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Even Jurgen Klopp found it difficult to settle on a reliable backline during his early tenure as Liverpool manager. Having made over 700 appearances for Liverpool, club legend Jamie Carragher unsurprisingly proved a difficult man to replace in the heart of defence after his retirement in 2013. We’ve ranked the 12 central defenders Liverpool have signed since Carra left, from worst to best.

An emergency mid-season pick-up from Preston North End amid Liverpool’s great injury crisis of 2020-21. As bad as things got for Liverpool – six straight league defeats at Anfield, anyone? – Davies never actually made it onto the pitch and was only named on the bench on a handful of occasions.



Given two-thirds of his appearances for Liverpool were Ilori’s spell at Liverpool was less memorable than the music output of The Saturdays.