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Gary Neville speaks on his Sky Sports podcast after the 2-2 draw between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield

While rivals past and present scrap it out for the Champions League qualifications spots, Liverpool's job has already been done.

The Reds were crowned Premier League champions with four games to spare.

And while they have taken just one point from the first two of those games - with Sunday's 2-2 at home to Arsenal coming on the back of a 3-1 defeat at Chelsea - it has mattered little.

Sure, Arne Slot and his Liverpool players will want to bounce back in their last two matches, which sees them head to Europa League-chasing Brighton & Hove Albion before hosting FA Cup finalists Crystal Palace on the final day of the campaign, on which they will lift the top-flight trophy in front of their fans for the first time in 35 years.

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But behind the scenes at the AXA Training Centre, focus is already shifting to what is set to be a busy summer of incomings and outgoings.

The Reds may have blown the competition out of the water but there is an acceptance their squad needs reinforcing in certain areas as the club attempts to defend the English top-flight title for the first time since 1984.

And Gary Neville believes the fact that Liverpool have sealed the championship so early will be a huge advantage.

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However, the former Manchester United defender also believes it is an advantage held by the team he tipped at the start of the season to win the title.

Arsenal are the Reds' closest rivals in only but name as they sit 15 points behind the table-toppers.

But having saw their Champions League hopes ended by Paris Saint-Germain last week, they too can now turn their attention to what will also be a key transfer window.

"Liverpool are in a really good position to be in," said Neville on his Sky Sports podcast after Sunday's draw between the top two at Anfield.

"I said during the game the planning can begin now.

But now they can really get into the planning two or three weeks before because they’ve done so well to win the tie.

"And similarly for Arsenal.

I bet they're sitting down this week saying, 'where are we getting this right, we need to get over the line next season, what do we need, are we doing our business early?'

"It looks like that's started early because there's strong rumours about (Martin) Zubimendi and there's strong rumours about (Viktor) Gyokeres, the striker.

"Let's see, but if I was Arsenal now I would look at it as a positive, that they can do their business early and get focused on getting next season right.

"And it's the same for Liverpool."

The Reds agreed to sign Zubimendi from Real Sociedad last summer only for the Spain international to U-turn on his decision and remain with his hometown club.

However, the midfielder now appears set to join the Gunners, who have also been heavily linked with prolific Sporting CP striker Gyokeres.

Centre-forward and centre-midfield are two areas Liverpool could look to strengthen themselves.

A right-back, following the imminent departure of Trent Alexander-Arnold, a left-back and a centre-back could also be on the shortlist of Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes.

Sunday's draw means second-placed Arsenal need just one point from their final two matches to join the newly crowned champions in next season's Champions League.

But Newcastle United, FA Cup finalists Manchester City, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest could well be fighting it out for the final three spots until the last day.

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England will have six clubs playing in the Champions League next season given Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will face each other in the final of the Europa League.
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