Jurgen Klopp has warned his Liverpool squad that no player is indispensable with competition for places stronger than ever at Anfield.
The Reds have been riddled with injuries since winning the Premier League in 2020, losing the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Joel Matip and Jordan Henderson to season-ending injuries last year before finding themselves regularly depleted in midfield during the current campaign.
Such a shortage of numbers was not aided by a Covid-19 outbreak within the club before the festive period and Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita’s mid-season departure to the Africa Cup of Nations.