Liverpool bank on stability over signings to end 30-year title wait

Missing out on the Premier League title despite a record-breaking campaign was eased by winning a sixth European Cup for Liverpool last season, but ending a 30-year wait to be crowned English champions is now more important than ever on Merseyside.

Jurgen Klopp's men are expected to strike first blood in the title race when they kick off the Premier League season against newly-promoted Norwich under the Friday night lights of Anfield.

However, unlike most of their competitors who have delved into the arms race for talent in another transfer window where Premier League clubs have spent over ?1 billion ($1.2 billion), the European champions have been conspicuously quiet in the transfer market.

Teenage talents Sepp van den Berg and Harvey Elliott have been snapped up with an eye to the future, while Spanish goalkeeper Adrian will replace Simon Mignolet as back-up to Alisson Becker in three low-key arrivals.

Klopp, though, believes the foundations are already in place for another tilt at the title after spending over ?230 million in the past two years on the likes of Alisson, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.

"You should never do transfers because other clubs are doing transfers," Klopp told Sky Sports.

"That makes no sense, it's not about that. And if you sit back for a second and have a look at the squad, do we need more players?" On the evidence of last season, there is precious little for Liverpool to improve on.

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"It means whoever wants to start has to be at his top level. We have proper competition and that's exactly what you need."