Dream centre-back transfer collapses

On top of the players they did and did not sign, looking at the options left at the club, it's slim pickings for Arne Slot.

Joe Gomez has continuous fitness issues and it's looking extremely likely that his future is away from Anfield.

Virgil van Dijk isn't getting any younger, and it's clear to see that he perhaps shouldn't be playing every single game in order to preserve his body.

However, Liverpool simply don't have that luxury to rest him. There just isn't anyone in the squad capable of coming in for him, like Jarell Quansah was capable of doing last season.

On top of all that, Ibrahima Konate has an expiring contract which ends next summer. In January he is free to talk to other potential candidates, and he's yet to sign a new deal with Liverpool, even though negotiations have been ongoing for over a year now.