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Five players remain from the team which secured the club’s sixth European Cup against Tottenham in 2019.
And all of them might have played their final Champions League match at Anfield in Tuesday’s defeat by Paris Saint-Germain.
Boss Arne Slot did not appreciate being asked about that on TV immediately after the penalty shootout loss to the French champions.
But skipper Virgil van Dijk admits he has “no idea” where he will be playing next season, while fellow out-of-contract stars Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold are also tight-lipped on their futures.
The form of Andy Robertson, another of Klopp’s 2019 winners, has fallen off a cliff, with Slot prioritising a left-back upgrade this summer.
And Alisson — who kept Liverpool in the PSG tie with an extraordinary display in his team’s 1-0 first-leg win — is also under threat.
Georgian keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who arrives from Valencia this summer, is regarded as his eventual replacement.
It means the last vestiges of Jurgen Klopp’s 2019 European champions could soon be swept away.
It would be ludicrous to suggest too much doom and gloom at Anfield as Slot’s side romp towards only their second Premier League title and with Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Newcastle up next.
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Klopp’s midfield revamp worked a treat the summer before last — with Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai all tearing it up in the Premier League.
Now similar overhauls may be needed in defence and attack — with two key defenders out of contract, along with goal-machine Salah.
Meanwhile, Darwin Nunez’s shootout miss accentuated the fact the Uruguayan isn’t good enough at the highest level.
Liverpool have been awarded nine penalties in the league this season — no other club besides Bournemouth has had more than four.
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