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The Reds look set for another busy transfer window this summer
Liverpool’s 2025/26 season hasn’t exactly gone to plan. The reigning Premier League champions made all the right moves in the summer transfer window, blowing over £400m on new signings including Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Milos Kerkez. It was all set up for a dazzling title defence as Arne Slot’s side won their first five league matches on the trot.
Then things just crumbled, as Liverpool went a dire run that saw them lose the next four. A dismal January saw them win just one of six Premier League games, before they settled into a period of wildly erratic form. The Reds went out in fourth round of the EFL Cup, and couldn’t get past the quarter-finals of the FA Cup or Champions League.
As things stand, the Reds are pushing hard to ensure they qualify for the Champions League next season. A fifth place will be enough to do it, but with competition from the likes of Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea around them, it could well go down to the final day of the season.
Meanwhile, thought will be turning to the business the Reds will do this summer. Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson both need to be replaced, while Hugo Ekitike’s brutal injury could well see the club splash out on another forward player. We fired up the latest edition of Football Manager, and asked the simulator to predict every deal Liverpool will make ahead of next season:
Liverpool summer transfer window predicted - transfers in
Micky van de Ven - £86m from Tottenham: The Reds wasted no time dawdling, as they wrenched the Spurs star from their clutches after a dismal 2025/26 campaign. Aged just 24, he’s got the potential to blossom into one of the world’s best centre-backs, and having international teammate Virgil van Dijk to guide him could work out exceptionally well.
Lorenzo Venturino - £42m from Roma: Well, here he is: Salah’s replacement. Like the Egyptian legend, Venturino also arrived from Roma. At the age of 19, it’s one hell of a gamble, but the highly-rated youngster has a ‘wonderkid’ reputation for a reason, and could be the latest teenager to take the Premier League by storm.
Alvaro Carreras - £71m from Real Madrid: Liverpool’s mega spending concluded with their fourth signing of the summer, as they replaced the departing Robertson with a top quality new left-back. We’ve been hyping him for quite some time, as it happens. The Reds would do well to sign him - although perhaps not for such an outrageous fee.
Liverpool summer transfer window predicted - transfers out
Joe Gomez - £29m to Aston Villa: Liverpool managing to get close to £30m for a player in the last year of his contract is some feat, it must be said. The 29-year-old called time on over a decade at Anfield, in which he won two Premier League titles and the Champions League amid a series of frustrating injury absences.
Kostas Tsimikas - £9m to Chelsea: An odd move indeed, given the Blues’ apparent disregard for any player over the age of 23. That said, Chelsea are short in the position, and might be better off signing a reliable back-up to main main Marc Cucurella rather than spending a huge sum of money on a player of equal calibre to the ex-Brighton & Hove Albion gem.
Owen Beck - £12m to PSV: Despite having to abort his latest loan spell this season at Derby County due to injury, Beck showed enough promise in previous seasons to tempt the Dutch giants into taking a punt on him. The ex-Wales U21’s sale will count as pure profit, too, given that he’s one the Reds’ academy products.
Dominik Szoboszlai - £80m to Arsenal: Not a deal Liverpool fans would be happy with, but the club had to balance those books somehow after spending big on four new acquisitions. Arsenal needed to bulk up their midfield numbers, and the opportunity to make a tasty profit on the Poland international’s sale was too tempting for the Reds to turn down.
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