Liverpool had been spinning plates throughout 4 totally different competitions and had nearly all of their first-team gamers representing their nation in 2023/24, however who clocked the most minutes?
Virgil van Dijk‘s trustworthy evaluation after his Euros marketing campaign summed up the 2023/24 season, saying “It has been a really, very, very lengthy 12 months, a troublesome 12 months.”
It was an emotional rollercoaster, for one, with Jurgen Klopp‘s exit, plus the calls for of membership and worldwide soccer – which led to a handful of Reds enjoying greater than 60 video games!
Liverpool’s normal 38 Premier League recreation season was added to by 20 matches throughout the League Cup triumph, the FA Cup and the Europa League – totalling 58 video games from begin to end.
If you add in worldwide friendlies, qualifiers and tournaments, the calls for on the gamers turn into ridiculous, regardless of how a lot they earn for doing so.
With that in thoughts, let’s check out Liverpool’s prime 10 for minutes performed final season.
Membership + Nation – High 10
Ultimately, just one participant amassed greater than 5,000 minutes for membership and nation. That was Virgil van Dijk, who performed 5,395 minutes throughout 64 matches.
As captain of Liverpool and the Netherlands, his alternative to relaxation or be taken out of a recreation is uncommon, and it’s no surprise he pointed to his exhaustion on the finish of his very lengthy season.
The South American trio of Luis Diaz (4,941 minutes), Alexis Mac Allister (4,561) and Darwin Nunez (4,001) all performed 60 or extra matches and had the added journey complications to navigate.
1. Virgil van Dijk (64 video games) – 5,395
2. Luis Diaz (67) – 4,941
3. Alexis Mac Allister (60) – 4,561
4. Darwin Nunez (67) – 4,001
5. Mohamed Salah (54) – 3,987
6. Cody Gakpo (66) – 3,942
7. Dominik Szoboszlai (58) – 3,841
8. Wataru Endo (56) – 3,743
9. Alisson (40) – 3,600
10. Harvey Elliott (62) – 3,423
What can be noticeable from the figures and the graph (above) is that Dominik Szoboszlai performed 42 % of his season minutes for Hungary.
He’s an ever-present for his nation and that’s one thing Arne Slot and his workers might want to contemplate as they search to keep away from one other drop-off in output within the second half of the marketing campaign.
Lastly, if we check out the larger image, solely 12 gamers in world soccer performed greater than Van Dijk final season in all competitions for membership and nation, and two of them had been goalkeepers.
If you happen to had been to eradicate membership cup competitions from that equation, the Dutchman has performed the fourth-most minutes of any outfield participant on the planet.
And simply to focus on his busy 12 months even additional, he performed 1,394 minutes extra than Nunez, who ranked fourth in Liverpool’s prime 10 for minutes performed!
Membership – High 5
1. Van Dijk – 4,072
2. Diaz – 3,615
3. Mac Allister – 3,501
4. Joe Gomez – 3,113
5. Salah – 3,132
Nation – High 5
1. Diaz – 1,326
2. Van Dijk – 1,323
3. Szoboszlai – 1,137
4. Mac Allister – 1,060
5. Endo – 985
