Liverpool supporters pick their favourite Spanish and Argentine Reds before the 2026 World Cup final
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Liverpool fans know that one player will be turning out for them in 2026/27 having become a world champion this summer.Victor Munoz and Alexis Mac Allister go head-to-head on Sunday with Spain and Argentina battling to win the World Cup.Munoz has become the latest in a long line of Spanish players to have featured for Liverpool, while Mac Allister is one of a select group of six Argentines to don the famous red shirt. Make ONE prediction about the rest of Dominik Szoboszlai’s Liverpool career He's here for the next FIVE years 😍 Credit: Getty Images/Nikki Dyer/Liverpool FC Ahead of Sunday’s showpiece in New Jersey, Rousing The Kop asked fans on social media to look back on their favourite Reds players from each of the competing nations.Torres is Liverpool fans’ favourite SpaniardThere have been a number of top Spaniards to play for Liverpool, but the standout two are arguably current Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso, and Fernando Torres, whose own dalliance with the Blues broke Reds fans’ hearts in 2011.Nevertheless, after 15 years, supporters seem to have forgiven Torres, and when asked on RTK‘s Facebook and X pages to pick between El Nino and Alonso, the majority of fans sided with their former No.
9.“Torres, 2009 here in RSA confederations cup, the reason I joined Liverpool as a fan,” one supporter said. “He then joined Chelsea, I got hurt.”Photo by Michael Steele/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Liverpool fans decide whether they’ll be supporting Spain or Argentina in the World Cup final“Torres, cos he peaked at Liverpool, whereas Alonso peaked at Madrid,” someone else added.“Very different players but Torres was such a joy to watch,” was another’s view, while one more fan claimed: “Torres by some distance at his peak , I loved Alonso but he could be very ineffective against the “dogs of war ” type midfields you could face in the Premier League.”Alonso did have some support, with one supporter arguing: “Xabi was better longer then went on to have a better career,” and while Thiago Alcantara and Luis Garcia also received some love, Torres was the clear winner here.Mascherano takes the crown for ArgentinaIn terms of the Argentines, Liverpool fans have much less to decide between, although in Mac Allister and Javier Mascherano, they have two real standout choices.Those were the two players RTK asked fans to pick from on Facebook and X, with a clear majority favouring Liverpool’s former midfield destroyer over the current incumbent.
Who are your favourite Liverpool players from Spain and Argentina as they meet in the World Cup final? But Masc is one of my personal favourite players ever.”“In terms of talent Mascherano,” someone else said, with one more choosing the former Barcelona man because he “played in all positions before leaving Liverpool.”Others disagreed, pointing to Mac Allister’s Premier League title and Carabao Cup with Liverpool as reason to choose him instead, but, on the whole, this was an easy win for Mascherano.In fact, he was more closely rivalled by Maxi Rodriguez, with a number of fans keen to bring the former winger into the conversation as well.“Maxi was superb in the short period he was at Liverpool.