How many of Liverpool’s 24/25 Premier League-winning squad will be left if Cody Gakpo goes
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Liverpool have had a crazy amount of turnover in their squad since winning the Premier League just over one year ago.The Reds had looked set to go on and dominate under Arne Slot, but made the decision to overhaul the group instead. Cody Gakpo could leave for Manchester City, joining a number of high-profile exits since the end of the 2024/25 campaign.The likes of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and Andy Robertson have gone – to name but a few – with Andoni Iraola unable to count on much Premier League-winning experience this season.
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The Frenchman has joined in a whopping £123m move from PSG Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC 11 Premier League winners left at Liverpool for nowSalah, Alexander-Arnold, Diaz and Robertson have been joined by Caoimhin Kelleher, Ibrahima Konate, Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah and Darwin Nunez – all of whom played big parts in the Premier League win – in leaving Liverpool.Gakpo would make it nine players sold from the team which won the league, with the tragic loss of Diogo Jota also taking another member in the worst possible way.There are still some big players left, with Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk the standouts, while the successful midfield of Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch still remains as well.Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: What the stats tell us about Liverpool target Ismaila Sarr and how he compares against Cody GakpoBeyond that, though, the team has been rebuilt around those five. The other six players left from Slot’s year in the sun were all back-up players, which is what they remain.Wataru Endo, Joe Gomez and Kostas Tsimikas retain firm second-string status, while Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott could even leave before Tuesday’s transfer deadline, depleting this list further.The final member of the title-winning Liverpool squad who remains at Anfield is Conor Bradley, who played second-fiddle to Alexander-Arnold two seasons ago.Quite why Liverpool deemed it necessary to embark on such a period of change will forever be a mystery to supporters.Salah and Robertson aside, all of the other players who were sold were still either in their prime or not yet approaching it, and it is arguable that the two veterans were past their best as well.In isolation, you could make an argument for any being sold, including Gakpo, but there surely comes a stage when Liverpool have to realise that changing so much in such a short period of time has unnecessarily left them in a far, far worse position.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox