by Eagle » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:59 am
We're unlikely to see Ox in a Liverpool shirt until December/Jan, Keita and Fabinho are new to the league, Lallana is coming off a season on the treatment table, Henderson has regularly missed games in the last few seasons due to injuries, and Milner's contract runs out at the end of the season. The only midfielders that we can afford to lose are Chirivella and Grujic.
If one of the front 3 is out for an extended period, I'm guessing Fekir will push forward and one of the midfielders will come in to the side. If we complete deals for Fekir and Shaqiri the likes of Ings, Origi, Sturridge, Wilson, Kent and Ojo are unlikely to be playing their football here next season. Numbers wise I think we'd be fine. Solanke, Brewster and probably Woodburn will be kept in the squad but it would take a number of injuries for them to get game time outside of rotation.