LONDON:

Liverpool have splashed out on a forward line that is now the envy of Europe to give Arne Slot the weapons to win the club's seventh crown.

Despite cruising to the Premier League title last season, the Reds invested nearly £450 million ($614 million) in transforming their squad during the summer transfer window.

twice smashed their own transfer record to land Swedish striker Alexander Isak for £125 million and German forward Florian Wirtz for an initial £100 million that could rise to £116 million.

Those deals made Hugo Ekitike's £69 million move from Eintracht Frankfurt look modest, while nearly £100 million more went on a pair of attack-minded full-backs in Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong.

Yet the best business conducted by the Premier League champions arguably came even b

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