Jurgen Klopp has spoken in the past about how he is happy to work with a small squad. With the permanent introduction of five substitutions into the Premier League next season, it should make it easier for the Liverpool manager to provide players on the fringes of the starting XI with regular time on the pitch.
"We build a squad in which everybody feels they are needed,” Klopp said in 2020.” That means we can sometimes be a little bit short in an 'A' solution, but we always have a solution,” he added.
In 2021/22, Klopp solved numerous selection problems thanks to the versatility of a quartet of players: Curtis Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner and Takumi Minamino. That foursome each started at least one game in four different positions last season, at times filling gaps in the XI when required.
