In the wake of the Europa League final the rumour mill is now in full swing. Our transfer business this summer is shaping up to look something like this:
Probable Ins:
Probable Outs:
Would leave us with a squad potentially looking something like this going into 2016/17:
GK: Karius, Mignolet
CB: Matip, Lovren, Sakho, Toure, Gomez
FB: Clyne, Flanagan, Hector/Chillwell, Moreno, Smith
CM: Can, Henderson, Dahoud/Zielinski, Grujic, Lucas/Allen
AM: Gotze, Coutinho, Firmino, Lallana, Milner, Ibe
ST: Sturridge, Origi, Ings
In an attacking sense I think we stack up pretty well against the rest of the league both in terms of quality and depth in the front 4 positions. Tactical maturity and avoiding lapses in concentration in defence are the critical areas where I think as a team we'll hope to see the most improvement over the summer both from Klopp and Buvac's continued work with the squad and with the likely incomings. From what I've seen and read of them, Karius and Hector would offer a significant improvement in that regard over the incumbents.
Will be an interesting few months. Klopp has always had a great record in the transfer market when it comes to these 'shrewd', slightly obscure signings. Hopefully he's brought his magic touch with him to Merseyside.