Jürgen Klopp has won everything possible at Liverpool, but he still has records to break. Ibrahima Konaté and Harvey Elliott can help him to smash one.
Not many of the records set by Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool come from 2016. Having only joined in October the previous season, the manager’s team was still in a fledgling stage, yet to become the all-conquering behemoth we know today. But one particular feat from that era is yet to be topped; Ibrahima Konaté and Harvey Elliott could help change that.
The pair will have their eyes on much more involvement this season. By the end of the last campaign, Konaté had seemingly just edged ahead of Joël Matip in the Liverpool pecking order, and will now expect to be involved more often than not.
Elliott might not quite be at the stage where he features in the majority of games, but a good pre-season should at least elevate him back to pre-injury status. It must be remembered that Klopp entrusted him with a start against Chelsea early last season — the teenager will be targeting a major breakthrough campaign.
It seems almost certain that the pair will line up together in the Premier League in 2022/23, most likely on multiple occasions. Aged 23 and 19 respectively, both qualify in the bid to break Klopp’s record.
Specifically, in May 2016, Klopp fielded the youngest ever Liverpool XI in the Premier League, with an average age of 23.6. Sandwiched between the two legs of the Europa League semi-final against Villarreal, the fixture saw major changes, with Liverpool playing the likes of Danny Ward, Brad Smith, Sheyi Ojo, Pedro Chirivella, Kevin Stewart and Jordon Ibe. They lost 3-1.
It would be remarkable if Klopp beat this record in the normal course of a season, rather than as part of a mass
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