Liverpool won the Champions League the previous season and are also on the verge of winning their maiden Premier League title by the end of this season.
But as the current campaign comes to a close, Jurgen Klopp might be fueled with a very different and difficult concern. The one where he looks to keep his squad intact by holding onto all of his star players.
There have been numerous reports that players like Sadio Mane and Mo Salah could be on their way out of the club if Liverpool were to pick up all the major honours by the end of this season.
And to make things worse, the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid are reportedly keen to make moves for players like Van Dijk and Firmino.
While Jurgen Klopp is confident that he will be able to hold onto his star performers for a couple of more season but Paul Ince feels that the Anfield outfit could be victims of their own success.
Ince said via Metro: ‘I think what they’re doing is great – the players and Klopp – but great teams win trophies year in year out.
‘They’ve got a big chance to do that but we’ll need to look back in a few years to see what they’ve done to say that was a great Liverpool team.
‘Obviously it’s now a question of how they get better in the future, it’s tough because they’ve got some young exciting players who are only going to improve but in football things change – we saw that with Philippe Coutinho, suddenly someone like Barcelona comes in and they’re off.
‘It’s a case of keeping the best players at Liverpool.’ Ince added in an interview with Liverpool Echo: ‘Will someone come in for Van Dijk? When Barcelona or Real Madrid come knocking it’s hard to say no.
‘That’s the thing about being a victim of your own success, when you’re doing so many great things like Liverpool are doing it alerts other big clubs like Barcelona or Madrid.’
Verdict on Liverpool players:
Yes, some big names will surely be coming after the likes of Van Dijk and Salah as soon as the season comes to an end but we are pretty confident that most of these players will not be heading out Liverpool during the summer.
Players like Firmino, Mane and even Fabinho are key members of Jurgen Klopp’s men and they have seen ample amount of game time this campaign.
But having said that the likes of Shaqiri and Adam Lallana are expected to head for greener pastures since they have seen very little football up until now.
