{"id":487399,"date":"2026-03-21T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487399\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:39:10","slug":"how-liverpool-squad-really-feel-about-alisson-amid-lack-of-vocal-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/487399\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liverpool squad really feel about Alisson amid lack of vocal leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=rousingthekop.com \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add as preferred source on Google <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Alisson Becker is not a traditional leader in the same way as someone like Virgil van Dijk has been at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Dutchman, the Reds\u2019 number one has been at Anfield for close to a decade now and has played crucial roles in their success in the Premier League and Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/alisson-becker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alisson<\/a> is not a vocal voice behind the scenes, yet he still garners much respect from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> squad.<\/p>\n<p>          Discuss: Arne Slot could win Liverpool fans back if he keeps showing passion on the touchline <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">There was much more energy vs Galatasaray, could that change things?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RTK-65-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Arne Slot reacts with frustration during Liverpool's UEFA Champions League last-16 second-leg against Galatasaray at Anfield (Credit: Getty Images\/Carl Recine).\" class=\"wp-image-288411\" \/>Photo Credit: Getty Images\/Carl Recine       Liverpool squad\u2019s view on Alisson <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/who-will-be-liverpools-number-one-goalkeeper-next-season\/id1210473229?i=1000756155105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Redmen TV<\/a>, journalist Paul Gorst provided an insight into what people around the club think of the shot-stopper.<\/p>\n<p>While he\u2019s not a loud figure who gives huge, passionate speeches, he is still \u2018so respected within that group\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Gorst said: \u201cThe culture that exists around the club that\u2019s been created over the course of the last decade, really, you know, and he\u2019s been a huge part of that. You know, Alisson, you speak to people who sort of see how it all works. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, he\u2019s someone who doesn\u2019t speak a whole lot. He\u2019s not someone who\u2019s gonna, you know, beat his chest in the dressing room and you know, deliver huge rallying cries, but he\u2019s so respected within that group that what he says carries weight. And in that sense, he\u2019s a bit of a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>          CHANGE MY MIND: Liverpool are still the best team in Europe on their day <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">After watching all of the other quarter-finalists, the Reds have nobody to fear in the Champions League \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RTK-41-819x1024.png\" alt=\"The UEFA Champions League trophy is displayed on a plinth before the final.\" class=\"wp-image-288456\" \/>Photo by Marco Canoniero\/LightRocket via Getty Images       Liverpool\u2019s next captain<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Alisson and Van Dijk, Mohamed Salah is the only other 30+ player who has been around for a long time and should probably be in the core leadership group.<\/p>\n<p>However, like the South American, he is not known for leading by example and pulling the team up behind the scenes during tough times.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we are in a situation where all three players could leave Anfield by the end of the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>All of their contracts expire in 2027, while Salah is wanted in Saudi Arabia going into this summer.<\/p>\n<p>It means Liverpool will most likely have to find themselves a new core leadership group in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>On that front, Dominik Szoboszlai has been earmarked as a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/01\/20\/liverpool-have-one-eye-on-future-club-captain-as-virgil-van-dijk-enters-final-18-months-of-contract\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">captain after Van Dijk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2026\/03\/19\/jurgen-klopps-dominik-szoboszlai-liverpool-prediction-vindicated-three-years-on\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool\u2019s best player this season<\/a> and hasn\u2019t been afraid to face the media when things are going badly, unlike some other stars in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add as preferred source on Google Alisson Becker is not a traditional leader in the same way as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[19000,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-487399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-alisson-becker","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}