5 longest serving players in the current Liverpool squad

#1: Jon Flanagan – debuted April 11th, 2011

Jon Flanagan has been Liverpool's forgotten man for years

Full-back Flanagan – able to play on both the right and left hand sides of a defense – might be a largely forgotten man at Liverpool these days, particularly after spending 2016/17 on loan at Burnley (where he only played 6 league games anyway!), but he’s been around the longest, having made his debut as an 18-year old against Manchester City way back in the 2010/11 season – practically the Stone Age in football terms.

Flanagan – a product of Liverpool’s famed youth system – has never really established himself as a first-team player at Anfield. Of the six seasons he’s spent there since his debut – discounting the Burnley one – he’s only reached double figures in terms of league appearances once – in 2013/14 when the side almost won the league. Twice he hasn’t appeared in any league games, and 2014/15 he spent the whole season injured. But still, he remains a Liverpool player.

Just last week, in fact, he was handed a start by Jurgen Klopp in Liverpool’s Carabao Cup tie against Leicester City. Many Liverpool fans were seen tweeting in surprise that the player was still at the club – some even sarcastically being surprised that he still existed. But it was telling that for most of them, it was only a good thing that the “Scouse Cafu” had made a return. Once hailed as having the potential to be one of the best full-backs in the world, could Flanagan actually establish himself at Liverpool in 2017/18? Only time will tell.