Arne Slot has his side sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League and into (Image: Getty)
could look to offload to players before the transfer window slams shut on Monday evening.
’s side succumbed to their first defeat in this season’s Champions League in mid-week against PSV Eindhoven.
It didn’t matter too much though, as the six-time winners still progressed directly into the last-16 as the inaugural league phase winners.
will discover their path to the final on Friday morning when the knockout draw is mapped out, with the Merseyside outfit guaranteed to play one of Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco or Brest.
But given they avoided the dreaded play-off stage of this year’s competition, Slot and co. can put their Champions League campaign on the back burner for now and divert attention elsewhere.
One of those areas will be the transfer market, with several players being tipped to leave ahead of next week’s deadline.
Jayden Danns loan is among the players being tipped to depart on loan, even though the striker was handed a starting berth for Wednesday’s defeat against PSV.
The youngster, who burst onto the scene under the tutelage of last season, has been linked to loan moves this month, with clubs across the Championship said to be keeping tabs.
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Jayden Danns led the line for Liverpool in the Champions League (Image: Getty)
Tyler Morton featured for Liverpool against PSV Eindhoven (Image: Getty)
It’s a similar situation for Tyler Morton, who came off the bench for the leaders in Eindhoven, with the 22-year-old having already enjoyed two senior loan moves.
The Athletic have reported could sanction an exit for Morton during the January window, having rejected offers from clubs across the continent during the summer.
As for James McConnell though, the -born starlet looks set to stay at for the remainder of the season.
McConnell was another one of Slot’s starlets to have been given a spot in the starting XI, with the Dutch manager issuing an update on the 20-year-old’s future.
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When quizzed on whether any of the youngsters might leave before the deadline, Slot said: “There’s always a chance in life. At the moment we have most of our players fit, so we will have this discussion tomorrow, me and Richard [Hughes], about these players.
“There is definitely one of them that will not go on loan – and I think you know which one I mean. James McConnell. I wouldn’t say definitely, but I liked him a lot today, so maybe now the end result today would be it’d be good for him to go somewhere and play.
“He was also a player that hasn’t played in the last six or seven months 90 minutes because he was injured for a while. He impressed me a lot today.”
return to action this week when they travel to Bournemouth.