Liverpool now look a million miles off the likes of Arsenal, sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League.
Only last season, Arne Slot's runaway Reds finished ten points clear of Mikel Arteta's Gunners, having won a mammoth 25 clashes along the way to lifting the title.
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Now, with an abysmal six defeats next to their name from 12 Premier League clashes, and 20 goals already leaked, the out-of-sorts giants are already 11 points behind the North Londoners, who swept Tottenham Hotspur aside 4-1, on the same weekend Liverpool crashed out to a 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest.
Thankfully, despite Liverpool suffering their worst start to a season since 2014, and Gary Neville chipping in by labelling the current state of affairs as "unacceptable", the January transfer window opens soon, which could see the Reds spend wildly again to try and get their atrocious campaign back on track.
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Liverpool preparing to spend big again
Just one look at the list above gives you a flavour as to how much Liverpool splashed out in the summer, with Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, and Hugo Ekitike all joining the building for an eye-watering combined total of £294m.
While these deals haven't exactly gone to plan so far, that doesn't mean more lavish spending won't do the trick in an attempt to turn out Liverpool's depressing fortunes, with sources from Spain now alleging that Slot and Co could be willing to drop an earth-shuddering £177m on the services of Bayern Munich's Michael Olise.
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Liverpool have also been tipped to move for the likes of Juventus attacker Kenan Yildiz and Premier League man of the moment Antoine Semenyo to freshen up their attacking ranks, but a new emerging report from Spain also suggests that their central midfield spots might well be given a major facelift, if they can pick up Paris St Germain ace Joao Neves.
Indeed, the report states that the faltering titans have an 'intense interest' in adding Neves to their squad after a breakout season in Ligue 1, with a battle for his services perhaps defining a busy January window to come.
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It's further revealed that Liverpool are preparing an offer close to £140m in an effort to persuade Luis Enrique's men to part ways.
How Neves is a big upgrade on Mac Allister
Liverpool could win themselves a major upgrade on a declining Alexis Mac Allister if the ex-Benfica midfielder does choose to leave the comforts of France behind for a shot in the Premier League.
Unfortunately, the Argentine has looked seriously off the pace this season during Liverpool's well-publicised struggles.
Alexis Mac Allister celebrates for Liverpool
It's been a significant fall from grace for the World Cup winner, who managed to bag five goals and collect five assists last season in league action to help Slot pick up the Premier League title in a crazy first campaign at the helm.
Now, however, the waning 26-year-old has an unconvincing zero goals and two assists from 11 league outings this season, leading to one analyst labelling him as a "huge disappointment", with his once-feared ability to dictate play now nowhere to be found.
Mac Allister vs Neves in 25/26
Stat (* = per 90 mins)
Games played
Goals scored
Assists
Shots*
Touches*
Accurate passes*
Ball recoveries*
Total duels won*
Stats by Sofascore
While the former Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder continues to decline, Neves has followed up his outrageous tally of three goals and eight assists from last season with five goals already this campaign, as the 21-year-old continues to live up to his billing as being "one of the best midfielders in the world" by European football content creator, Alex Brice.
On top of being a clinical and classy finisher of chances, Neves also blows his competition out of the water in terms of his pass accuracy with an unerring 94% average in tact, alongside also offering up more ball recoveries at 3.1 per Ligue 1 game, which should stand him in good stead to be an energetic partner to Ryan Gravenberch.
A major plus to his game, though, is his ability to fire home chances - as seen in his unbelievable hat-trick earlier this season - with Mac Allister also well-known to fire home a memorable strike or two during his Liverpool peak.
But, it's his overall package that makes him such a "complete" talent, as he has been labelled by his ex-trainer in Luis Castro, who even said that number 87 can play in "any championship in the world" and "shine", with Liverpool having to put their money where their mouth is to prove him right.
Paris St Germain's Joao Neves and Desire Doue
Of course, between now and January coming into view, Mac Allister might well pick up form again, as could his entire team, as they potentially climb far beyond their current mid-table slump.
But, with Curtis Jones the only real other figure Slot can fall back on in the defensive midfield ranks - away from the South American and Gravenberch - dropping £140m on Neves could be a fantastic, if costly, investment to make, as the big spenders hope the Portuguese superstar can enter the starting XI and push his new team back into the top positions in the tough division.
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