"The imminent departure of Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson will bring that home to Liverpool this summer. It has been a slow disassembly, but come the summer, when Robertson and Salah leave, there will only be a handful of holdovers from Jurgen Klopp's peak Liverpool side."
"For Salah and Robertson, though, it simply feels like the natural tailing off for two enormously popular and influential members of a decorated squad. They are simply not the players they once were."
"Alisson Becker is still Liverpool's first-choice goalkeeper, but increasingly injury-prone; more to the point, his long-term successor is already at the club and just waiting to take the gloves off him."
Liverpool's 2020 Premier League title-winning squad has been gradually disassembled over five years. The imminent departures of Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson will leave only a few holdovers from Jurgen Klopp's peak team. This transformation began in 2021 with the exits of Georginio Wijnaldum and Xherdan Shaqiri. The departure of Salah and Robertson feels significant, highlighting the decline of two influential players. Alisson Becker remains as the first-choice goalkeeper but is increasingly injury-prone, with a successor already at the club.
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