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Remember, before the outgoing Liverpool boss dropped his bombshell news, last summer was the one being billed as a comprehensive 'rebuild', with transfer activity completely overhauling the engine room.

The midfield, then, looks in pretty good nick, while the age profile of the attack has been kept down too, although there are other difficult questions to be asked there in light of recent finishing woes.

The defense looks like the obvious area for attention, although even that is packed full of peak-age or emerging talents like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Joe Gomez, Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley.

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It seems certain, then, that by far the biggest change at Liverpool this summer will come in the dugout.

Two young talents are being linked, with one apparently already the subject of a 'proposal' from Merseyside.

Marc Pubill (Almería)

A new name on the Liverpool transfer radar, Marc Pubill is a right-back for La Liga outfit UD Almería.

Citing Portuguese outlet Record, the Italian publication Calciomercato says that Benfica holds an interest in the defender, and that Liverpool is also 'on his trail'.

Meanwhile, Milan rivals AC and Inter are also both thought to hold an interest.

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Palmeiras is not thought to be under pressure to sell.

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