After Liverpool endured a defensive injury crisis in 2020-21, they reacted by signing Kabak on loan from Schalke during the January transfer window. Deemed the 'perfect' signing at such a low fee, the 27-year-old has had a difficult start to life at Liverpool. Unable to establish himself as a starter under Klopp. It’s always worth remembering that after Mascherano left Liverpool, he went on to tear his anus while playing for Argentina at the 2014 World Cup. Despite impressing in the League Cup and the Community Shield, Minamino has never quite been able to force his way into Klopp’s best team.

Harvey Davies – Crewe Alexandra confirmed the signing of the goalkeeper on loan from Liverpool for the 2023/24 season on June 14. The 19-year-old will gain his first experience of first-team football at the League Two team. He had previously featured on the Reds’ bench under Klopp during 11 games. The signing of Thiago from Bayern Munich certainly strayed slightly from the typical 'Klopp' signing, of young, promising talent. What a night we all had. What is football for if not to give us great days and nights with mates, old and new? To let us remember those loved ones we’ve lost — but who also loved the Reds with us?James Milner will decide in the next months, he will speak to Jurgen Klopp too. For all the other players (who aren’t set to become free agents), it will be decided in May/June ahead of the transfer window.” Now, the Athletic’s Liverpool expert, James Pearce, has categorically stated the pair will indeed leave Liverpool this summer. Three Premier League sides are understood to be showing early interest in Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The anticipated summer exodus at Liverpool is gathering pace after Fabrizio Romano confirmed which two stars will follow Roberto Firmino out, while a third’s future hinges on Jurgen Klopp. Keita and Oxlade-Chamberlain have struggled with injury throughout their Liverpool tenures, though both are still in their 20s and interest in the pair has been registered in the past. The winger made his Liverpool debut in his side’s 3-1 FA Cup win over Cardiff City before bagging his first Reds goal a couple of weeks later against Norwich City at Anfield. Diaz has gone on to make 34 appearances for Klopp’s side, scoring 10 times and claiming five assists since his arrival on Merseyside. Had Morientes joined Liverpool just a season or two earlier, it could have been glorious. Instead, it was 12 goals in 18 months.

READ MORE: Liverpool star ‘up for sale’ as Jurgen Klopp removes once-acclaimed player from long-term plans Who’ll usher in new Liverpool era? With three confirmed exits and Milner potentially making it four, reinforcements are clearly required. Pearce added Liverpool need a ‘minimum’ of two ‘elite’ signings in the engine room and that is where owners FSG are primed to invest the bulk of their summer budget. A double domestic cup success over Chelsea was balanced against losing out to Manchester City in the title race and Real Madrid edging them out in the UEFA Champions League final.

The Senegal international leaves Anfield as a club great after scoring 120 goals in 269 games for the Reds and winning six major honours since arriving from Southampton in 2016.The seventh most expensive January signing in Premier League history failed to live up to expectations at Liverpool and was sold to West Ham at a huge loss in 2013. In the final, Firmino could have scored in the opening minute against Flamengo, and came close again early in the second half. Rather than a simple win, though, the game went into extra time scoreless, setting the stage for late Bobby drama. The Brazilian used his body to send the entire Flamengo defense the wrong way, and casually won the final for Liverpool, a calm, slotted finish belying the tense atmosphere of the match itself. He was a player I thought was one of the best in the Bundesliga. When I saw that Liverpool had signed him I thought ‘How could Liverpool do this?’ They were not in their 100% best moment and other clubs would have spent more on him. So I thought immediately ‘What a good transfer for them’. I felt pretty sure clubs would have paid a lot more for him. From his first day [at 1899 Hoffenheim], everybody could see he would be a very, very good player, and when Liverpool took him I thought they had made a good choice. In the years that followed, he had four further loan spells. He spent time at Cardiff City, two seasons at Hertha Berlin and a campaign with Porto, a move which has now been made permanent.

A player brought in to have a similar impact, but to a lesser effect is Naby Keita. The club had to wait a year after agreeing a deal to sign the midfielder to actually have him make the move. After six brilliant years at Barcelona, he moved to Atletico Madrid in 2020 and fired them to the La Liga title in his debut season. He’s now playing in Brazil for Gremio. There’s no one else like him. When we sing about how we see things they’ll never see, we’re also talking about the likes of Roberto Firmino, not just the silverware he’s brought home, or the stages we’ve seen him play on. He is so uniquely ours.

Speaking ahead of this season, Jürgen Klopp — who didn’t then know the season would be Firmino’s swan song — underscored his No. 9’s centrality to the team: Nunez has endured mixed fortunes since his arrival at Anfield, scoring in the Community Shield win over Man City, and on his Premier League debut against Fulham. However, just over a week later and the forward was shown a straight red card in the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace after headbutting Joachim Andersen. He has since returned from suspension and featured against Everton and Napoli. After finally leaving Liverpool permanently in the summer of 2019, Sturridge scored seven goals for Trabzonspor before seeing his time at the club cut short for betting offences. The first Italian to ever appear for Liverpool, Padelli was in the midst of a series of temporary moves to Serie B clubs when he joined the Reds on loan from Sampdoria in 2007.