Losers:
3) Mamadou Sakho
Through no fault of his own, we’re going to have to include the French powerhouse in this list. Sakho’s been defensively perfect when selected, scoring a towering header against a Singapore XI during our fist pre-season fixture – but for a reason we simply cannot fathom – it doesn’t seem like Rodgers trusts or rates him. Dejan Lovren has been selected ahead of Sakho nearly every time alongside the automatically selected Martin Skrtel, indicating that the £20m Croat (who was appalling last term and was shaky in pre-season) will start the season. We don’t know what Sakho needs to do in order for Rodgers to put faith in him, as our defence was dramatically improved in 2014/15 when he was fit and selected. Despite strong pre-season performances, it looks like Sakho’s starting the campaign on the bench.
