November 10th saw United best Villa in a six goal thriller, and the release of six world cup squads! England, Poland, Germany, Cameroon, Belgium, and Morocco all released their team sheets. Chief among the headlines for Liverpool is that Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both been included for the Three Lions! Alexander-Arnold will compete with Kieran Trippier for minutes, while Henderson will compete with Kalvin Phillips for the 3rd holding midfielder slot. Meanwhile, on the former Reds’ side, Simon Mignolet was selected to back up Thibaut Courtois.
England
The big Reds news for Liverpool was Hendo and Trent both getting seats on the flight to Qatar. The whole team (except for Bellingham) plays in the Premier League, so there’s no need to cover that. Based off the roster, England looks ready to play a back 5 once again, as Southgate selected 5 centre-backs and the versatile Kyle Walker. However, that did only leave the squad with 3 fullbacks (Trent, Trippier, Shaw), which could potentially benefit Trent if Trippier is moved out to the left. Meanwhile, four holding midfielders were brought (Rice, Hendo, Phillips, Bellingham) of which Hendo could very well be considered #4. Hopefully he’s able to find his way into the rotation and salvage some minutes. The only true surprising omissions from Southgate’s squad were Fikayo Tomori and Ivan Toney, with Harry Maguire and Callum Wilson being preferred.
England Full Squad
Goalkeepers
Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal), Nick Pope (Newcastle)
Full Backs
Luke Shaw (Manchester United), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle)
Multipurpose Backs
Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ben White (Arsenal)
Centre Backs
Harry Maguire (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Conor Coady (Everton), Eric Died (Tottenham)
Central Midfielders
Declan Rice (West Ham), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Conor Gallagher (Crystal Palace)
Attacking Midfielders
Mason Mount (Chelsea), James Maddison (Leicester City)
Wingers
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City)
Centre Forwards
Harry Kane (Tottenham), Callum Wilson (Newcastle)
Poland
There was no Liverpool current or former representation in the Poland squad, but I also don’t think there’s any active Polish Ex-Reds. However, there was some Premier League representation, with Villa’s defensive duo of Matty Cash (who might be helpful to England right now) and Jan Bednarek making the squad. Besides that, Robert Lewandowski was selected, and water is wet.
Poland Full Squad
Goalkeepers
Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia), Lucasz Skorupski (Bologna), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus)
Full Backs
Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Nicola Zalewski (Roma), Robert Gumny (Augsburg),
Centre Backs
Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont Foot)
Centre Midfielders
Piotr Zieliński (Napoli), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte FC), Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab Club), Damian Szymanski (AEK Atene), Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina)
Wingers
Przemyslaw Frankowski (RC Lens), Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Jakub Kamiński (Wolfsburg), Michal Skoras (Lech Poznan),
Centre Forwards
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana),
Germany
The only current or former Liverpool player who was eligible for the German squad was Emre Can, who was unsurprisingly omitted from the team. Southampton’s Armel Bella-Kotchap somewhat surprisingly found his way into the defence, while Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan (god it hurts to write that name) was predictably handed a spot in midfield, while Chelsea’s Kai Havertz was selected as an attacker.
Germany Full Squad
Goalkeepers
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Full Backs
Christian Gunter (Freiburg), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), Thilo Kehrer (West Ham)
Centre Backs
Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid), Niklas Sule (Borussia Dortmund), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund),
Centre Midfielders
Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Ilkay Gündoğan (Manchester City), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Mario Gotze (Eintracht Frankfurt), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Wingers
Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich)
Multipurpose Attackers
Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Monchengladbach), Kai Havertz (Chelsea), Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
Centre Forwards
Youssofa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund)
Cameroon
Due to Joel Matip’s rather abrupt international retirement about 8 years ago, no present or current Liverpool players featured in Cameroon’s squad. Brentford’s Bryan Mbuemo was the only Premier League player in Cameroon’s squad, as he will look to get minutes in a very crowded attack force.
Cameroon Full Squad
Goalkeepers
Andre Onana (Inter Milan), Devis Epassy (Abha Club), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Olympique Marseille)
Full Backs
Collins Fai (Al Tai), Oliver Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders),
Centre Backs
Christopher Wooh (Rennes), Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), Enzo Ebosse (Udinese), Nicolas N’Koulou (Aris Salonicco)
Centre Midfielders
Ntcham (Swansea), Fabrice Ondoa (Auda Kekava), Martin Hongla (Hellas Verona), Pierre Kunde (Olympiacos), Samuel Oum Gouet (KV Mechelen), Zambo Anguissa (Napoli)
Wingers
Karl Toko-Ekambi (Lyon), Bryan Mbuemo (Brentford), Jerome Ngom Mbekeli (Apejes FC de Mfou), Nicolas Ngamaleu (Dinamo Moscow), Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Besiktas), Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys),
Centre Forwards
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern Munich), Vincent Aboubakar (Al Nassr), Christian Bassogog (Shanghai Shenhua), Souaibou Marou (Coton Sport FC de Garoua)
Belgium
Despite Liverpool folk legend Divock Origi being left out of the side, fellow Liverpool folk legend Simon Mignolet was selected to back up Thibaut Courtois! Elsewhere across the Premier League, Leicester’s duo of  Wout Faes and Timothy Castagne were selected in the back line, along with their teammate Youri Tielemans in the middle. City’s playmaker De Bruyne was a no-brainer in the midfield, and he will be joined by Villa’s Leander Dendoncker and Everton’s Amadou Onana. Lastly, Brighton’s prominent goalscorer Leandro Trossard was selected up top, which could be predicted just by watching Brighton vs Liverpool
Belgium Full Squad
Goalkeepers
Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge)
Full Backs
Timothy Castagne (Leicester City), Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund)
Centre Backs
Toby Alderweireld (Antwerp), Zeno Debast (Anderlecht), Wout Faes (Leicester City), Arthur Theate (Rennes), Jan Vertonghen (Anderlecht)
Centre Midfielders
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Youri Tielemans (Leicester City), Axel Wiesel (Atletico Madrid), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Leander Dendoncker (Aston Villa), Amadou Onana (Everton)
Wingers
Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Leandro Brossard (Bright0n),
Centre Forwards
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Michy Batshuyai (Fenerbache), Dries Mertens (Galatasary), Lois Openda (Lens)
Morocco
Pretty obviously, there was no past or present Liverpool representation in this year’s Morocco squad. Elsewhere in the Premier League, Nayef Aguerd will represent West Ham in the back, and Hakim Ziyech has thankfully worked out his beef with the Moroccan football federation, and he will feature in attack.
Morocco Full Squad
Goalkeepers
Yassine Bono (Seville), Munir (Al-Wehda), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad)
Full Backs
Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern Munich), Yahia Attiat-Allal (Wydad),
Centre Backs
Romain Saiss (Bestikas), Naif Aguerd (West Ham), Achraf Dari (Brest), Jawad El-Yamiq (Valladolid), Badr Benoun (Qatar SC)
Centre Midfielders
Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), Selim Amallah (Standard Liège), Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), Azzedine (Ounahi), Bilel El Khanouss (Genk), Yahya Jabrane (Wydad), Amine Harit (Marsielle), Ilias Chair (QPR)
Wingers
Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), Ez Abde (Osasuna), Zakaria Aboukhlal (Toulouse), Sofiane Boufal (Angers)
Centre Forwards
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla), Walid Cheddira (Bari), Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Ittihad),
