From not possible to record spenders: inside Liverpool's transfer window

"There is no ceiling for Newcastle. Congratulations. Some other clubs have ceilings. We cannot act like them. It is not possible."

How times change.

Those were the words of then Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in October 2022.

Less than three years later, his successor Arne Slot has just overseen the biggest spend by a club in a transfer window.

And they have taken Newcastle's prize asset Alexander Isak for a British record £125m fee as part of their £415m summer outlay.

Newcastle, it turns out, were ultimately the ones with the ceiling.

Klopp also famously criticised Manchester United for spending £89m on Paul Pogba, saying the day football players cost £100m would be the day "I'm not in a job any more".

Well, Liverpool spent £100m on two players in the same window.

The Slot era is certainly different to Klopp's.

Why did such a shift in transfer policy happen at Anfield? The answer is a coming together of a few different circumstances…

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