Liverpool have £200m transfer plan that could ensure more signings this summer

Liverpool have £200m transfer plan that could ensure more signings this summer

Liverpool are already working on transfers ahead of the window opening and that could just be the start due to Fenway Sports Group policy

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and Reds' sporting director Richard Hughes (Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images )

Liverpool may have dominated the Premier League this season to win a record-equalling 20th championship. But there was one accolade they had willingly surrendered just weeks into the new campaign.

The failure to strengthen the first-team squad for the campaign, save the late addition of Federico Chiesa, saw the Reds well out of the running for the prize of winning the transfer window, the award so cherished by a particular section of the football fanbase.

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That Liverpool went on to such success under new boss Arne Slot - a season during which Chiesa totalled just 104 minutes of Premier League action - suggests the club were right not to overly tinker with the playing staff given the tumult happening behind the scenes in the wake of Jurgen Klopp's departure.

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But there was some significant transfer business completed by the Reds in terms of outgoings. And that continued a trend that will almost certainly remain this summer.

Fabio Carvalho, Sepp van den Berg, Bobby Clark and Harvey Blair were sold for a combined outlay that could ultimately net Liverpool more than £62million.

That represents a profit of around £50m on a quartet of players who managed 40 senior appearances between them with the Reds, more than half of which were accrued by Carvalho during 2022/23. While Blair came through the youth rank,s the other three were bought for relatively small amounts, Clark initially for the Academy.

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And acquiring or developing young talent who, even if they don't quite make the grade at Liverpool, can attain sizeable resale value has long been a staple of the Fenway Sports Group transfer model.

Of the more notable such departures, Neco Williams went to Nottingham Forest for £17m, Dominic Solanke was £24m to Bournemouth, Harry Wilson £12m to Fulham, Taiwo Awoniyi to Union Berlin for £6.5m, Rhian Brewster was sold to Sheffield United in a £23.5m agreement, Ki-Jana Hoever switched to Wolves for £13.5m, Danny Ward cost Leicester City £12.5m, Jordan Ibe moved to Bournemouth for £15m and Ryan Kent was sold to Rangers for £7.5m.

In addition, the likes of Kamil Grabara, Liam Millar, Ovie Ejaria, Bobby Duncan, Allan Rodrigues de Souza, Rafael Camacho, Herbie Kane, Kevin Stewart, Andre Wisdom, Brad Smith and Sergi Canos have all commanded seven-figure fees during the last decade. All told, that's more than £200m of income.

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Of course, Liverpool aren't the only club to utilise the market in such a manner, with Manchester City and Chelsea also major proponents of the approach.

Indeed, incoming right-back Jeremie Frimpong spent almost a decade at City's academy before moving to Celtic for £350,000, although City were handed £3.5m due to a contract clause when Frimpong later joined Bayer Leverkusen.

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And Liverpool are poised to be given the opportunity to further bolster their transfer coffers this summer with bids likely for a number of players.

True, both Harvey Elliott and Caoimhin Kelleher technically fit the mould having been been brought in for £4.3m and nothing respectively and likely to command a combined total of more than £45m should they depart. The duo, though, have long been considered good enough to be first-team squad regulars.

Instead, the most intriguing potential departure this summer among players who haven't yet made an emphatic step up to the senior side is Ben Doak.

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The teenage Scottish winger had an impressive spell on loan at Middlesbrough in the Championship until his season was ended by injury earlier in the year. And Everton, now back under the tutelage of Doak's compatriot David Moyes, are considering a bid for the youngster, with Liverpool having rejected a £15m offer from Crystal Palace in January. Doak is valued nearer the £30m mark.

Tyler Morton saw limited game time this campaign due to injury and the form of others, and was close to a season-long loan move to Bayer Leverkusen last summer. The Academy graduate can expect potential suitors.

And Sheffield United have long been rumoured to be looking at forward Lewis Koumas and left-back Owen Beck, who impressed on loan in the Championship this season with Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers respectively.

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Stefan Bajcetic will be given an opportunity in pre-season under Slot before any decision is made over his future after an encouraging few months with Las Palmas, while Luca Stephenson is open to a permanent switch to Dundee United after an excellent campaign on loan in Scotland.

As with FSG policy, any funds generated from player sales will be made available to the recruitment team.

Liverpool have already been busy working on incomings before the transfer window even opens on Sunday. And the extent of the exits from Academy and loan players will determine just how much will be spent on reinforcements over the next few months.

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