Brendan Rodgers’ two brilliant Liverpool XIs in 2014/15, following huge summer of arrivals

DC) Mamadou Sakho or Tiago Ilori

Sakho cost a large £15m fee last summer, and Rodgers will be keen to give him an extended chance to prove he was worth the money. Ilori did very well on loan at Granada last term, and could return to Anfield and provide backup for the central defensive areas.