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In pole position in the Premier League title race, the Reds are also in the Carabao Cup final and will be determined to progress deep into the Champions League.

But once the final ball is kicked in potentially a campaign to be remembered, the focus will shift to what could be a big three months in the transfer market.

Liverpool have been the outstanding team in English football so far this season but head coach Arne Slot has already admitted that work is going on behind the scenes with sporting director Richard Hughes to bolster and reshape his squad in the summer.



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Slot said: "We are looking at every single position and we are looking at the team.

And I think we've said this many times last season, or last summer, we didn't do a lot (in the summer window) because we - Richard, me and all the other people involved - just wanted to know how these players were working with me, the different manager.

"Now we have a very good idea about that, and I think it's clear to you that I'm not going to tell you which positions we prefer.

But it is clear that we've assessed the squad, we've assessed what we think where we can improve, and that's where we try to go for in the summer."

And in an ECHO poll, it's clear what area our readers believe needs to be strenghtened.

With question marks over the future of Trent Alexander-Arnold, and with a long-term successor to Andy Robertson needing to be found, 50% of the people who voted said full-backs.

That was followed by forwards (24%), centre-backs (15%), centre-midfielders (6%), wingers (2%) and goalkeepers (0%).

3% said the Reds did not need to make any signings.

And it would appear big money needs to be spent.

61% of the voters said FSG would have to shell out more than £100m on signings, followed by 25% for £80-100m, 8% for £60-80m, 4% for £40-60m, and 1% each for £25-40m and £0-10m.

Just how much Liverpool will have to pay out could well depend on what happens with vice-captain Alexander-Arnold, captain Virgil van Dijk, and top scorer Mohamed Salah, who are all out of contract at the end of the season.

Asked who out of three stars is replaceable, 91% of the voters said Alexander-Arnold, followed by Salah (5%) and Van Dijk (4%).

Asked who is irreplaceable, Van Dijk got 48% of the votes, Salah 46% and Alexander-Arnold 6%.

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Readers were also asked which fringe is likely to become a key man in the 2025-26 campaign.

And Jarell Quansah (27%) led the way, followed by Harvey Elliott (20%), Federico Chiesa (12%), Wataru Endo and James McConnell (both 9%), Darwin Nunez (8%), Trey Nyoni (6%), Kostas Tsimikas (5%) and Caoimhin Kelleher (4%).