After failing to their lowest Premier League finish in Jurgen Klopp's seven full seasons at the club, the summer of 2023 promises to be a decisive one at Anfield as the Reds look to hurl themselves back into the Champions League.
Such a critical summer has started in encouraging fashion as Argentina's World Cup-winning midfielder Alexis Mac Allister was signed by the Reds as outgoing sporting director Julian Ward's essential groundwork proved to be the ultimate parting present for the Reds boss.
And as names such as Khephren Thuram, Ryan Gravenberch and Manu Kone have all been linked with summer switches to Anfield, it could well in fact be the names of those ending their Liverpool careers that also grab the headlines in the coming weeks.