Jurgen Klopp has revealed there are a fourth, fifth and sixth-in-command in the Liverpool squad.
Gini Wijnaldum left the club earlier this year, leaving a gap in the leadership at the club – having previously been fourth-in-command after Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Virgil van Dijk.
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Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Porto, Klopp explained the squad voted on the next three in the chain of command at Anfield.
And it’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Alisson Becker, as explained by the boss.
“Obviously Hendo, Millie and Virg [are the three ‘captains’] and then the next [with] most votes… Trent, Robbo and Alisson Becker,” Klopp said.
“We had a problem last year, from time to time, that many players couldn’t play that we had no-one available, so I thought it’d make sense to increase this group a little bit and that’s what we did.”
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Trent and Robertson do stand out as solid options for the fourth and fifth-in-command, but Alisson is perhaps a surprising vote by the squad.
Roberto Firmino, Mo Salah, Joe Gomez and even Divock Origi have been handed the armband before, but no-one knows the players better than their team-mates!
It’s very progressive of Klopp to also allow the players to vote on who they want to be the designated leaders, which is typical of the German.