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Jurgen Klopp previously made clear he didn't like spending too much on one player(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool manager Arne Slot is making up for lost time this summer after opening the transfer floodgates at Anfield.

I don’t know exactly how much money we could spend because nobody has told me up to this point, ‘No, no, no you can’t do this.’

Article continues belowArne Slot has already broken Jurgen Klopp's 'golden rule' when it comes to Liverpool's transfers(Image: Andrew Kearns - CameraSport via Getty Images)

"If I spend money it is because I am trying to build a real team.



And that addition means Liverpool have now spent more money in this window than any other in their history to date.

Slot recruited Jeremie Frimpong (also from Leverkusen) for £29.5m earlier in the summer, while goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili has joined from Valencia for an initial £25m, along with £4m in add-ons – with that deal agreed last summer counting towards their 2025 spending.

Not only that, but a £40m move for Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez is also in the pipeline.

£116m man Florian Wirtz will break the British transfer record if he fulfils each of his contract add-ons(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Provided the Kerkez deal goes through as expected, that would take Liverpool's total spend this summer to roughly £215m (providing all bonus clauses are met).

And despite the fact the transfer window has been open for less than one month, that would far eclipse the previous record for total spend in any other window.

The closest Klopp came to matching that sum was in the summer of 2018 when he spent around £170m on new signings.

Van Dijk became the most expensive defender in football history at the time of his move from Southampton, and Klopp later walked back his comments concerning exorbitant transfer fees.

Jurgen Klopp was in charge when Liverpool splurged £85m on Darwin Nunez, who has failed to really justify that cost(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

"These kind of things happen.