5 – Andrew Robertson
Signed for just £8million from relegated Hull City (fee via BBC Sport), Andrew Robertson’s career has taken a pretty remarkable trajectory in the last few years. The Scotland international’s incredible energy and quality in delivery means he’s the perfect modern full-back, with him and Trent Alexander-Arnold playing a hugely important part in making this Liverpool team what they are.
4 – Alisson
Quite simply the best goalkeeper in the world right now, Alisson is exactly what Liverpool needed after a difficult few years of flops in that position. Simon Mignolet and Loris Karius were far from good enough for a club with this ambition, but Alisson was well worth the big money paid, with the Brazilian pulling off some big saves and also contributing some quality passes due to his superb ability on the ball.
3 – Sadio Mane
Any of this top three could have made a pretty solid case for the number one spot, so apologies to the excellent Sadio Mane for only coming third here. The Senegal international has been a joy to watch at LFC, and many will feel he’s more important to the team even than Mohamed Salah. Minor criticisms would be that he’s slightly less capable of the ‘spectacular’ than Salah is, even if he may well be the better all-round footballer.
2 – Virgil van Dijk
He may well be the best and most important player at Liverpool, but as this is a piece based on signings, his huge price tag sees him narrowly miss out on first place in our list. This is not to say he was not worth the investment, he clearly was, and might well be worth close to double that fee now. The Dutchman has been immense with his defensive quality and leadership, and was pretty unlucky to miss out on a Ballon d’Or victory for his efforts.
1 – Mohamed Salah
For all the quality of so many of the other players on this list, there’s something about the signing of Mohamed Salah that felt like a bit of a turning point for Klopp’s Liverpool. Costing just £34m (as per BBC Sport), the Egyptian absolutely exploded onto the scene in his first season at Anfield, scoring a stunning 44 goals in all competitions, and he’s not stopped since then, chasing another Golden Boot this season. His penalty also got Liverpool off to the perfect start in last season’s Champions League final, and he’s probably already surpassed the likes of Luis Suarez and Fernando Torres as the club’s greatest forward of the Premier League era, which takes some doing.