Liverpool's remaining transfer business is INEVITABLE

Liverpool have left a lot of their transfer business to the end of the window, despite starting out pretty strong as soon as it opened in June. The Arne Slot 2.0 setup still isn't quite finished yet.

This is fundamentally because of the sheer amount of squad turnover Liverpool are attempting to do.

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Sales have been through the roof and sufficient replacements have to be brought in, otherwise the Reds will leave themselves short and hopes of delivering success this season will be shattered.

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With just over two weeks left of the summer, Liverpool's remaining transfer business is inevitable.

Liverpool plan to finish strong

Of course, the main transfer that is in need of a resolution is Alexander Isak at Newcastle, since the player desires a move to Liverpool and he is currently on strike, hoping to force a departure.

The Reds have been primed to make an improved bid on their initial £110m plus add-ons offering, although the willingness to present the Magpies with a new approach hasn't been there. Unless the Tyneside-based club show a willingness to negotiate for Isak, Liverpool will continue to steer clear.

But the likelihood of missing out on a British transfer record fee for a player who insists he won't play for his club for the foreseeable is high. Newcastle know they're being forced into a corner and the sensible result of this entire saga is for Isak to be allowed to leave, despite his controversial antics.

That would be an integral piece of business for Liverpool to complete. While it would essentially make Hugo Ekitike a £79m back-up striker, we would finally have depth in the position once again.

After that, you've got the completion of a move for Marc Guehi at Crystal Palace, another transfer that seems to have stalled recently, even though all of the parties all pretty much on the same page.

Liverpool want to buy the Englishman to add to their centre-back depth, the player wants to join Liverpool, whether it be this summer for a fee, or next summer on a free, meanwhile Steve Parish at the Eagles wants to make sure the player brings some money into the club for his departure.

£35m was the rumoured fee last week, although it is thought that an extra £5m might be what is causing the current hold-up. Eventually, a fee will be agreed and Liverpool should get their man.

But now that Ben Doak has left Liverpool in a £25m move to Bournemouth, the Reds are signalling an intent to sign another attacker, alongside Isak, as the current back-up options are not quite sufficient.

It had looked like maybe we could get away without a new winger this summer, using Doak and Rio Ngumoha as the club's depth temporarily, but with the Scotsman now gone, someone else is needed.

Both sides of the front-line could do with some assistance, although it's now the right-wing that is most in need of help, given Mohamed Salah is now 33 years old and will eventually need some help.

To suggest the deals are inevitable feels a little bit like a push, although they will need to be if the Reds are to deliver the season that everyone is predicting of them. If injuries are out of the equation, then of course Liverpool have a great chance of success, but some areas of the squad are lacking.

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