IAN LADYMAN: Four of Jurgen Klopp’s super-team at Liverpool would now get into their all-time greatest XI, with modern geniuses Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk both making it… but who else joins them?
- Jurgen Klopp today penned a new contract to stay as Liverpool boss until 2026
- Sportsmail’s IAN LADYMAN declared his current side to be among the best ever
- Here, he presents the best Reds XI of those players he has watched live so far
- Both Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, the modern geniuses, make the team
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After Liverpool‘s Champions League victory over Villarreal, Sportsmail‘s Football Editor IAN LADYMAN declared Jurgen Klopp‘s team to be among the greatest ever to represent the club.
It was quite a claim, given Anfield’s rich history.
Here, he presents the best Liverpool XI of those players he has seen play live…
Sportsmail’s IAN LADYMAN has named Mohamed Salah in the greatest Liverpool XI of all-time
Jurgen Klopp today signed a new contract to keep him as manager at Anfield until 2026
There are several automatic selections. Others have had to fight a little harder to get in. And what about those left out?
Alisson, Mark Lawrenson, Ray Kennedy, Terry McDermott, Kevin Keegan, John Toshack, John Barnes, Luis Suarez and Robbie Fowler. It would be some subs’ bench, for sure!
Ray Clemence edges Alisson in goal thanks to his longevity and reliability in an age when pitches were more difficult to predict.
Club legend Ray Clemence (above) has beaten Alisson to start between the sticks in the team
Virgil van Dijk has made the side, and he will play alongside Alan Hansen in a elegant pairing
Across the back, it is impossible to imagine a more elegant central pairing than Virgil van Dijk and Alan Hansen, and Phil Neal has to feature. Rarely in the English game has there been a more dependable full back. Trent Alexander-Arnold is many things but he is not quite that. Not yet.
This formation, meanwhile, demands a lot of holding pair Steven Gerrard and Graeme Souness. Both would have to curb their attacking instincts to allow the gilded front four to play.
Kenny Dalglish is arguably Liverpool’s greatest player and he is given licence here to set up the play for Ian Rush – with whom he had such a superb partnership – and the modern geniuses Sadio Mane and Mo Salah.
I did wonder briefly whether this team had enough security in it for when it didn’t have the ball, but then I looked at it and asked myself: how often would that actually be?
Kenny Dalglish is arguably Liverpool’s greatest player and he is given licence here to dazzle
Modern genius Sadio Mane has also been given the nod to flank Salah and the great Ian Rush
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