how many central midfielders do we need? There are six central midfielders capable of starting any given week on the squad now with Gerrard, Henderson, Meireles, Lucas, Aquilani, and now Adam. This is not including Spearing and Shelvey who could do a decent job as subs. I'd suspect that either Meireles and/or Aquilani are on their way out now. Will be interesting to see what formation(s) the Reds will be using next year. What we really need are some wingers and probably a left back as Aurelio is made of glass.