Arne Slot has officially started work this week as Liverpool boss, with players starting to filter back to the AXA Training Centre to get his first pre-season officially underway. But there won't be any new faces in the squad for training, with Liverpool, Slot and Richard Hughes keeping their powder dry in the transfer market as things stand. Liverpool have yet to sanction any major moves, despite links with various centre-back targets and discussions with Newcastle over winger Anthony Gordon.
There is work to do, however, with several holes to fill the squad Slot inherits from Jurgen Klopp at Anfield and with their rivals starting to show their hand in the transfer market. But who should Liverpool sign to fire their transfer window into life? And who should be avoided? Our panel have their say. With a full complement of players fit and firing, Liverpool's squad is a formidable one.
Sadly, we've seen how much injuries can decimate the ranks at times in recent years however and the calls to sign both a centre-back and a high-quality defensive midfielder are fair. That being said, I would love to see Liverpool add to their forward ranks with an ambitious raid for another front player. The Reds turned down the opportunity to enter into serious talks for Anthony Gordon last week when Newcastle offered their England winger to their boyhood club in what is said to have been a desperate, PSR-panicked rush.
Liverpool admire the player but a deal could not be struck with the club havi.