Liverpool owners face one of the most potentially defining periods of their near 13 years at the helm of the Reds this summer.
While the club’s pursuit of Jude Bellingham is now seemingly at an end, with the Reds priced out of a move for the 19-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder they have for so long been linked with, the need for significant surgery to a team, in particular a midfield, that has laboured badly this season has not diminshed.
Whereas a summer of two or three senior additions might have been par for the course in recent years, with a likely exodus of out of contract players and a need to refresh a jaded side, five or six will likely be required, all of them expected to make an impact.