Mohamed Salah was named in Liverpool's five-man leadership group in the summer of 2023 and could potentially captain the Reds in the Premier League for the first time on Saturday

Jurgen Klopp would later admit he made a mistake by handing Alexander-Arnold the armband, but only because he intended it to be worn by the club’s longest-serving player involved in the game - which would have been Divock Origi.

Klopp's patience appeared to have worn thin, and Sakho was sent to the under-23 team, and never played for the club again. It was said that the player was unfit. However, Sakho aired his frustrations on his Snapchat story, where he claimed his banishment was based on a lie: