Liverpool injuries look to bring Klopp closer to another signing before September

The Premier League season might have begun, but most clubs around the country still have work to do in the transfer market. The period where deals had to be done before the start of a new campaign did not last long.

Liverpool, despite having six injuries heading into the season and now Thiago suffering a problem too, are unlikely to do more business. Jürgen Klopp did not completely rule out the possibility of another signing in his Friday press conference, but did reiterate post-Fulham that the Reds will only move if something exceptional comes up in the market that they cannot afford to turn down.

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"A transfer must make sense now and in the long-term," said the Reds boss, via the ECHO. "We have eight midfielders. We still have enough midfielders. It’s not that we lack midfielders, it’s just some of them are injured."

Elsewhere, though, the summer spending continues. This week, a variety of deals have raised eyebrows in terms of their value, with it only a couple of years since clubs across the country were riddled with issues caused by the knock-on effect of the pandemic.

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Chelsea have signed Marc Cucurella for a fee that, according to The Athletic, could rise to £62m. Thomas Tuchel's side have also made at least one bid for Leicester City's Wesley Fofana, and The Telegraph report that they will have to pay more than the £80m that Manchester United spent on Harry Maguire in order to sign the 21-year-old French centre-back.

Chelsea have also been offered the opportunity to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay from Barcelona, according to the Evening Standard, with Manchester United already having agreed a £63m fee for De Jong and the other too unlikely to come cheap in terms of wages if not a transfer fee.