A rollercoaster transfer window for Liverpool is finally over after the Reds completed a deadline day loan swoop for Arthur Melo from Juventus on deadline day. The Brazil international became Jurgen Klopp’s fourth signing of the summer after belatedly following Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay in through the entrance door.
The German had looked to complete his latest business early when managing to snap up the aforementioned trio all before a return for pre-season training on July 4. As a result, having missed out on Aurelien Tchouameni to Real Madrid and been left frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s ‘not for sale’ stance regarding Jude Bellingham, plans to sign a new midfielder were put on hold until 2023.
Yet injuries to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara, Naby Keita and Jordan Henderson forced Liverpool’s hand. While Klopp might have boasted nine senior midfielders when all fit, the majority’s chequered injury past prompted him to move late on for Arthur.
