Arne Slot to rest nine senior Liverpool players in Champions League shuffle
- Top seeding position already guaranteed after seven wins
- Opponents PSV have lost one of last 55 games at home
Arne Slot has said finishing top of the group does not matter in the new Champions League format, which will generate at least €55.945m (£47m) in prize money for Liverpool this season.
Slot has taken the opportunity Liverpool’s qualification for the last 16 has presented and omitted several regulars from the final group game at PSV Eindhoven. Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch, who have started all seven Champions League wins this season, are among those rested along with Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Luis Díaz. Trent Kone-Doherty, an 18-year-old forward, midfielders Isaac Mabaya and Kieran Morrison, and the defender Amara Nallo are among the 21-man travelling squad.
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