Liverpool have avoided £12m transfer mistake but they should still revisit stance in January
Liverpool were strung and scarred after failing to sign a new centre-back in the summer of 2020.
Fortunately, the emergence of Jarell Quansah has helped ensure history does not repeat itself this season, with the academy graduate providing back-up to a senior quota that is made up of Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Joel Matip, and Joe Gomez.
With all five available for action, in truth it is a stark contrast to three years ago when Liverpool failed to bring in a replacement for Dejan Lovren following his £12m move to Zenit St. Petersburg. Instead, Fabinho and Jordan Henderson were asked to step up as Van Dijk, Gomez, and Matip were one by one stuck down by season-ending injuries, before Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies were signed on loan and Jurgen Klopp eventually settled on an unorthodox pairing of Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams.
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When the latter two stepped up, it was pretty clear that they would not be long-term options at Anfield. Impressing in his first eight appearances for the club alongside senior options, it is a different story for Quansah.
With both Van Dijk and Matip on the wrong side of 30, with the latter out of contract next summer, there is no reason to believe that the England Under-21s international can’t cement his place in the Reds’ centre-back ranks for the foreseeable future.
But just because Quansah has stepped up to the plate, it does not mean Liverpool are not feeling the pinch from not strengthening their options in the close-season either.
"We look in all departments apart from goalkeeper at the moment," Klopp told reporters in May. "Yes, if there is a good
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