Liverpool have growing transfer problem only major FSG decision can now solve
It has been an inevitable consequence of Jurgen Klopp announcing his imminent Liverpool departure. And it will only get worse until the Reds confirm the German's successor.
With football unable to abide a vacuum, the space has instead been filled by an increasing amount of transfer speculation over the futures of the current Anfield squad.
That was most notably apparent in the immediate fall-out to the two recent results against Manchester United, where Liverpool's performances clearly merited better than a return of just one draw but were compromised by a succession of missed chances.
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Within days, new Fenway Sports Group supremo Michael Edwards was apparently ready to ship Mohamed Salah off to Saudi Arabia, Luis Diaz was either heading for Paris Saint-Germain or Barcelona, Liverpool were ready to cut their losses on Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo was simply being sent to anywhere but Anfield.
That it would have left the Reds with one senior striker was a trifling inconvenience. Liverpool had suffered a couple of disappointing results and, in the modern era, that was reason enough for the rumour mill to start decimating the squad in the next transfer window.
More recently, Trent Alexander-Arnold has been linked with Real Madrid, Caoimhin Kelleher returning to the bench after Alisson Becker's comeback from injury has sparked claims the Republic of Ireland international will once again consider his future in the summer, while question marks have been raised over the Brazilian also.
Such rampant transfer speculation is, of course, nothing new. But with
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