Not Alisson or VVD: Paul Merson names the one player Liverpool can’t afford to lose through injury

Paul Merson has named the one Liverpool player who he believes the Reds cannot afford to do without at present.

Although Arne Slot’s side have enjoyed a timely resurgence in December, they’ve been counting the cost of numerous injury problems, with Alexander Isak becoming a long-term casualty after fracturing his fibula in the recent win over Tottenham Hotspur.

The champions are also having to cope without Mo Salah while he’s at the Africa Cup of Nations, but curiously they’ve been...