A look ahead to the summer window.
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00:00Yeah, it's funny how you say, I mean, they've gone about their business well in terms of, you know, making sure that they've gone for shrewd and clever bit of businesses.
00:10You know, Ryan Gravenberge comes to mind, his fear was fantastic for the value that they've got from him.
00:15But you feel Reds fans will be thinking that it is time to just go and, you know, make a marquee signing now and really make a statement.
00:22You know, you've won the league, you want to make a real push for Europe.
00:26You know, Alexander Isaac's going to be one of the names that they're going to want to approach.
00:30And that's going to come at a hefty price, you know, definitely three figures.
00:35Do you feel Liverpool fans, you know, may be on the edge of this clever business and just want a huge marquee statement signing?
00:42You know, it's obviously something that comes with a bit of risk as well.
00:46Yeah, I think they do. But as you say, it's got to be the right one.
00:50The last time Liverpool won the league, he went and signed Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich.
00:58Everyone was thinking, wow, Liverpool broke the transfer policy, really, because I think at the time he was 29.
01:05All right, he went in a massive fee, he was 20-odd million pounds, something like that.
01:09But it wasn't a typical Liverpool sign, but it was a real good Liverpool sign.
01:14And on paper, unfortunately, it didn't work out of injuries.
01:18Can Liverpool go and do that now?
01:19As you say, Alexander Isaac, I can't see him leaving Newcastle, especially to get into the Champions League.
01:28But are there any other strikers out there that you could go and get?
01:35Gokere is a sport in Lisbon who's doing really well.
01:39But then there are doubts around whether he can adapt to the Premier League.
01:43And the striking situation is a funny one, isn't it?
01:45Because who else do you go and get?
01:48Julian Alvarez has been intensively linked.
01:52His agent come out and said that Liverpool were interested last summer when he was leaving Man City to go to Atletico Madrid.
01:57Will he want to go this summer?
02:00And will Flescombe just want to sell him as well?
02:03Because they'd want to profit as well on the ÂŁ80 million he paid for.
02:09And then you're looking around who else is going to be available.
02:13Benjamin Sescola, Arby Likesy, Jonathan Davies will be on a free transfer.
02:19That's not really a statement.
02:21Is there anyone in the Premier League?
02:23Is Liam De Lappe going to be up to it?
02:25Matthias Cunha looks like he might be going to Man United.
02:32But I think if you make a statement sign, and as you say, it sets the stall up for Liverpool.
02:37It sets the stall up and say, right, we're creating something here.
02:40And it's everyone else's job to come catch us.
02:43Because we're getting the players in to ensure that we don't lose our place at the peak.
02:50Can you do it?
02:51Can you bridge the gap?
02:52It's going to be difficult.
02:53I think whoever Liverpool bring in is going to be, there's going to be a caveat to it.
02:59If it's a year's act, the money is going to be a lot.
03:02It might mean you can't get someone else in elsewhere.
03:05Because let's not forget a couple of years ago, Jude Bellingham, Liverpool didn't want to try and match what Real Madrid paid in the end.
03:14He probably had his heart set in Real Madrid anyway, but they looked at it as well and thought, well, we could get one player or we could get three or four midfielders in.
03:23And that's what they did in the end.
03:24So they've got to look at it rationally as well.
03:27So they've got to look at it rationally as well.