Three contracts agreed, two new signings, Mohamed Salah plan – Liverpool’s dream transfer window

A busy summer awaits Liverpool and it is probably the most important in the club’s recent history.

The Reds will have new head coach Arne Slot at the helm when he officially takes over from Jurgen Klopp on June 1. Work will already be underway from the Anfield hierarchy on their plans for Slot’s first summer transfer window in charge.

Richard Hughes is in his first summer as Liverpool’s new sporting director. He will join Michael Edwards, who was appointed Fenway Sports Group’s managing director of football earlier this year, as the Reds embark on the first season of the post-Klopp era.

Liverpool will already have an idea of ​​what they want to achieve in the upcoming summer transfer window. Here, the ECHO takes a look at what can be considered a ‘dream’ scenario to be presented to the Reds when the window closes in a few months’ time.

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New contracts for important trio

Even though the transfer windows are centered around new signings, Liverpool may have other priorities this summer.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah are out of contract within 12 months. As a result, speculation continues to mount over the future of the trio, who all have a case to be considered one of Liverpool’s most important players.

It remains to be seen what Liverpool will do with the contracts of Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk. If all three were to sign extensions before the start of the season, it would certainly help the perfect start to the Slot era at Anfield.

The centre-backs have signed

Liverpool have played most of the campaign with just three senior centre-backs following Joel Matip’s season-ending knee injury. Now Matip will leave on a free transfer, meaning the Reds could be in need of reinforcements this summer.

Van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez and Jarell Quansah remain the only centre-back options at the club. Quansah has just completed his first season with the first team and looks set to play a key role in the club’s future after an impressive campaign, while Gomez has spent most of the season at full-back.

Most of the Liverpool transfer rumors in recent months have been about new defenders Players such as Willian Pacho, Goncalo Inacio, Antonio Silva, Piero Hincapie and Leny Yoro are just some of the names to be linked with a move to Anfield – the signing of one , if not two, of these players would go a long way to add depth and quality to the squad this summer.

Mohamed Salah’s successor

As long as Salah’s contract situation remains unresolved, there will always be speculation that the Egyptian could leave Anfield. Even if the Reds were to agree an extension to keep Salah at the club beyond 2025, there could already be conversations about what may happen when the forward leaves Merseyside.

As a result, Liverpool might be wise to consider signing a new right winger this summer to be Salah’s long-term successor for years to come. PSV Eindhoven’s Johan Bakayoko is one player who will be linked with a move to Anfield this summer, but the reality is that Liverpool will likely have a long list of potential targets being considered.