Liverpool have been asked to review their squad after a 5-2 loss to Real Madrid.

Liverpool have been asked to let six players go this summer after being humiliated 5-2 by Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night. The Reds’ disappointing season continued as, barring a major transformation, they have no silverware in the competition until February, unlike recent seasons under Jurgen Klopp.

Former Reds midfielder Danny Murphy has insisted Liverpool need a ‘big restart’ which could require several midfield signings this summer and is linked with the move of Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham and his England teammate Mason Mount. However, Murphy highlighted the need for Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner, Fabinho, Joel Matip and a striker to leave the club. “I think it’s time for a big reset,” Murphy told talkSPORT. “I think five or six will leave in the summer. I think Klopp knows that Klopp has a chance to fix this and he deserves that chance 100%.

“I think there are some obvious ones who are nearing the end of their contract or their careers. If you have Keita, Ox, Milner is almost at the end, there are three in midfield, there is still space. You could probably throw Fabinho in there depending on how much you could get for him to bring someone younger into that role with more energy.

“It would be three or four places in midfield, which would give you carte blanche to bring in new players and attract them. So some of them will definitely leave, maybe a new central defender. Matip has been there seven or four times». eight years. Matip was great anyway, it’s not a criticism of him, but there comes a time when the team has to evolve.”

“I think it’s time for a big reset,” Murphy told talkSPORT. “I think five or six will leave in the summer. I think Klopp knows that Klopp will have the opportunity to solve this problem and he deserves this opportunity one hundred percent.

“I think there are some obvious ones who are nearing the end of their contract or their career. If you have Keita, Ox, Milner, that’s at the end, that’s three in midfield, that leaves You might be able to throw Fabinho in there depending on what you could get for him to have someone younger with more energy in that role.

Cody Gakpo was Liverpool’s only signing in January at a time when fans were calling for a midfield reinforcement, as Murphy believes the addition of the Dutch star means too many players are vying for places in the top three of Klopp. “We have plenty of talent in the forwards, Liverpool are a bit heavy when you look at options in midfield,” added Murphy.

“They’re nowhere near as good as the six forwards we have. Six forwards for three positions unless you change your tactics.

“We have Gakpo, [Luis] Diaz, [Diogo] Jota, Bobby Firmino, Mo [hamed] Salah and [Darwin] Nunez. We don’t need six, so one of them might as well leave, but he needs to free up some room to bring in some new energy.

Murphy wasn’t the only former player to call for drastic changes at Anfield, as Jamie Carragher also put Liverpool in the spotlight after their defeat to Real Madrid, shattering their defense after five goals.

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Jamie Carragher has urged Liverpool to stick with Jurgen Klopp despite the Reds’ disappointing season. Klopp’s side are eighth in the Premier League table, well behind Arsenal and Manchester City at the top of the table after battling for the title and winning once in the past four seasons.

Liverpool were beaten 5-2 by Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night, raising fresh question marks over Klopp’s future as manager. But Carragher, a Reds legend, believes the German is still the right fit for the job.

And the Sky Sports and CBS Sports pundit believes the players are to blame, not the manager. Speaking to our friends at Mirror Football, Carragher said: “You don’t get another Klopp and that’s my thing, where do you get another Klopp for Liverpool?

“The first thing for me is that you don’t change the coach, you change the players.”

The ‘you don’t have another Jurgen Klopp’ idea was similar to one Carragher’s Sky Sports colleague Gary Neville posed to Antonio Conte at Tottenham Hotspur when Spurs were under fire.

Spurs are fourth in the table, but were considered one of the closest sides to a title challenge before a ball was kicked. Neville said of Conte and Spurs: “I think they both need to shake hands, sign a two or three year contract and act together because somehow it seems like they’re just wandering aimlessly down the road like they’re not.” friends.

“Why shouldn’t they be friends? Conte got Tottenham in the Champions League, he also got support and got £200m to get the players he wanted, I’m not sure why these dark clouds are appearing over Spurs. Things are going very well at Tottenham, I would say they are on their way to where I thought they would be.

“From Conte’s point of view, what better job will he have at the moment than Tottenham Hotspur? They play in the Champions League and have the most incredible stadium in European football.”