16) Dietmar Hamann
With Jermaine Pennant, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Sebastian Coates the three players to have worn the number since the German midfielder, it’s hard to make any case for the Champions League winner not earning his place.
17) Steve McManaman
He missed out on the number seven shirt to Luis Suarez but we’ve still managed to get him in on a technicality. Macca also wore the number 17 during his early Liverpool days and sees off competition from Craig Bellamy.
18) Dirk Kuyt
Michael Owen and John Arne Riise both wore this number during their Liverpool careers but perhaps the most memorable owner of it was the Dutchman. Kuyt was immensely popular at Anfield and always tried his heart out.
19) Ryan Babel
Clearly the number to avoid… Torben Piechnik, Mark Kennedy, Brad Friedel, Pegguy Arphexad, Fernando Morientes, Stewart Downing and Javier Manquillo are the Dutchman’s fairly unspectacular competition.
20 Javier Mascherano
The number currently worn by Adam Lallana. He’ll have to go quite some way to surpass the standards set by the Argentine international, who is still arguably one of the greatest for his position in world football.
