Liverpool have submitted their full squad list ahead of the new Premier League season. All clubs are allowed 25 players over the age of 21, with a maximum of 17 foreigners.
We’ve decided to only name 22 senior professionals, seven of which are home grown – meaning our squad is legal because it has 15 senior foreigners.
Premier League rules state clubs can name unlimited number of Under-21s, both English or otherwise, and you can see Jurgen Klopp has taken no risks by submitting the names of the entire Academy, just in case. In the ‘Under-21 list’, you’ll see the likes of Divock Origi, Marko Grujic and Joe Gomez – who’ll be very much part of the first-team squad but are still ‘free choices’ for the time being.
Notably, Mamadou Sakho has been named in the squad. This is despite the fact he was told in no uncertain terms that he wouldn’t play this season if he refused a loan deal away from the club (via Telegraph), which he did – turning down a number of suitors on deadline day.
Due to his disciplinary problems, Sakho is now sixth in the centre-back pecking order behind Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan, Joel Matip, Gomez and Lucas – but by naming Sakho in the squad – Liverpool are taking out an insurance policy against a defensive injury crisis – and perhaps giving the Frenchman a glimpse of hope, too.
Full list courtesy of the Echo
25 Squad players (*=Home grown)
Barbosa de Oliveira, Roberto Firmino
Can, Emre
*Clyne, Nathaniel Edwin
Coutinho Correia, Philippe
*Henderson, Jordan Brian
Ilori, Tiago
*Ings, Daniel William John
Karius, Loris
Klavan, Ragnar
*Lallana, Adam David
Lovren, Dejan
Mane, Sadio
Manninger, Alexander
Matip, Job Joel Andre
Mignolet, Simon
*Milner, James Philip
Moreno Perez, Alberto
Pezzini Leiva, Lucas
Sakho, Mamadou
*Stewart, Kevin Linford
*Sturridge, Daniel
Wijnaldum, Georginio
Under-21 players (Contract and Scholars)
Adekanye, Omobolaji Habeeb
Alexander Arnold, Trent
Atherton, Daniel
Awoniyi, Taiwo
Brannagan, Cameron
Brewitt, Tom
Brewster, Rhian
Brimmer, Jake
Camacho, Rafael Euclides Soares
Chirivella Burgos, Pedro
Correia Gomes, Toni
Coyle, Liam
Dhanda, Yan
Driscoll-Glennon, Anthony
Ejaria, Oviemuno
Firth, Andrew
Fulton, Ryan
Garcia Rey, Juan Manuel
George, Shamal
Gomes Aju, Madger Antonio
Gomez, Joseph David
Grabara, Kamil
Grujic, Marko
Hart, Samuel James
Hunter, Jordan
Jones, Lloyd Richard
Kane, Herbie
Kelleher, Caoimhin
Kent, Ryan
Lattie, Diego Omar
Lennon, Brooks
Lewis, Adam
Lewis, Kane
Maguire, Joseph
Masterson, Conor
McAuley, Glen
Millar, Liam
Neves Alves, Paulo Manuel
Ojo, Oluwaseyi
Origi, Divock Okoth
Owens, Kris
Parker, Mich’El
Phillips, Adam Lee
Phillips, Nathaniel Harry
Randall, Connor Steven
Rodrigues De Souza, Allan
Ryan Alonso, Dylan
Simmonds, Okera
Virtue Thick, Matthew Joseph
Whelan, Corey
Whyte, Harvey
Williams, Ben
Williams, Michael Jordan
Wilson, Harry
Woodburn, Benjamin