What Harvey Elliott made of Liverpool summer transfer business as midfield theory dismissed
For those who champion this new-look Liverpool as a stronger, more complete version, the impact of Jurgen Klopp's substitutes is providing the evidence.
With a half-dozen departures paving the way for the arrival of four incomings over the course of a long and eventful summer transfer window, there's a freshness about the squad at Klopp's disposal right now.
Even more so when you factor in a first full season for Cody Gakpo alongside the ongoing adaptations of Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz, who spent over six months of his own maiden term on the sidelines through injury.
In waving Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain a permanent goodbye, Liverpool shed their squad of six experienced campaigners who were important cogs in a side that, between the years of 2019 and 2022, won every top-level trophy available to them. But at the same time, hindsight has afforded enough clarity to suggest that all of that half dozen had already given their peak years to the Anfield cause.
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That is in contrast to those recruited in the summer months, particularly in the case of three of the four new additions who have signed up to the exciting project at Anfield as relative fledglings in their respective careers.
Alexis Mac Allister (24), Dominik Szoboszlai (22) and Ryan Gravenberch (21) have all been brought in with the potential to become elite-level midfielders under Klopp. Mac Allister, in particular, has enough to make the argument that he already is one given he was one of the standout performers for a Brighton side
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