Liverpool are set to enter a new era once Jurgen Klopp heads for the exit door in the summer.

After nearly a decade in charge, Liverpool are going to have a new face in the dugout and it might come with its challenges.

You feel, at a minimum, the powers that be at Anfield need to make sure the core group and the senior players remain for next season.

In some cases, if a huge offer comes in from Saudi Arabia for Mohamed Salah, then they might have no choice but to sell.

Baggies to Barcelona: 10 standout moments of Klopp’s Liverpool reign	Jurgen Klopp leaves incredible legacy and ‘seismic’ exit has even left rivals devastated	'He put us back on our perch' -- What Klopp means to Liverpool

But players like Virgil van Dijk, Luis Diaz, Andy Robertson, Alisson Becker and Trent Alexander-Arnold need to remain.

Perhaps in a few years, once Arne Slot has settled in, some of these guys might be long gone.

But for now, they are needed more than ever before and Daniel Sturridge thinks someone like Alexander-Arnold tops that list.

The former striker stated that ‘all the top clubs in Europe’ are going to want to sign the attack-minded right-back, as he told Sky Sports Premier League (05/05/24 at 7:15 pm).

MORE LIVERPOOL STORIES

That’s why Sturridge was keen to tell Liverpool to tie the 25-year-old down to a new deal and become his own version of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.

“That’s a tough one because I think all the top clubs around Europe are going to be sniffing,” said Sturridge.

“Liverpool have got to do everything in their power to get him to sign on the dotted line because you can’t lose a man of Trent’s (quality), he is from the city, you are talking guys like Stevie G and Jamie Carragher who have represented one club and I think that’s what you kind of want for Trent.”

Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images

As of this moment, he is a one-club man and Liverpool have had players he knows very well that have ended their careers at the club.

The interesting thing here is that Alexander-Arnold has won it all with his boyhood club.

READ MORE: Liverpool should look to reunite partnership who could make them ‘so dangerous’ under Arne Slot

Whereas Gerrard and Carragher were always chasing that Premier League title – and it, unfortunately, never came.

One thing is for sure, Alexander-Arnold can dine at the top table of any European team.

But that’s why the powers that be on Merseyside need to make sure he pens a new deal because he can lead the club into the next trophy-winning era.