Liverpool transfer problem exposed by Chelsea as FSG change considered

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Morgan Rogers is becoming the latest £100m transfer in the Premier League and that will impact Liverpool's market businessIt was always going to take a fair amount to knock the World Cup from the wider public conscience for a few moments. Our ECHO writers take a look...Ian DoyleIt's perhaps fair to say Liverpool contributed as much as anyone to the eye-watering increase in fees for players in the Premier League during this transfer window.The purchases of £116m Florian Wirtz and £125m Alexander Isak were part of a record-breaking splurge of more than £450m last summer and set the new standard for player values.As a consequence, the knock-on effect has seen many of their rivals happily throwing around similar amounts as selling clubs stand firm on their asking prices.Last summer's transfer spend from the Reds was all the more startling given it was very much out of keeping with the usual cautious approach from owners FSG in the market, albeit with Liverpool recouping half of their outlay.

Worth remembering is Arsenal had the biggest net spend in the Premier League last year.Now even regular sellers RB Leipzig are happy to wave away Liverpool's huge bid for Diomande. Extracting the most in-demand young talent and the more finished articles from their clubs is going to be more expensive than ever.And, for this window at least, the work that needs to be done to the squad means the Reds should perhaps not be drawn into any bidding wars or such huge-money moves.While the onus is on developing potential, the £60m for Jeremy Jacquet is perhaps their limit for those transfers while opportunist deals such as triggering the £34.5m release clause of Victor Munoz appears another more likely route.

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pagePaul WheelockLast summer's transfer business, while exciting at the time, breaking the club's transfer record not once, but twice, just did not feel very Liverpool. If Morgan Rogers is worth £117m, then how much will Paris Saint-Germain ask for Bradley Barcola?It feels that if the Reds are going to shell out a fee of nine figures for the third time in their history, or even close to it, it will be for a new winger, given the huge void left by Mohamed Salah.But while it is hard to be the smartest club in the room anymore, which Liverpool most definitely were under Jurgen Klopp, Michael Edwards and Ian Graham, what Andoni Iraola would do to be handed an Andy Robertson or a Gini Wijnaldum by the recruitment team.