The future of Liverpool’s midfield looks like a blank canvas. Supporters may flex gallows humour at this point and suggest it has looked like one throughout this season too.
The composition of the squad and the performances they have delivered means that nobody in the centre of the team can feel that their position is safe for 2023/24. Twelve men have made at least one appearance in midfield in all competitions this season, yet they are virtually all either veterans or still in the early stages of their career, or if not they are out of contract in the summer anyway.
Nobody can be certain who will be here for the start of the next campaign, and even with those we can be reasonably sure about, whether they will be in Jurgen Klopp’s best XI is anybody’s guess. It would be foolish to entirely dismiss the possibility of a whole new midfield trio taking to the field in August.
