Jurgen Klopp has revealed Liverpool have expanded their captains’ group.
Four senior players previously occupied the roles, with Jordan Henderson and James Milner established as first-choice and vice-captain respectively.
Virgil van Dijk and Gini Wijnaldum were elevated to the two deputy positions but varying upheaval in the past 12 months has forced a slight rethink.
Holland international Van Dijk suffered a season-ending injury last October while compatriot Wijnaldum joined Paris Saint-German during the summer.
Klopp took the decision to fill the void left by the midfielder’s departure by electing three additional figures in a vote decided by the Reds’ squad.
“We had the three [who] stayed and then the players voted for another three,” confirmed the Liverpool manager.
“The three are then obviously Hendo, Millie and Virg. Then the next most votes got: Trent [Alexander-Arnold], Robbo (Andy Robertson) and Alisson Becker.
“Because obviously we had a problem last year that from time to time that many players couldn’t play, we had no-one of the players’ committee available anymore.
“I thought it makes sense to increase this group a little bit, so that’s what we did.”