3) Dejan Lovren
One of the letdowns of pre-season, Lovren surely knows another unnerving friendly display will see him relegated to the bench for the trip to Stoke. (Although we reckon he should probably start there anyway behind Mamadou Sakho.) The Croat was dire versus the Malaysia XI last time out, but the fact he’s started the past two friendlies ahead of Sakho suggests Rodgers wants to use him above the Frenchman. For us this makes no sense at all, but it does at least give the £20m signing a chance to finally prove his worth. His time to do so is running out.
