Just having a look at what our likely squad would be (minus the ones seemingly actively shopped: Mignolet, Origi, Ings, Markovic, Grujic, Ojo, Chrivella)
CL SQUAD:
Gk) Alisson
Gk) Karius
Gk) Grabara**
Rb) Alexander-Arnold**
Rb) Clyne*
Cb) Van Dijk
Cb) Lovren
Cb) Matip
Cb) Gomez**
Cb) Klavan
Lb) Robertson
Lb) Moreno
Cm) Keita
Cm) Fabinho
Cm) Henderson*
Cm) Lallana*
Cm) Wijnaldum
Cm) Milner*
F) Firmino
F) Salah
F) Mane
F) Shaqiri
F) Sturridge*
F) Solanke*
F) Woodburn**
*10 & **4
With Ox seemingly out for the year and unlikely to be registered (at least for first half), the above would be the 25 players we'd likely have for the CL (needing to have at least 8 homegrown* players, including 4 of them clubgrown**).
The PL squad would be the same, however, TAA, Solanke, Woodburn, Grabara, and I believe even Gomez would all technically be considered U21, and exempt from taking up a registration slot. So that would free up 5 slots (but 3 of them must be homegrown).
Any decent new signing would expect to be registered for both competitions. So essentially, anyone we buy would have to knock out a non-clubgrown** player from the CL squad. If we buy two foreign players, that knocked out player would also get knocked out of the PL squad (except for Solanke).
So the way I see it, (if any) we are likely to bring in only one more first team player this year (at the expense of Solanke). Such a player would likely be a versatile attacking one. If it was at the expense of Sturridge or Klavan, then either could still play in PL, but if we brought in two, one would have to be sold, as they couldn't be registered for either squad.
We'd also have Brewster available for the second half of the year who would be expecting some PL action (but wouldn't need to be registered for the competition).
So we're pretty limited on the transfer front. I'd say it's extremely unlikely we'd bring in another backup GK (unless we sold BOTH Mignolet and Karius) because he wouldn't be clubgrown like Grabara, meaning we'd have to kick an outfield player from the squad, sacrificing our depth.
I think it's a #10 style player who can play both mid and in the forward line, or nothing. If Sturridge transfer rumblings pick up again, and we manage to also offload most of our other listed players, then we could see another forward come in.
But I don't think the club or Klopp want senior players hanging around who can't play either comp, so players leaving are critical before we fill up that last spot or two.
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