Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace celebrates
Liverpool can launch a bid for Marc Guehi to help complete their summer business
Liverpool have acted swiftly and decisively to secure their top transfer targets. Nothing less should be expected of a club who have proven capable of doing so in previous summers, though the difference 2025 holds to past examples is that they don't appear set to rest on their laurels.
and have come through the door for a combined £145.5m and looks soon set to follow the duo in a deal worth £40m. Three positions earmarked for restoration work before the summer began, three acquisitions successfully made.
Any more transfers taking place are going to be reliant on those that leave before September 1. departures look most likely to be in the central defender and striker departments, with both markets are extremely brittle in the current landscape.
But it is of extreme importance to make sure everything gets done before the deadline as cannot be left short changed if he is to successfully keep the English title on Merseyside next year and win further silverware.
With that, the ECHO look at some of the key names linked with moves to Anfield in place of those in line to depart.
Jarell Quansah exit
Next on the agenda would appear to be another exit from the Reds. - a third transaction between the two clubs in summer 2025.
In this scenario, Liverpool are allegedly on track to bag £30m up front for the 22-year-old, potentially a further £5m in add-ons and they could also have a buyback clause included - a smart option to have negotiated if true. Although his opportunities have been few and far between at Anfield, Quansah looks to be a future star.
This deal will not be wrapped up until he has finished participating at this summer's Under-21 European Championships with England, with the semi-final fixture against the Netherlands taking place on Wednesday and a possible final on Saturday.
Marc Guehi decision
The ECHO understands .
But the reality of the rapidly developing situation is that time is running out. Quansah's exit leaves Slot with only three central defenders.
They are Virgil van Dijk - 33 and under contract until 2027, Ibrahima Konate - whose contract expires next summer, and lastly Joe Gomez - a dedicated servant of the Reds now for 10 years, but one who cannot be relied upon because of injury.
Liverpool may wish to pull off a Real Madrid-esque coup next summer and land the Chelsea academy product fresh from the expiration of his contract at Selhurst Park next summer, though they are not really in a position to be able to wait.
Therefore Guehi must be signed in summer 2025, for a fee but hopefully one negotiated down by Richard Hughes in knowledge that Palace will be desperate to rake in some money for a player who is currently seeing out his deal.
Darwin Nunez unlocks final transfer
Like Quansah leaving to open up a gap in central defence, Darwin Nunez can do the same and can line Liverpool's coffers in to recruit a new striker as their final arrival of summer 2025.
The Uruguayan has long been expected to leave with his role diminishing under Slot last term, .
Whatever money collected from the exit of Nunez - and possibly other fringe players - added to what is left in the pot after Guehi arrives, can be the kitty to go out and sign a new No.9 and complete the squad that Liverpool need for next season.
The problem that remains is who the new striker might be. Alexander Isak has been labelled a 'dream' target, and he may remain that way if Newcastle United get their way.
Hugo Ekitike might not cost much less than the Sweden international, but is he truly worth it? These are conundrums to be solved, but only once Nunez's exit unlocks to door to doing so.