Having been a part of Liverpool’s established management group for a lot of years, Alisson has urged that one other participant has now joined these ranks.
Liverpool’s management group was put in place by Jurgen Klopp and has developed over time, with Jordan Henderson and James Milner the primary concerned.
Virgil van Dijk was appointed third captain in 2018 and was joined by Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson three years later, earlier than Mohamed Salah was introduced in too.
With Henderson and Milner each transferring on the hierarchy has modified, and in an interview with Joe Hart for Soccer Focus, Alisson indicated that Alexis Mac Allister has now been promoted.
“I’m dedicated to this membership, one hundred pc,” Liverpool’s No. 1 mentioned, having turned down a transfer to Saudi Arabia over the summer season.
“And I believe that entails being a part of this management group.
“Me, Virgil, Robbo, Trent, Mo, Macca now’s one thing that’s bringing his expertise as properly.
“He’s younger [at 25], however has achieved so many issues already and that brings him to a normal of excellent management.
“However we now have a number of younger gamers, new gamers coming in, previous gamers going out, fully new employees.
“It’s a problem for us, preserving the great issues, passing these good issues to the employees and to the gamers who’re coming in that we had right here already, and embracing the good things the brand new employees are bringing to us as properly.”
Mac Allister is in solely his second season at Liverpool however is already firmly settled as one of the crucial essential gamers on the membership.
That extends to his position off the pitch, with the Argentinian notably influential in terms of the South American contingent in Arne Slot‘s squad, together with Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, who should not but fluent in English.
Having received each the World Cup and Copa America together with his nation, Mac Allister is skilled on the very prime stage, having solid a robust bond with Lionel Messi.
He has been capable of convey this into his work at Liverpool, and it could be no shock if he’s seen sporting the captain’s armband at some stage if required.
The final participant to captain the facet for the primary time was Salah nearly a yr in the past, with seven gamers in Slot’s present squad having accomplished in order a part of the beginning lineup.
Together with Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson and Alisson, each Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez have worn the armband in video games – with the latter doing in order lately because the 5-1 victory over West Ham in midweek.
After all, with each Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold into the ultimate months of their offers at Liverpool there’s a probability Slot presides over a significant shakeup of his captains earlier than lengthy.
Whereas the hope is that each keep together with Salah, whose phrases additionally expire in 2025, doubts over their futures counsel an enormous determination could also be within the offing.
