Liverpool have already enjoyed a glorious era under Jurgen Klopp, but could be about to take their success to unprecedented levels this season.
The biggest club in England throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Liverpool dominated at home and in Europe, but were never quite able to win a treble - something fierce rivals Manchester United of course subsequently managed in 1998/99.
Now, the Reds have the opportunity to not only lift three trophies, but one-up Alex Ferguson's great side by winning all four major pieces of silverware on offer.
MORE: Has any team won the quadruple before?
The Carabao Cup was already sown up with February's Wembley triumph over Chelsea. Klopp's men sit a point behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race, and face the same opponent in the FA Cup semi-finals this weekend.
Meanwhile, the Reds go marching on in the Champions League, securing a semi-final showdown against Unai Emery's Villarreal. Overcome the Yellow Submarine, and either City or Real Madrid await.
Ahead of this weekend's mammoth clash in North London, five members of The Sporting News predict how tired Jordan Henderson's arms will be come late May...
Raj Singh Mahil (The Sporting News UK)
Prediction: 3 trophies
As much as I’d love to see the quadruple for the novelty factor - and to crown Jurgen Klopp’s glorious rebuild of the Anfield giants over the last five years - Sunday’s draw at Etihad Stadium ended Liverpool’s chances of the Premier League title.
The Reds will win every league game between now and May 22 - but so will Manchester City. Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa will probably even be leading the reigning champions on the final day (ideally thanks to a Philippe Coutinho goal), but the narrative of him failing to win a title for Liverpool will be too strong, and end with a City comeback.
On the plus side for Liverpool fans, their clinical finishing in the big moments will see them lift both the Champions League and FA Cup to complete a knockout treble - particularly now that Bayern Munich have been eliminated from the former.
The freshening up of the front-three will prove key, with Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz now providing the ability to rotate - even allowing the underperforming Mo Salah a breather ahead of a big run-in.
In fact, Klopp enjoyed the ultimate flex this week, resting Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, Fabinho and Sadio Mane, too. City have no such luck ahead of this weekend, with several injury doubts after a mentally- and physically-draining trip to Atletico Madrid.
Joshua Thomas (The Sporting News Australia)
Prediction: 2 trophies
Jurgen Klopp’s side will lift just one more trophy this season and that will be the FA Cup.
They’ll edge out Manchester City in their semi-final this weekend and claim more success at Wembley, but that will only motivate Pep Guardiola’s side to avoid any slip-ups in the Premier League.
Liverpool will also make the Champions League final but they will fall just short of more European glory - good luck stopping Karim Benzema right now! While Luis Diaz has added more versatility to the Reds’ frontline, this side will take another season to truly hit their stride with the 2022/23 campaign looming as one where they will truly dominate.
Joe Wright (The Sporting News UK)
Prediction: 1 trophy
It sounds churlish to suggest Liverpool have blown their chance to win the Premier League given they have seven games to play, but that draw at Etihad Stadium ended the title race. Manchester City will win all of their remaining matches, and the Reds know it.
The FA Cup represents Liverpool’s easiest route to more silverware this season: City’s exhausting battle with Atletico Madrid this week leaves them vulnerable and Jurgen Klopp’s men will win that semi-final.
The problem will come in a final against Crystal Palace, enjoying their best season in years and seeking a route to Europe, or a Chelsea side recently rejuvenated in attack and out for revenge for the shoot-out defeat in the League Cup. Liverpool, fresh from another failed title tilt, will be vulnerable in either case.
Speaking of revenge, the thought of facing Real Madrid once more in the Champions League final is tantalising for Liverpool fans - even if Sergio Ramos won’t be there - but Unai Emery got the better of Klopp in the Europa League final six years ago and will already be putting all of his efforts into planning another upset in the last four.
Watching an average Benfica unnerve Anfield will only embolden Villarreal and their cup-specialist coach.
Kyle Bonn (The Sporting News USA)
Prediction: 2 trophies
While the club is still in play across all three remaining competitions, having already bagged the first trophy in the Carabao Cup, the competition is far stiffer now than previously. With teams such as Real Madrid, Man City, and even a wily Villarreal standing between Liverpool and the Champions League alone, it’s going to be extremely difficult to come through on all fronts.
The 3-3 draw with Benfica bared Liverpool’s biggest weakness — depth. Against a second-choice Reds starting lineup, the Portuguese club found openings all over the field.
Liverpool have simply leaned too heavily on their starting XI throughout this season, and while victory in one remaining competition seems likely for such a powerful club with a strong first XI, the likes of Mo Salah and Sadio Mane won’t be able to carry the team to victory across all remaining avenues.
Dom Farrell (The Sporting News UK)
Prediction: 2 trophies
The fact that so much of Liverpool’s bid for footballing immortality seems to depend on what Manchester City do underlines the complexity of their task.
Let’s chalk down the FA Cup in their favour. Jurgen Klopp rested key players for an evening of entertainment against Benfica that wouldn’t have looked out of place in a charity match. Meanwhile, the conclusion of City’s Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid was more Tarantino than testimonial.
Liverpool arriving at Wembley in better shape this weekend means they can probably edge City out and wrap up the domestic cup double next month. But, as the two drawn Premier League games have shown, while there is little between the sides, City are a little bit better at this stage of their respective ongoing evolutions under Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.
The last time the clubs went blow-for-blow in a title race, City got over the line. Expect them to do so again. And, on a night of menace and malevolence in Madrid, they looked like a group of players ready to right wrongs and finally scale the European mountain from which Klopp’s men have already inspected the view.
