I love Liverpool's £150m midfield revamp - but they missed a big opportunity in the transfer market
Liverpool look like they finally cured their midfield problems this summer.
Better late than never, as they say, and with £150m splashed on four new signings in the heart of Jurgen Klopp's side, Liverpool's midfield looks refreshed and reloaded after four wins in five Premier League games to start the campaign. The lack of a new centre-back signing aside, it's hard to argue with the Reds' summer transfer window.
Yes, it would have been the dream to see Jude Bellingham playing for Liverpool, but the decision to step away from that transfer and bring in Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo could pay dividends for Klopp's future midfield.
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But there was one deal that Liverpool might have benefitted from this summer.
James Ward-Prowse may not be the exciting, young midfielder that many Liverpool fans craved, but he's certainly effective.
And it's hard not to think he could have been a huge asset in this squad.
Leaving Southampton for West Ham in a deal worth around £30m, the England international has made an immediate impact on a side recovering from their loss of talismanic captain Declan Rice. Indeed, netting twice and recording five assists, Ward-Prowse is already central to David Moyes' team with a goal involvement in every game he's played thus far.
With numbers like that, it's a surprise that the Premier League's leading lights didn't take an interest in recruiting him.
Perhaps it was the fee that put them off? But then £30m isn't exactly huge money in today's market. Perhaps it's his age? But then, Liverpool did spend £16m on a player
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