Liverpool’s summer transfer business from last summer has once again proven to be an overwhelming success.
The Reds have a brilliant recent record in the market and put that to the test with four more signings to begin the season. The pick of the bunch has arguably been Alexis Mac Allister, who was terrific last night against Luton Town.
Meanwhile, all of Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravenberch and in particular Dominik Szoboszlai have shown their quality, too.
According to West Ham United forward Michail Antonio though, this should not be a surprise. Speaking about the injured Diogo Jota on The Footballer’s Football Podcast, Antonio praised the Reds’ recruitment of recent years, highlighting Jota as an example.
“He’s an absolute joke,” the 33-year-old said of Liverpool’s No.20. “And the craziest thing I like about Liverpool is they buy these players and people at the time are like what are they thinking? Why are they doing that?
“When they signed Mane they were like £30 million for Mane what are you doing? And then Van Dijk. And then Jota, everyone was like what? They all turn out to be absolute class. It’s a masterclass of buying players.”
Liverpool don’t miss in the market
Nowadays, people have simply become used to Liverpool’s relatively shrewd operating in the transfer market. As a result, few are surprised that Mac Allister has slotted in so nicely, for example.
But back in the early days of Jurgen Klopp’s reign, there were certainly some eyebrows raised over the business they were doing.
