
21) Kostas Tsimikas
22) Calvin Ramsay
23) Luis Diaz
26) Andy Robertson
27) Darwin Nunez
28) Fabio Carvalho
32) Joel Matip
47) Nat Phillips
49) Kaide Gordon
52) Isaac Mabaya
54) Liam Hughes
62) Caoimhin Kelleher
66) Trent Alexander-Arnold
77) James Norris
78) Jarell Quansah
82) Max Woltman
86) Harvey Blair
94) Melkamu Frauendorf
95) Harvey Davies
Star participant
We might most likely make a wonderful case for about seven or eight beginning XI regulars right here, however we will go for the enormous on the again that’s Virgil van Dijk.
The Dutch colossus was imperious once more final time period after lacking nearly the entire 2020/21 marketing campaign with an ACL damage. Van Dijk is never crushed within the air and positions himself completely, snuffing out assaults persistently to present Liverpool the platform to assault relentlessly.
One to observe
Liverpool are blessed with a big array of gifted kids, however the latest face on the scene is Fabio Carvalho, freshly arrived from Fulham.
The Portugal Underneath-21 worldwide netted ten Championship objectives final season and seemed proper at house throughout his cameo look within the Group Protect victory in opposition to Manchester Metropolis. There’s a whole lot of competitors for locations, however the early indicators point out Carvalho will get loads of sport time.
Residence equipment
Away equipment
Liverpool went shut in league and European motion final season however needed to accept each home cups. This yr, the goal will once more be to problem for the Premier League title.
They have been pipped on the ultimate day of final season, however with Darwin Nunez including to their threatening ahead line the hope is they’ll go one additional this time round.
Nonetheless, Manchester Metropolis stay title favourites and Jurgen Klopp’s Reds might need to accept second place once more.
