Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he's decided on their next captain.
However, he is yet to inform the players of his decision.
Virgil (van Dijk) will start the game (on Sunday) and he will be captain, but it has nothing to do with the general captaincy," he said. I already know my decision but I still have to tell the players first before I speak publicly about it. I didn't expect to have that situation a few weeks ago, it all happened pretty quickly
I didn't think about who to give it before the games (so far). We have easy rules, Virg was number three last year and that's why he starts with it, then at half-time it's who has been longest at the club and that was most of the time Joe Gomez. It's an important decision but even more important is the general leadership group we can create. We need that definitely.
It is a big change for us. Big characters left the club this summer but that's how it is. Things have to change at one point, it's always clear. You cannot keep things going because you don't want to have any kind of development. Now we have it and we have to use it and that's exactly the plan."