As per reports from South American outlet Bolavip, Slot is now looking at Club Brugge centre-back Joel Ordonez, as a back up if he loses out on Guehi. The Ecuador international has been a first-team regular since the start of last season and Brugge reportedly rejected a summer offer from Marseille.

Liverpool are struggling despite expensive new stars, and now the question is what will they look like when the struggles get fixed?

After the dizzying highs of a league title, Liverpool's slump this term under Arne Slot has become a crisis. Can the mercurial Dutch manager turn things around?

If Jones is out for a period, Wirtz would remain the most logical candidate for the right-sided role with Szoboszlai partnering Gravenberch. Alternatively, you could use him on the left to get him closer to the positions he excelled in at Bayer Leverkusen.

Liverpool has lost four games in a row for the first time since 2014 and are now searching for a lineup that gets the team back to winning ways.

The right-back's return to Anfield could come quicker than most anticipated, with Real Madrid set to travel to Liverpool for a Champions League encounter next week.

His ability to dictate from deep, to launch counterattacks with a single pass, and to manipulate opposition blocks made Liverpool’s structure coherent. Without him, the progression from the back has faltered.