The pressure has been building on Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group to loosen the purse strings in the January and summer transfer windows to address the club's challenging start to the Premier League season.
While Liverpool have been returned to the European elite under the ownership of FSG and, crucially, the management of Reds boss Jurgen Klopp, there have been consistent calls for the owners to provide greater funds in the transfer market to strengthen from a position of success.
The Reds have consistently been one of the biggest Premier League clubs with the lowest net spend, the club having adopted a model of player trading that has proved successful in the past, most notably with the £134m profit that was made on the sale of Philippe Coutinho.
