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Legends of the club such as Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson and James Milner.

These rebuilds take time.

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As well as quality on the pitch, all six of those players brought various degrees of leadership to the team.

And speaking on the Up Front podcast, Deeney claimed that neither Henderson nor Milner had been succeeded.

“They have never in my opinion replaced the leadership group they lost with James Milner and Jordan Henderson,” said the 35-year-old.

“I know people might talk about qualities, but the leadership group of James Milner – we all know he trains the best, every single day, he wants to do it.

Who is showing the young players now?”

There will be plenty who will be utterly dismissive of Deeney’s claims about Liverpool’s two former stalwarts.

Although they can boast well over 800 appearances for the club between them, Henderson and Milner were slightly divisive figures within the fanbase.

In terms of what they offered on the pitch, it’s probable that Liverpool did indeed upgrade last summer.

If you take something basic like goals and assists, for example, Henderson and Milner managed just five between them last season.