After a frustrating Premier League title defence, many Liverpool stars are now looking forward to competing in the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. The Reds endured a disappointing campaign as reigning Premier League champions, but they will still be healthily represented at the tournament.
Liverpool only just finished in the top five. Had the Premier League not been awarded an extra Champions League place for its high UEFA coefficient ranking, a frustrating season would have been even worse for the club. It was an inconsistent campaign for Liverpool, despite their unprecedentedly high transfer spend last summer, and that resulted in manager Arne Slot being sacked by the Anfield hierarchy.
While they look to secure Slot's successor and transfers for the next manager, many of their players will be competing in the USA, Mexico and Canada for their respective countries. Mirror Football takes a look at which Liverpool players will be at the World Cup and which players missed out on a call-up after the deadline for squad submissions passed this week.
Liverpool World Cup Call-Ups
Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker (Brazil)
Defenders: Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands)
Midfielders: Ryan Gravenberch (Netherlands), Wataru Endo (Japan), Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina), Florian Wirtz (Germany)
Forwards: Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Alexander Isak (Sweden)
Not Going to the World Cup
Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong, who arrived last summer for a combined £108.5m, will both be watching from afar. Ekitike is injured, while Frimpong was not selected for the Netherlands. Other absentees include:
- Giorgi Mamardashvili (Georgia - didn't qualify)
- Freddie Woodman (England - not selected)
- Giovanni Leoni (Italy - didn't qualify)
- Joe Gomez (England - not selected)
- Milos Kerkez (Hungary - didn't qualify)
- Conor Bradley (Northern Ireland - didn't qualify)
- Calvin Ramsey (Scotland - not selected)
- Stefan Bajcetic (Serbia - didn't qualify)
- Curtis Jones (England - not selected)
- Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary - didn't qualify)
- Rio Ngumoha (England - not selected)
- Federico Chiesa (Italy - didn't qualify)
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