No-one said that remodelling Liverpool's midfield this summer was going to be easy, but pretty much everyone said that it had to be done.
After the trials and tribulations of last season, Reds fans went into this summer knowing that new faces had to be added if lofty ambitions could still be successfully chased.
Liverpool clearly ran out of steam in 2022-23, and if a trek back up to the top of the game is going to be successful then it is going to be built on fresh legs in the middle of the park.