The Anfield team is no longer a cautious shopping club as they have spent big, changed their formation and bet big on a new generation of players under the reign of Arne Slot.
Liverpool turned the summer of 2025 into a historic shopping session with many big names. The most prominent at the start of the transfer window was Florian Wirtz, who signed to break club and Premier League records for a fee of up to £116.5 million. This is a step that shows that Arne Slot wants to own an attacking conductor who can be creative and score.
In addition, Liverpool have completed other deals to depth the squad with Hugo Ekitike (from Eintracht Frankfurt) for more than 82 million pounds, adding strength to the front line; Milos Kerkez for reinforcing the left wing for 40 million pounds; The Kop also spent nearly 35 million pounds to own Jeremie Frimpong, who is seen as a replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right wing.
In the final hours, Liverpool accelerated with two shocking deals, Alexander Isak, a blockbuster deal that broke all Premier League transfer records with a fee of 130 million pounds; 35 million pounds for Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace for the center-back position. However, at the last minute, the English star could not come to Anfield because Palace suddenly wanted to keep him because there was no timely replacement.
In particular, Isak's deal became the focus of attention when Liverpool had been in contact with the Swedish star since the beginning of the summer. However, with the controversy between Isak and Newcastle, it was not until the end of the transfer window that the deal was activated.
To buy these expensive stars, Liverpool had to sell many stars. Trent Alexander-Arnold parted ways to go to Real Madrid ( £8.6 million); Luis Diaz arrived at Bayern ( £60 million); Jarell Quansah moved to Bayer Leverkusen ( £30 million); Darwin Nunez was signed by Al-Hilal ( £45 million).
In addition, the money from the sharp increase in commercial revenue (subsidy, shirt, digital) is the basis for The Kop to spend big. In addition, the profit from the Champions League and Premier League is huge for a famous team like Liverpool.
Liverpool's summer 2025 is a combination of two drivers: replacing the departing players and optimizing the playing style according to Arne Slot's thinking, which is high-pass pressing, ball control and flexible movement on the attack line.
Despite being the Premier League champions last season, Arne Slot is still not satisfied with the depth of the squad and tactical response. The introduction of a series of quality new players reflects the intention to turn Liverpool into a multi- variation attack team, which can play with a formation of 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-2 depending on the situation. Arne Slot wants to have players who are in line with the high-level control and pressing philosophy.
This has been proven in the first 3 matches in the Premier League when The Kop won all 9 points, including victories over 2 strong teams, Arsenal and Newcastle.
Notably, new recruits such as Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez have integrated well and are playing very well. Meanwhile, Florian Wirtz is also gradually improving and promises to become Anfield's conductor if Arne Slot puts him in the right direction.
For the two latest additions, Isak and Guehi, there is probably no need to worry too much as they are both "players" in the Premier League. The duo only took time to get used to their new team, but the English football environment has become familiar and ready to fight in the next match.
Liverpool's summer 2025 was a huge boost when the Anfield team's leadership spent big money, renewed the squad and betted on maintaining the top position in Europe. Now, the rest will belong to Arne Slot when he has the task of connecting new personnel into a stable system.
