8) James Milner (30, Liverpool)
We’re not entirely sure how James Milner could still be only 30. What’s clearer is that James Milner is now Liverpool’s first-choice left-back – he has played nowhere else this season and Alberto Moreno is now operating on a strict emergency-only basis. We still believe the decision not to buy a new, specialist left-back is an error, but Milner’s middle names might as well be ‘Able’ and ‘Deputy’. His are safe hands.
“Milly can play there, especially in the style of play we think we should play,” said Klopp recently. “Full-back is not only a winger in the offence situations. It’s a really good position for Milly.”
It may well be where Milly (seriously? Could they really do no better?) plays for the next 15 years. By which time he will be 35.