With the 2022 World Cup set to get underway in Qatar on Sunday, Liverpool will have their fingers crossed that their seven players competing in the mid-season tournament can get through it unscathed.
FIFA confirmed the finalised squads and shirt numbers on Tuesday, with Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold called up by England, Alisson Becker and Fabinho named in the Brazil squad, and Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, and Darwin Nunez selected by France, the Netherlands and Uruguay respectively.
Yet they won’t be the only familiar faces that Kopites will recognise on show in Qatar, with a number of former Reds stars also earning call-ups. Here’s how they ended up competing in the World Cup after leaving Liverpool behind…