Liverpool are next up against Chelsea in the Premier League with Arne Slot facing some selection posers
Luis Diaz of Liverpool sprays drink over Federico Chiesa as they celebrate their team’s victory and confirmation of winning the Premier League title after the match against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on April 27 2025(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Liverpool are the Premier League champions once again. Sunday’s 5-1 thumping of Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield meant the Reds moved 15 points clear at the summit from second-placed Arsenal and can no longer be caught.
However, the season isn’t quite over yet with Arne Slot’s side having four more games to play before they can put their feet up for a hard-earned rest this summer. That schedule begins at Chelsea on Sunday, where Liverpool are likely to be given the first of several guards of honour.
And here we look ahead to the changes Slot could make when his team are next in action.
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Quansah on standby
Having not overly rotated his resources in the Premier League this campaign, with the title now in the bag there is definite scope for Slot giving an opportunity to fringe and younger players over the closing weeks.
That, though, is unlikely to come in goal, where Alisson Becker is the first choice ahead of Caoimhin Kelleher with Vitezslav Jaros next in line.
At left-back, Andy Robertson was given the nod at the weekend but will come under pressure from Kostas Tsimikas, who started the previous two matches. And at right-back, Conor Bradley is expected to be available after missing out against Tottenham with a knock, but could find it difficult to displace Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Ibrahima Konate and skipper Virgil van Dijk are the first-choice centre-backs but Jarell Quansah will hope for greater minutes during the next month. Joe Gomez isn’t expected back until the last few weeks of the season at the earliest.
Endo to start?
Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister have been almost ever-present at the base of the midfield. But the time could now come for Wataru Endo to make his first Premier League start of the season.
Curtis Jones is another option in one of the two slots, and Dominik Szoboszlai is similarly capable of stepping back from the number 10 role. The duo will compete with Harvey Elliott for that advanced midfield position, with Elliott also still waiting on his first top-flight start this campaign.
Tyler Morton wasn’t involved with the under-21s last Friday, whereas both James McConnell and Trey Nyoni featured in the Premier League 2 play-off defeat at Manchester City. None of the three, though, have played a minute in the Premier League under Slot.
Chiesa question
In attack, the time may well be approaching for Federico Chiesa to make his first Premier League start with the Italian needing one more appearance to be guaranteed a winners’ medal. However, it is unlikely to come at the expense of Mohamed Salah, who will perhaps now be chasing more goalscoring records over the final four games.
Darwin Nunez hasn’t started since March with both the Uruguayan and Diogo Jota hoping to dislodge Luis Diaz from the central attacking role. Should that happen, Diaz will threaten Cody Gakpo’s starting position on the left.