Managing Liverpool - Alexander Isak integration plan as Dominik Szoboszlai decision made

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This included breaking the British transfer record not once, but twice, fresh from lifting the Premier League trophy in May.

It was a statement of intent when the Reds were successful in their £116m pursuit of Florian Wirtz, with the midfielder arriving early alongside Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez.

Further squad alterations promised a bright future for the club with Hugo Ekitike entering alongside Giorgi Mamardashvili and Giovanni Leoni, before the grandstand finish - £125m spent on Alexander Isak to complete the overhaul just in time on deadline day.

Whilst business was being completed, Liverpool have started the new Premier League campaign as the only team with three wins from three.

Arguably, they've barely got out of second gear, so once all the fresh faces have settled in, it is going to be a frightening prospect for rivals.

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As eyes turn to the post-September international break period, there are going to be new challenges for Arne Slot to deal with if they are going to maintain their high standards.

Here’s our look at just some of the things I think should happen over the coming weeks.

As a proven Premier League goalscorer and now the Premier League's most expensive player in history, pressure is going to be on Isak to perform in his new team.

But anybody sensible will realise this isn't going to be a simple process.

Isak could make the first steps of his integration plan as a substitute that day.

Slot can then split his two new forwards to play 45 minutes each in the first Champions League match of the season against Atletico Madrid three days later, go back to his existing trio to start the Merseyside Derby on Saturday, September 20, then the following midweek Isak should be handed his first Liverpool start against Championship outfit Southampton in the Carabao Cup third round.

Another big decision awaiting Slot after the break is what he does with Dominik Szoboszlai.

With two successive Premier League Man of the Match awards against Newcastle and Arsenal, frankly the Hungarian is in undroppable form.

But if Jeremie Frimpong is back fit and ready to play at right-back, how can Szoboszlai fit in?

We learned in his first season that the Dutchman is not typically one who rotates heavily, but this team isn't going to retain the Premier League or win any other silverware without using their full squad.

It will be interesting to see who he trusts as a number of fringe players have been sold this summer.