While Jürgen Klopp tries to restore the struggling Premier League giants, Liverpool will be seeking to spend at the end of the current campaign.
Merseysiders are now in sixth place and out of all other competitions after finishing second in the league with 92 points previous season and making it to three cup finals, winning two of them.
Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund and Mason Mount of Chelsea, among others, have been linked to Liverpool, and it’s estimated that the two Englishmen may fetch up to £200 million in total.
When asked about specifics prior to his team’s trip to Manchester City, Klopp declined, although he did state that the club intends to be active when the transfer market reopens.
“I will not answer the question [about potentially spending nine figures on one player] because we never speak about these kind of things,” the Reds manager said.
“We will spend in the summer, that’s what I can say, definitely. For who and how many and stuff like this, there is nothing to say about that really.”
Klopp is in the process of trying to create his next team at Anfield, having brought in Ibrahima Konate, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo in the last two years, but with ageing stars – particularly in midfield – recognises the need for more work.
“It’s clear after a specific amount of time that you need to shuffle things and kind of start anew. That is completely normal,” he added.
“It’s just rare nowadays that it happens with the same manager because people realise when you sack a manager and bring in a new manager, things change and you readjust the squad.
“After seven years it was clear that we have to do it. There is a moment when you have to make changes.
“We are not where we want to be, where we should be and where we have to be.”