10 May 2016 15:03:44
A standard squad would have around 10 first team midfielders and Can, Hendo, Grujic, Milner, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino and Ojo may well be 8 of those. If we sign one or two more midfielders that leaves little room for Lucas, Allen, Stewart, Markovic and Ibe.

I'm interested to know which TWO of those 5 players you most want to be a Liverpool player next season. For me it's Stewart and Ibe, despite Ibe's struggles I'll always tend to back young Brits.

1.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 15:13:39
Lucas Stewart . Lucas is a nice person and like Allan people don't see what he does.

2.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 15:13:41
Not sure grujic is really needed now in hindsight.
Lucas, can, Stewart, hendo, Allen and Milner are likely to be ahead of him in the pecking order for his position, never seen him play to be fair so I'm just assuming he's not going to slide straight into the first team, all those mentioned there have been playing so well recently it would be a shame to see any go.

3.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 15:21:45
Hmm not sure about the second but Lucas for sure. Always a good option to help the midfield stabilise when need be or as a backup CB who can play the ball out.

4.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 15:22:59
Can't decide between Stewart and Markovic or Stewart and Allen. I suspect Ibe may have chosen to follow the path of his pals Sterling and Sinclair, I hope I'm wrong.

5.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 15:24:49
Grujic could be our Dele Ali. I am half hearted about Lucas bcos he hasn't step up like Can did. And he has slowed down. We need a more dynamic DM if we are to play that fast pressing counter attacking game. I mean so far from observation Real Madrid's Casemiro seem to be playing this role to a T and i do not see Lucas gg to that level. But if klopp can convert him into a sweeper kinda role like say Franco Baresi play, he could be perfect with his positional sense.

6.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 16:09:20
DM/ CM - Can, Hendo, Milner, Grujic, Allen, Stewart

AM/ Inside Forward/ Winger - Firmino, Lallana, Coutinho, Ojo, Ibe, Markovic

I think Lucas long term future is at CB under Klopp.

I think the Pre-season battles: will be between Grujic and Stewart, Ibe and Markovic. Depending on who wins the battle you will see some movement, aka Ibe going out on loan or Markovic being sold.

I think it will be up to Allen if he is happy coming of the bench.

7.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 16:10:05
Stewart and Marko for me. Stewart has shown good qualities and could improve with time. Ibe has never lived up to his early potential. Lucas has never been consistent enough and DM midfield needs a quality addition imo. Allen although improved drastically I still don't see him with a long term future here. Marko could be the width that Klopp has been looking for and if Klopp improves him as much as he has a lot of the other players then Marko could be a hell of a good player.

8.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 16:36:05
Take Allen and Lallana, out of the mix. Firmino is thought of more of a forward. Keep Lucas, Stewart, Ibe and Markovic with the first team.

Use the money to concentrate on other areas.

9.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 17:13:15
I think you need 6 more attacking midfielders and 4 more CM/ DM types.

6 attacking midfielders should be Coutinho, Firmino, Llalana, Milner, Markovic, Ojo.

The more defensive/ box to box should be Hendo, Can, Grujic and Stewart

Milner has the added flex of being able to play both attacking midfielder or in a deeper role, and if we keep Lucas he can provide cover at both CB and DM in a pinch.

I think the addition of Grujic may well end up with Allen leaving, but I can potentially see a new winger if Markovic isn't seen as up to scratch by Klopp.

10.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 17:39:59
I agree with Allen, if he's content not to be an automatic starter, and Lucas is good defensive back-up - seems to be the only player who can get a tune out of Skrtel. And as for academy players, it has to be Brannigan for me. He does something no one else seems to be able to do with any consistency - hit a sweet dead ball. Great touch.

11.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 17:53:05
Zimbo, neither Milner, Markovic or Ojo are attacking midfielders.

12.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 18:03:54
Interesting answers guys. It's not very scientific but a quick count suggests that we're most keen to see Stewart and Marko next season and but people have lost faith in Ibe.

13.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 18:59:01
This will be unpopular, but providing we buy a more defensive minded midfielder, or Grujic turns out to be just that, then I would much rather keep Allen than Stewart, they are a similar age anyway, if Stewart was 2-3 years younger I would be more inclined to keep him. I don't want to sell him, but if I had to choose, then it would be Allen.

14.) 10 May 2016
10 May 2016 19:28:13
My problem with Lucas will only get worse with time, he's too slow for how he tries to play and ends up giving away a lot of fouls. I'm not madly convinced about his passing range but then we're not looking for him to be spraying passes around. But the pace (lack of) and yellow card waiting to happen is a worry. Not quite Moreno level though on that front.

15.) 11 May 2016
10 May 2016 18:38:29
Absolutley baffled what everyone on this page sees in Stewart. He is clearly not good enough. He offers absolutley nothing in the middle and is the most basic player to ever put the shirt on. If we are going to push on ww can have players of his standard in our squad.