“We definitely need to sign a winger,” Andoni Iraola confidently declared at one of his first meetings with the media as Liverpool’s new manager. He’s not wrong.
Despite a record-breaking spend last summer, which included big-money forward additions, Liverpool already find themselves in dire need of attacking reinforcements. An abject 2025–26 campaign has intensified the demand for greater quality in the wide forward positions, a growing issue further exacerbated by Mohamed Salah’s departure.