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The 21-year-old becomes the most expensive left-back of all time on Merseyside at £40m, taking the eye-watering spend of June 2025 to £185m.

That figure includes the £29m spent on Jeremie Frimpong and the £116m spent on Florian Wirtz, who arrived prior to Kerkez's rubber-stamping of his own switch, which was confirmed on Wednesday (June 26).

Throw in the £29m set aside last year for Giorgi Mamardashvilis imminent arrival from Valencia and the £3m paid to Puskas Akademia for young goalkeeper Armin Pecsi and it takes the Premier League champions' outlay to a never-before-seen figure of £217m, with more irons still in the fire.



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Outgoings will need to be factored in before the Reds can plot an audacious move for the vaunted Isak but it will certainly be a storyline worth keeping tabs on in the coming weeks, with still so much of the transfer window left to run.

A centre-back of a younger profile is also being targeted as Jarell Quansah closes in on his own £35m move to Bayer Leverkusen and while there is legitimate interest in Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi, Liverpool are insistent they won't be held to the fire over the fee for a player who is inside the final 12 months of his deal at Selhurst Park.

Having now conducted the bulk of their incomings inside the opening third of the player trading period, sporting director Richard Hughes and head coach Arne Slot have afforded themselves plenty of time and space to take a step back and see how the market develops this summer.

The prospect of opting not to replace Quansah this summer is one the Reds are relaxed about at present, with his lack of Premier League minutes used as a factor in the thought process.

Liverpool won't keep three senior left-backs on their books and both have seen interest registered in their services to varying degrees.

Atletico Madrid continue to weigh up a possible move for Scotland captain Robertson, who is into the final year of his Anfield terms, while newly-promoted Leeds United and Nottingham Forest have both been linked with Greece international Tsimikas.

I am not as young as I once was but I love this club and I have had some great memories here, so let's see what the future holds.

"I still believe I can still produce good performances and some really good performances and I think I have done that this season, so I still think I can produce at the top level and if I can do that then that is where I belong and hopefully I can stay here for many years to come."

Whether Robertson stays or not, the £40m deal for Kerkez represents a statement signing for a club who have once more shown they are prepared to pay the required fees to land their No.1 targets.

And while the current incumbent is a legendary figure who may still have a part to play at Anfield, the new man is a further indication of a club moving away from the core of a playing squad that brought so much success during Jurgen Klopp's time as manager.

The 21-year-old coyly hinted Liverpool had been paying close attention in a reply to a tweet bemoaning his lack of inclusion in the Premier League's Young Player of the Year nominees on X, replying: "Don’t worry, someone else saw it" accompanied by a winking emoji.

Sporting director Hughes has been integral to the deal that has brought Kerkez in from the south coast

“It’s only Liverpool for us and we’re not going anywhere else and we won’t talk to other clubs,” Kerkez senior said