1) Joe Gomez
For us, the biggest individual winner of Liverpool’s pre-season by some distance. Arriving from Charlton, Gomez was an unknown quantity, and many fans had never heard of him prior to the transfer and were actually criticising the club for signing untested players. But Gomez has literally not put a foot wrong during the pre-season fixtures, and has been so assured at left-back, he could possibly start the season ahead of Spanish international Alberto Moreno. Many assumed Gomez will be loaned immediately to the Championship, but instead he’s going to bypass Under-21 and loan football to be fast-tracked into the first-team due to his pre-season exploits.
