Liverpool are expected to imminently step up the pace in the transfer market as plan to build upon their fourth-placed Premier League finish in 2016-17 and assemble a squad capable of going all the way to the title next season.
Manager Jurgen Klopp is keen to sign top-quality players who can make an immediate impact at Anfield rather than youngsters with untapped potential.
The German has made it clear with his public pronouncements that the club are working busily behind the scenes on strengthening the squad in key areas with a view to making the team more formidable at domestic level and competitive in Europe.
Liverpool want to add to the signings of young forward Dominic Solanke from Chelsea and club-record signing Mohamed Salah from Roma.
Sky Sports’ transfer section regularly plugs its Football Whispers, which shared the identities on Monday afternoon of the five senior players most likely to move to Anfield in the summer window based on all transfer rumours across the globe and a calculation of the likelihood of them happening, with a rating of 5.0 a certainty.
This Is Futbol analyses the five players most likely to join Liverpool, including a relative unknown and a 22-year-old who has taken his game to a huge new level over the last 12 months: