5) Mamadou Sakho
Klopp uses a centre-half with ball-playing ability to both create attacks from deep and drive forward with it at his feet. Although it’s not always pretty, Sakho is statistically superb on the ball. He very rarely misplaces passes, and has the highest percentage completion of anybody in the squad (92.8% via WhoScored). This is all the more impressive considering he often telegraphs forward passes, instead of just racking up good completion ratios by passing back to the keeper or five yards sideways. The Frenchman is not ideal for the Mats Hummels role, but he’s more suited to it than Skrtel and Lovren, until Gomez returns from injury anyway. Sakho could thrive under a manager who puts huge trust in him, which Rodgers never did.
