Wayne Rooney picked Liverpool's Premier League XI and included seven current players

This current Liverpool squad might just be the strongest they’ve had in Premier League history.

During Wednesday’s 2-0 victory against Inter Milan in the Champions League, their bench was Caoimhin Kelleher, Luis Diaz, Roberto Firmino, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita, Joel Matip, James Milner, Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kostas Tsimikas.

It’s that strength in depth that means Liverpool are still in with a chance of winning the quadruple this season.

Okay, they’re very much second favourites to Manchester City in the Premier League, but they’re in next week’s Carabao Cup final, expected to beat Norwich to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup while they also have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks to their win against Inter.

Jurgen Klopp has his work cut out to select just 11 players each week.

While it’s hard to enough to pick an XI from this current Liverpool squad, imagine having to pick a Liverpool XI from Premier League history.

Well, that task was given to Wayne Rooney back in 2020 ahead of a Merseyside Derby. For his column in The Times, Rooney picked an Everton XI from Premier League history but also picked a Liverpool XI from the same era.

And we wanted to revisit his selection considering he picked SEVEN current stars.

Let’s take a look at who he picked – and why (Remember, Rooney picked this XI more than 18 months ago so some of the quotes may seem a little outdated).

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Rooney said: “Pepe Reina was good but Alisson and Virgil van Dijk were the signings Liverpool had needed for 20 years, bringing authority and calmness at the back as well as great ability. Those two took