Arne Slot has the important task this summer of not only bedding in new Liverpool signings, but also replacing a key member of his leadership group following the departure of vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Virgil van Dijk remains the club captain donning the armband whenever he is in the starting lineup. Other veterans like Mohamed Salah and Alisson Becker are senior voices in the group, but Slot is getting closer to revealing who will be Van Dijk’s number two, at least on paper.
