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Right-back Jeremie Frimpong has already completed a £29.5m transfer from Bayer Leverkusen, negotiations have continued with the German club over the signing of his former midfield teammate Florian Wirtz, and now Milos Kerkez is a serious target with hope over the completion of another deal there.

It is an exciting time with the Premier League champions evidently learning from the last time they took the crown and getting ahead with signings that could help maintain a sustained period of dominance.

A £109m bid has already been rejected for Wirtz with Leverkusen believed to be holding out for £126m - a sum that smashes the current £115m British transfer record.

And then Bournemouth could still drive a hard bargain for Kerkez, knowing just how effective the 21-year-old was last season whilst managing to play in all 38 Premier League matches last season, with a £45m fee reportedly set to be needed to secure his signature.

Add them all together and we reach a £200.5m spend, all potentially done within the 10-day window before the FIFA Club World Cup gets underway - now that would be highly impressive, especially for Liverpool.

Yes, there will be measures in place to ensure the club does not put itself under any financial stresses with other business, namely for a new forward, talked of before the summer began.

For example Frimpong's fee has been split into three equal instalments payable over the next three years, and the inclusion of add-ons in deals for Wirtz and Kerkez would also go a long way to budgeting effectively.

But keeping on top of their expenditure is the true way of keeping Liverpool on their perch - you never know what is around the corner, some form of injury crisis or an unexpected exit could require a quick fix, and the dream of a new No.9 gets put on hold.

But an upcoming free agent could solve that issue.

Five months ago, Jonathan David somewhat silenced Anfield - albeit for five minutes - when he equalised for Lille against Liverpool in a tightly-fought Champions League clash.

Jonathan David celebrates after equalising against Liverpool at Anfield in last season's Champions League league phase.

His Champions League goal against the Reds left Alan Shearer impressed, as the pundit told Amazon Prime that January night David equalised at Anfield: "I like a bit of everything

But where better to put himself in the shop window than at Anfield tonight and against on of the world's best centre-backs in [Virgil] van Dijk?"

With Liverpool on track to potential sign-off on a £200m spend in the opening weeks of the summer window, David offers a wildcard option for a low risk, free signing that has already proven a danger to Arne Slot's team and many others.