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title: "Virals: Liverpool ‘unlikely’ to make further squad additions this summer"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/virals-liverpool-unlikely-to-make-further-squad-additions-this-summer/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-07-27T09:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-07-27T10:05:13Z"
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# Virals: Liverpool ‘unlikely’ to make further squad additions this summer

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/07/27/virals-liverpool-trio-set-for-first-pre-season-minutes-vs-hertha-berlin/) were expected to be busy during the summer transfer window as [Jurgen Klopp](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/07/22/virals-jurgen-klopp-shares-moment-with-ben-davies-ahead-of-debut/) hopes to challenge for top honours in 2021/22.

After the unbridled joy of lifting the Premier League a year earlier, the Reds [struggled to regain their poise](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9290805/Liverpool-suffering-second-season-syndrome-struggle-finish-SIX.html) last term in a campaign decimated by injuries.

Despite welcoming back Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip to the [pre-season training camp](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/van-dijk-gomez-matip-return-liverpool-squad-pre-season-camp/12m7vh7ikry0e1lvh2nr1quv0s) in Austria new arrivals had also been expected at Anfield.

According to a report from [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/virgil-van-dijk-liverpool-andy-robertson-joe-gomez-jurgen-klopp-b1890697.html), as cited by [The Anfield Talk](https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk/status/1419667959627325440) on Twitter, the arrivals door may have already closed for the summer.

> Twitter: (![🟢](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/svg/1f7e2.svg)) NEW:
>
> It is unlikely there will be further additions to the Liverpool squad following the £36million arrival o… https://t.co/Fi9n30axQv (@TheAnfieldTalk)

The report claims that the club are ‘continuing to focus on outgoings’ as well as [offering new contracts](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/salah-fsg-liverpool-contract-news-20835405) to star players.

Switzerland international winger Xherdan Shaqiri looks to be the next man in line to leave the Reds after [admitting](https://www.90min.com/posts/liverpool-transfer-news-xherdan-shaqiri-ready-new-challenge-lazio-links) to being ready for a new challenge.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Albeit an immensely reputable source, it’s difficult to believe Klopp and the club would be content with only [signing Ibrahima Konate](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/435628-liverpool-agree-deal-to-sign-ibrahima-konate-from-rb-leipzig) this summer.

Returning loan ace’s Takumi Minamino and Harvey Elliott could well [enjoy an enhanced squad role](https://theathletic.com/2730547/2021/07/27/john-terry-improved-villa-and-raised-standards-he-will-leave-a-big-hole/) on Merseyside, but both are yet to prove themselves in the Premier League.

Divock Origi’s lack of form and the [departure of Gini Wijnaldum](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/why-gini-wijnaldum-leaving-liverpool-20781054) means that a new forward option and midfielder are surely the bare minimum before the window closes.