Last season could probably be called a rude awakening for Liverpool owners FSG. They had not exactly been sleeping at the wheel, with Jürgen Klopp’s squad already having been strengthened through moves for the likes of Darwin Núñez and Luis Díaz, but a failure to secure a Champions League finish was fairly conclusive evidence that a degree of stagnation had been allowed to seep in.
In fairness to the owners, there was a major response this summer. There was disappointment when Liverpool did not pursue Jude Bellingham, and further unrest when Moisés Caicedo slipped away, but FSG did fund some serious activity in the transfer market. Nine games into the season, there is broad consensus that the rebuild has gone well. The scale of this rebuild was perhaps not anticipated, with departures for Jordan Henderson and Fabinho not in the plan, but FSG always intended to address the midfield this summer. It was presumably banking on Klopp’s existing charges being able to produce one last high-level season in 2022/23, off the back of going so close to a quadruple.
Jürgen Klopp is facing a tough new challenge at Liverpool, but both he and FSG are up for it.
