Liverpool August squad rankings: Sturridge falls, Mane rises

By Tom Bogert | Sep 2, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 14: Sadio Mane of Liverpool and team mates celebrate his goal with Jurgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on August 14, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /

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LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 06: Jordan Henderson of Liverpool applauds after the International Champions Cup 2016 match between Liverpool and Barcelona at Wembley Stadium on August 6, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images) /

6. Jordan Henderson (up six places)

If you’re selling your Henderson stock, I’ll buy it. All of it. I may as well be in the passenger seat of the Jordan Henderson bandwagon. It’s nice, there’s an abundance of hair products on board.

Even though he’s playing deeper that what’s natural or best suited for him, Henderson has played in the deep no. 6 role. He doesn’t have much of a chance to burst forward and press and get high and shout “F–K OFF” at the linesman and clap to Sturridge when he misses a chance and everything else that he loves to do, but he has done fine deeper. Against Tottenham, one may be inclined to say that he ran the game for large portions of the game.

When Can returns, a line that’s been written far too much at this point, Henderson will get to play box to box more. Even if Klopp returns to the 4-2-3-1, but if he stays 4-3-3, imagine the pressing game with Henderson next to Lallana with the security anchor of Can behind them? Madness.

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