Last summer, Liverpool completed transfer spending worth £450 million.
Reds sporting director Richard Hughes is committed to upgrading Arne Slott’s Premier League-winning side. Giorgi Mamardashvili, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Giovanni Leoni and Hugo Ekitike have joined.
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The Anfield club will also be content with not one but two British transfer records. Firstly, Florian Wirtz was acquired from Bayer Leverkusen for a price that could end up being £116m.
But on transfer deadline day, Liverpool eventually brought Alexander Isak to the club for £125 million, and the deal fell through.
A rocky start for Alexander Isaac
The 26-year-old Swede is coming off a 23-goal season in the top flight for Newcastle United and looks certain to succeed on Merseyside.
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However, there is no getting away from the fact that: Isaac has struggled in the early stages of his Liverpool career.
A lack of match fitness and subsequent injuries hampered his start to the Premier League Championship – and he currently sits well below Ekitic in the Reds’ forward pecking order.
Van de Veen calls Isaac his toughest opponent
Isaac has scored just two goals in 15 games – against Southampton in the Carabao Cup and against West Ham United in the Premier League earlier this month.
Having invested so much money in Isaac and signing him to a six-year contract, Liverpool need him to perform well.
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However, Tottenham Hotspur’s highly-rated centre-back Mickey van de Veen has high hopes for Liverpool.
The 24-year-old was tested overlapping with Gary Neville this week, revealing Isak is his toughest opponent in the Premier League.
Van de Veen says Isaac is on a different level
“The game we played against Newcastle, when we lost – and the game went down – but this game Isak is on a different level,” he admitted.
“So at this point I’m like, he’s a top player. I know he’s a top player, but in this game I was like, poof.”
“He can run in behind, he can receive the ball, he’s skilled, he has good ball control, he’s quick and he’s got a good shot on goal. So at that point, he’s pretty much everywhere.”
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Van de Veen joined Tottenham from Wolfsburg in 2023, so he has faced off against all the big names at the time.
So this should be a reminder to Arne Slott to keep faith in Isak, who will soon be terrorizing the Premier League’s best centre-backs again.