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On June 7 of last year, now 284 days ago, Real Madrid agreed to pay AS Monaco a fee of $85m (£70m/€80m) for Aurélien Tchouaméni. Four days later, the deal was confirmed. It later emerged that Liverpool was very keen on the player as well. Rather than move for an alternative target, however, instead chose to go after no one else.

This summer, even if Bellingham is signed, which is no guarantee, Liverpool will need to purchase at least one more midfielder on top of that.



Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp during the game with Real Madrid.



The injury setbacks have often come because players have been overplayed, with one injury potentially leading to another, quickly becoming a spiral.