Putting Finances, the Ownership situation and the Manager’s future to one side for a moment, how many players short are we of a squad that can challenge for the title, and where do we need to strengthen?
Goalkeepers
Pepe Reina
Diego Cavalieri
Peter Gulacsi
Charles Itandje
Centre Backs
Jamie Carragher
Daniel Agger
Martin Skrtel
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Daniel Ayala
Right Backs
Glen Johnson
Martin Kelly
Stephen Darby
Philipp Degen
Left backs
Emiliano Insua
Fabio Aurelio
Midfielders
Steven Gerrard
Javier Mascherano
Lucas Leiva
Alberto Aquilani
Jay Spearing
Damien Plessis
Wide Players
Yossi Benayoun
Maxi Rodriguez
Ryan Babel
Albert Riera
Nabil El Zhar
Strikers
Fernando Torres
Dirk Kuyt
David Ngog
Krisztian Nemeth
Daniel Pacheco