Ultimate Liverpool dream team - Gerrard, Salah & Dalglish but no Suarez or Mane!

Alisson Becker may one day challenge, and perhaps even supersede, Clemence as Liverpool’s greatest ever goalkeeper, but for now there can only be one choice.

Only three players have made more appearances for the Reds than Clemence, who featured 665 times between 1968 and 1981, and few can boast a better trophy collection.

Clemence won 13 major honours at Anfield, including five league championships and three European Cups. Not bad for someone who cost only £18,000 when signing from Scunthorpe.

What, no Trent Alexander-Arnold?! Well, no. Not yet, anyway. Liverpool's home-grown hero will undoubtedly make his way into this XI in the coming years, but how could we possibly overlook the most decorated player in Anfield history?

Phil Neal was Bob Paisley's first signing as Reds boss in 1974, and by the time he left in 1985 he'd won eight league titles, four European Cups, four League Cups, a UEFA Cup and a Super Cup.

He made 650 appearances, scoring 59 goals – including in two separate European Cup finals. He might not have crossed a ball like Trent, but boy is he a Reds legend

One of a long line of great Scots to have represented the Reds, Hansen is widely considered as the greatest defender ever to have pulled on the red shirt and is, with 17 major honours to his name, one of the club’s most decorated players too.

Famed for his calmness, reading of the game and ability to bring the ball out from the back, he captained Liverpool nearly 200 times before injury brought an early end to his career in 1991. Later became a highly-respected BBC pundit.

Another of the modern-day greats, Van Dijk will surely rival Hansen as Liverpool’s greatest ever centre-back by the time he’s finished at Anfield.

A club-record signing when joining from Southampton in January 2018, the Dutchman has proven to be worth every penny of the £75million ($90m) the Reds paid for him.

Imperious in the air, flawless on the deck and a true leader in every sense. Without him, none of the club’s success under Klopp would have been possible. 

Just pipping Steve Nicol, the 1989 Footballer of the Year, and Gerry Byrne, who played the majority of the 1965 FA Cup final with a broken collarbone, is Robertson, the other half of Liverpool’s modern-day marauding full-back duo.

A somewhat low-key arrival from Hull City in 2017, the Scot has developed into one of the best in the world under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp. Like his great mate Alexander-Arnold, he racks up assists for fun, while his energy and speed have been essential to just about all of Liverpool’s recent success.

He may be best known these days for his abrasive, no-nonsense punditry, but before that Souness was one of the most inspirational midfielders British football has ever produced.

A ferocious competitor, blessed with a hammer of a shot and a top-class passing range, the Scot made more than 350 appearances for Liverpool, winning five league titles, three European Cups and four League Cups in just six years on Merseyside.

Captained the Reds to victory in Rome in the 1984 European Cup final in his final game for the club and later won the FA Cup during a difficult spell as manager.

Liverpool’s greatest ever player? Gerrard simply has to be in the conversation. Only two players have made more appearances for the Reds, and only four have scored more goals. Nobody has a more spectacular highlight reel than he does, either.

A remarkable all-rounder, who could tackle as well as he passed, and dribble as well as he could finish, Gerrard captained the Reds almost 500 times and is the benchmark against which all future midfielders will be measured. 

Could have played just about any outfield position in this XI. That's how good he was.

How could the Egyptian King not take his place in this XI? From the day he arrived at Anfield in 2018, Salah has set new standards in terms of goalscoring and a relentless pursuit of glory.

Record after record has tumbled, and trophy after trophy has followed. Salah reached 100 goals for Liverpool in only 159 games – only Roger Hunt and Jack Parkinson got there quicker – and is already in the club’s top 10 all-time goalscorers list.

His three Premier League Golden Boots, two PFA Player of the Year awards and two Footballer of the Year gongs in five seasons offer only a hint of the impact he has made on Merseyside.

When they call you The King and name a stand after you, you know you’ve done something right at a club. Dalglish is perhaps the most iconic single figure in Liverpool’s history, having achieved glory as both a player and a manager.

Signed to replace Kevin Keegan in 1977, he went on to play 515 times, scoring 172 goals and forming a formidable partnership with the free-scoring Ian Rush. Took over as player-manager in 1985 and led the Reds to the league and cup double in his first season.

His leadership and humanity in the aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster merely cemented his place in fans’ hearts. For many, King Kenny will never be surpassed.

Has there ever been a more thrilling sight for Liverpool fans than Barnes in full flow, running down that left wing?

Graceful, perfectly-balanced and with pace and skill in abundance, he took Anfield by storm after arriving from Watford in 1987, firing the Reds to two league titles and an FA Cup in his first three seasons. Along with Peter Beardsley and John Aldridge, he formed part of one of the most exciting, free-flowing sides in the club’s history.

Injury curtailed his peak years, but he still found a way to re-invent himself as a classy, controlling midfield player, and left in 1997 having made more than 400 appearances and scored more than 100 goals.

The greatest goalscorer in Liverpool history, which is all you need to understand why he pips the likes of Kevin Keegan, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and Roberto Firmino to take his place in this XI.

Rush scored 346 times in 660 appearances across two spells for the Reds, winning 14 major trophies along the way. A relentless presser as well as a clinical finisher, he’s the club’s all-time record goalscorer in Merseyside derbies too, for good measure.