Lucas Leiva and Martin Skrtel name their joint all-time Liverpool five-a-side team

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has blown away the Anfield faithful since taking over from Jurgen Klopp in the summer.

Rafael Benitez has been impressed by Slot at Liverpool, with the Reds currently top of the Premier League table after eight matches.

They have won seven of those games, with their sole defeat coming against Nottingham Forest at Anfield.

It remains to be seen if the Reds can mount a real title challenge, however, with injuries and fatigue certain to come into play.

But Slot has a long list of star names at his disposal, with the manager needing to manage their minutes in the coming months.

Lucas Leiva and Martin Skrtel name their all-time Liverpool five-a-side team

Worryingly, however, three of his most important players in Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all running down their contracts.

All three are star players at Liverpool, but only Van Dijk made the cut in Martin Skrtel and Lucas Leiva’s all-time Reds five-a-side team for The Footy Culture.

Starting off, Skrtel said: “I will go for Pepe,” with Lucas concurring: “I’ll go for Pepe as well,” before adding: “One defender, Virgil.”

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Skrtel then said: “Gerrard, he has to be,” with Lucas again in agreement, with the former defender adding: “And then two strikers…”

Lucas noted: “Kenny [Dalglish],” with Skrtel completing their joint Liverpool five-a-side team: “And Suarez.”

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The selections from Lucas and Skrtel are certainly all Liverpool legends, even with Van Dijk still currently playing.

He has already gone down in Anfield history thanks to his stunning displays in recent seasons, with the Netherlands star a real leader on the pitch and in the changing room.

But fans will be fearing the worst about his future at the club, with a new contract for Van Dijk surely a priority.

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Slot is hopefully doing his utmost to extend the defender’s time on Merseyside, although he will also need to do the same with Alexander-Arnold and Salah.

Alexander-Arnold idolised Gerrard growing up, with the former undoubtedly able to follow in the latter’s legendary footsteps by signing a new deal.