Liverpool news: Opinion – Nedum Onuoha on refreshing the squad

Trent Alexander-Arnold leaving is as big a deal as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk staying.

You could argue that they need to try and replace him, but how do you replace a boy that came through the academy with the unique skillset that he has? Someone who has got the same drive to do what he did because he is a true, true Liverpudlian?

And yet even just from a numbers standpoint, you would think they are going to need to try and replace him at some level.

When it comes to the rest of the team, they might also want to look at the forward line. Are they happy? Is the manager happy with, for example, the situation with the number nines? I’m not 100 per cent sure. There has been so much variation in who and how they have played that position.

Then there is the likes of Andy Robertson, whose contract is going to be coming to an end in summer 2026. With the sagas and dramas we saw of this campaign, will that be happening next year too?

Liverpool will be looking at two or three players, one in each position to help give the squad good balance. It will not need a lot more because, as we have seen, what they have right now is capable of winning a Premier League title.

They are dynamic. They are really good with how they want to play football. They are tough. They have got good size. Overall, the squad is a very good age, barring one or two players. So with what they have got at present, they have the design and are going to do well for the future too.

Any team that chooses not to get something fresh is likely going to get caught out somewhere further down the road. And sometimes, that is not as far as we believe it will be.

Liverpool have real quality right now, but they know they cannot just let things get stale. All the teams behind them this season will have huge ambitions and want to give themselves an opportunity to win the Premier League title next year.

Nedum Onuoha was speaking to BBC Sport’s Nicola Pearson