Football FanCast brings you all the definitive Liverpool transfer round-up as the summer transfer window comes to a dramatic close.
Having missed out on their top midfield targets in Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia to Premier League rivals Chelsea, the Reds rectified the situation by signing two alternative midfielders in their stead…
It was a challenging summer transfer market for the Reds to navigate this year, with several failed approaches for midfield targets, in particular making life difficult for the Merseysiders.
However, the Merseyside club were still able to spend some significant money on arrivals this summer, with the majority of their business done in the early stages of the window.
Liverpool wasted no time getting the World Cup-winning Alexis Mac Allister in through the door after he signed from Brighton & Hove Albion for a fee in the region of £35m. Following the Argentinian was RB Leipzig’s Hungarian whizkid Dominik Szoboszlai, who joined the club for around £60m.
Despite the club’s failure to sign either Moises Caicedo or Romeo Lavia, Klopp and Co ended the window with both Japanese international Wataru Endo and Dutch wonderkid Ryan Gravenberch in tow.
Player |
From |
Fee |
---|---|---|
Dominik Szoboszlai |
RB Leipzig |
£60m |
Ryan Gravenberch |
Bayern Munich |
£34m |
Alexis Mac Allister |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
£35m |
Wataru Endo |
Stuttgart |
£16m |
While the club was busy on the signings side of things this summer, they were just as, if not more, busy with outgoings. In total, the Reds saw 11 players leave the club, either permanently or on loan.
Of those that left for good, only two could fetch the club a fee: Fabinho and Jordan Henderson. The two midfielders left Merseyside to join the burgeoning and unimaginably wealthy Saudi Pro League, netting Liverpool a cool £53m between them.
There was concern that club talisman Mohamed Salah would be joining them after Al-Ittihad lodged an eyewatering £150m bid. However, the club remained firm, and it looks like the Egyptian will be staying in the northwest for the time being.
Other notable players to leave include James Milner, who joined Brighton; Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who joined Besiktas; and Roberto Firmino, who joined Al-Ahli, all for free.
A number of players also opted to leave the club on loan in search of more playing time, with, Fabio Carvalho joining Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig, Sepp van de Berg joining Mainz, and Calvin Ramsay joining Preston North End in the Championship.
Interestingly, both Nathaniel Phillips and Rhys Williams opted to travel north of the border for their loan moves, with the former joining champions Celtic while the latter went even further north to play for Aberdeen.
Player |
Destination |
Fee |
---|---|---|
Fabinho |
Al-Ittihad |
£40m |
Jordan Henderson |
Al-Ettifaq |
£13m |
Roberto Firmino |
Al-Ahli |
Free |
Naby Keita |
Werder Bremen |
Free |
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain |
Besiktas |
Free |
James Milner |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
Free |
Fabio Carvalho |
RB Leipzig |
Loan |
Sepp van den Berg |
Mainz 05 |
Loan |
Calvin Ramsay |
Preston North End |
Loan |
Nathaniel Phillips |
Celtic |
Loan |
Rhys Williams |
Aberdeen |
Loan |
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