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International break is boring so I've been thinking how to improve us next season.
We don't need much we are top of the league and in the later stages of the CL again.

Defence. De Ligt. At 19. Captained Ajax at 17. Full international and already knows Van Dijk.

Ridiculous option. Raphael Varane. Wanted to leave Madrid before Zidane came back. He says the cycle is over at Madrid. Our cycle may just be beginning?

Midfield. Someone to replace milner who surely can't go on forever. Youri Tielemans. On loan at Leicester. He's a great option can play a defensive or attacking game. Great shot on him too.

Attack. We need a different option to firmino.
Either Maxi Gomez of Celta Vigo or Luka Jovic of Frankfurt. Gomez is bigger and stronger whereas jovic looks to be the better scorer.

We only need 2/3 players this summer. Any thoughts?

Sturridge and Moreno's contracts are up at the end of the season and the likes of Origi and Lallana whose contracts expire next year. The murmurs are that the kids are going to be given their chance...the likes of Lewis, Brewster, Camacho, Jones, Hoever, Cristie-Davies. Fanciful names like Dyabala we've been linked with are fantasy because they would command huge wages and Juventus would want a huge transfer fee. Klopp doesn't want to make huge changes or an overhaul he wants to operate with most of what we already have.

Anybody expecting marquee signings in the summer be prepared to be disappointed.

I agree that we don’t need much despite some saying the summer will be time to address the massive holes we have.

I’d go a proper striker. Werner has been mentioned plenty but I’ve not seen much of him and will be really expensive.

Definitely a CB and maybe a RB/LB.

And then a midfielder to replace Milner as you say.

Most importantly, keep it veryone important. None of this nonsense about letting Salah go for big money or Mane. Build on what we have rather than keep selling to build.

I think we need someone with experience that can cover both LB and RB, unless the plan is to use Milner/youth as cover there.

I’d only bring in another CB if we ship out Lovren or Matip (preferably Lovren), as we don’t want to stifle Gomez’s development.

Midfield we have Grujic coming back and we’re already fairly well stocked there, so again I’d only look to buy if we offload someone. The exception being an attacking creative mid as we need one of those, but then we do have Ox coming back that covers that role, and hopefully Keita will be more settled next season.

If we’re going to sign one big player, it has to be a striker. Preferably one that’s also comfortable out wide so we have rotation options. Who that should be I don’t know, but there must be some good young options out there (I think Werner is going to Bayern)

I'm an admirer of that kid from Roma - Schick, played really well against us in the CL last season and wouldn't command such an exorbitant fee. I think he's going to be Top Class in a season or 2.

The age of star player loyalty is over. That is one reason I feel dis-enfranchised with Liverpool and football as I loved it in the eighties.
The way forward is to accept that players will come and go more regularly depending on whether they want mo-money and lifestyle issues and their business mangers advice.
We have to accept that.
To improve next season we simply have to keep up the quality of the current staff and increase the quantity of decent players.
I am loyal to LFC but I don't idolize players anymore.

We need to have good turnover of staff, Simple as.

A forward who can play in the centre and on the left wing to cover for both Firmino and Mane is a must. We'll also need cover on the LB as Moreno is leaving but I hope we have a good prospect rather than buying a world beater. A CB to replace either Matip or Lovren will be nice.

For midfield I think Grujic will be back to cover for Milner and Naby should step up, so no need there.

If we have a lot to spend then maybe a good attacking midfielder to replace Lallana.

So 1 top brass in front is a must, 2 good potentials and 1 nice to have in AM.

I expect the likes of Harry Wilson, Brewster, Woodburn, Ojo & Comacho to be given opportunities, but we need an experienced AM/Forward to strengthen/cover the front 3, we know Klopp wanted Fekir, he never brought someone in, so we we should get a forward, especially with losing Solanke & Ings, with Sturridge & Origi likely to leave, we cannot rely on Brewster, he is unproven but promising.

We need to be careful, the last few title challenges in 2008 & 2013 were followed by a dramatic drop off in performance & quality, losing key players afterwards, we need to continue improving & seriously challenging, so we need some investment, we can now attract & retain the top players, showing we are serious contenders for the PL & CL, you keep improving the team, even after success. That was one of our strengths in the 70's & 80's, same with Utd in the 90's, they would win the PL and then went out and bought some of the best players in the world to strengthen and stop complacency.

I forgot all about Grujic. Anyone know how he’s doing? Always liked the look of him.

The hertha Berlin manager. (can't remember his name. Used to be a decent player tho)

He says he is the best player he's ever coached. Or something like that. Massive praise for him.