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Every player in Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool squad: Stay or sell?

By Tom Bogert

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool looks on before the Barclays Premier League match between Aston Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park on February 14, 2016 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool looks on before the Barclays Premier League match between Aston Villa and Liverpool at Villa Park on February 14, 2016 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) /
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: Dejan Lovren of Liverpool in action during The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield on January 30, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JANUARY 30: Dejan Lovren of Liverpool in action during The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield on January 30, 2016 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) /

CB Dejan Lovren: STAY 

See what I did there? That’s a little thing I like to call having a plan. Which I usually don’t. So that’s a plus.

Anyway.

The case for Lovren is a unique one. I’ve opted at this moment to keep, but, that could change with the right offer. That’ll also hinge on how he finishes this season. As it stands, he’d be behind Matip, Sakho and Skrtel. Would he be cool with being the fourth choice central defender, maybe fifth defending on how Joe Gomez returns from injury?

If a club comes forth, possibly from China where apparently owners bathe in bathtubs filled with money, with a £15million offer, Liverpool would be foolish to decline that.

Lovren has shown, in spurts, the form that made Liverpool buy him for £20million. That player is underneath his accustomed form of his shocking decisions to chase a midfielders to the touchline, but it’s there. After Sakho’s first injury in the Klopp reign, he played like the true leader and alpha male on the back line.

Then, because of course, he got hurt, too. Injuries seemed to only occur when a player started playing well this season.

Think: Ings, Gomez, Sakho, Lovren, Skrtel, Coutinho. All these players were on form when they were stricken down with injuries.

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