3) More chances to blood Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Suso and our other talented youngsters…
If we’d have finished fourth in the Champions League group, we’d only have League Cup and FA Cup fixtures to complement our top flight matches – meaning some members of the squad would have barely featured.
With minimum two more European games on the cards, Brendan Rodgers could give some much needed game-time to the likes of Suso, Emre Can, and Lazar Markovic (although the latter will face a ban due to his petty red card versus FC Basel…)
Rodgers’ first season in charge was characterised by his willingness to field youngsters, and in Raheem Sterling in particular, it worked absolute wonders.
It’d be fantastic if the Europa League enabled a few more fringe players to flourish.
