With Arne Slot requested to call his all-time XI of Champions League winners, the pinnacle coach named 5 present and previous Liverpool gamers in his lineup.
Slot sat down with Amazon Prime Video and put collectively his all-time beginning XI of gamers who’ve received the Champions League previously.
His lineup contains 4 gamers from his present Liverpool squad and one of many membership’s most legendary figures of the previous.
It might even be argued that not less than yet one more ought to have made it – the selection of left-back is massively debatable given Andy Robertson‘s influence on the function – however Slot was clearly keen to not appear too biased!
Goalkeeper – Alisson (Liverpool)
“I work with him now, however he was additionally actually necessary once they received the Champions League a number of years in the past.
“Since I’ve labored with him, I see how particular he’s and what number of necessary saves he already made.
“He’s been excellent for Liverpool in all these years, it’s a simple decide for me to go for Alisson.”
Proper-back – Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
“I’m going to go for Trent in the precise full-back place, for apparent causes.
“I feel he’s been so particular for Liverpool in all these years, coming from the academy [to] profitable the Champions League at this membership.”
Centre-back – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
“Virgil must be there. He has had quite a lot of influence on this membership. I feel when he and Alisson got here in was the final step the crew wanted to make.
“Spectacular centre-back, actually good within the air, he has all of the attributes a centre-back ought to have. So he’s for positive in it.”
Centre-back – Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
“I feel each [Pique and Van Dijk] have nice composure when they’re on the ball, robust within the air, can rating a aim from set-pieces as properly.
“I feel if you wish to play at this stage, it’s not about how a lot distinction there’s, it’s extra about what number of similarities there are.”
Left-back – Frank de Boer (Ajax)
“I feel a kind of gamers [who won it at Ajax] ought to be in a crew that I choose, and Frank de Boer was actually particular again then at Ajax.”
Defensive midfield – Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
“Understanding of the sport was unimaginable. He was actually fast in his understanding of the sport and seeing the place the choices had been earlier than he even obtained it. Particular participant, nice crew.”
Central midfield – Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
“For those who would have requested me this a yr in the past I might have in all probability mentioned Iniesta, however I feel now I’m going to go for Steven Gerrard, being Liverpool supervisor!
“Why he would possibly need to be in my crew is that the opposite ones, like Iniesta, like Zidane, they performed with unimaginable teammates, and naturally Steven Gerrard performed with good to actually good teammates, however I don’t suppose he performed with the identical stage of gamers.
“Then nonetheless being so particular for the membership, lifting the trophy as soon as, enjoying so lengthy for this membership, he meant a lot for it.”
Central midfield – Luka Modric (Actual Madrid)
“Let’s decide somebody who’s outdoors of the Barcelona-Liverpool-Ajax field and go for Luka Modric.
“He’s hardly injured, his life-style should be excellent as properly. However what makes him particular is he received it six occasions and is for such an extended, lengthy, very long time proper up there.”
Proper wing – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
“For me, it’s clear that Mo Salah ought to be in.
“Eight or 9 years on such a excessive stage within the current historical past of this membership, he’s scored so many objectives. He’s been actually particular for this membership.”
Left wing – Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)
“Ronaldo from the left, Messi as a striker after which Mo from the precise…we’ve obtained some objectives then!”
Striker – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
“I feel that Messi and Ronaldo ought to be in, for my part, virtually everybody’s crew.
“As a result of what they did to the current period of soccer, scoring so many objectives, with even Mo possibly proper up there with the 2 of them. These three ought to be on this crew.”
