What impact have the new faces had so far?
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00:00 And finally on Liverpool, just looking at their summer transfers, starting with McAllister,
00:05 what sort of impact have they had so far and has it been a positive window overall for them?
00:13 I think so, yeah. I think when we spoke on Dead by Night, I think maybe only Liverpool
00:18 are missing was another centre-back for Depp and obviously with Canarsie, we don't know
00:24 how long he's going to be out. Van Dijk missed the Aston Villa game, to be fair. Joe Gomez
00:30 was absolutely immense throughout the game. Joel Matip was very good as well, but you're
00:35 still looking at it. There's still a few doubts over those. Let's not cancel the change before
00:40 they're home to Roos. Joe Gomez's form has been up and down before, since he recovered
00:46 from that knee injury and Joel Matip's 32 now in the last year of his contract. But
00:51 yeah, Liverpool have done what exactly they need to do, which is replenish the midfield.
00:59 Maybe a little bit more than we expected, obviously, with the departures of Jordan Henderson
01:02 and Fabinho. But you're looking at Alexis McAllister, top midfielder, probably still
01:08 not getting played in his right position. Again, he plays to hold midfielder against
01:12 Villa. Just because Taro Enzo didn't start, maybe Klopp's hoping to bed him. But yeah,
01:21 over the next few weeks. Dominic Soboska looks an absolutely superb signing for £60m. He's
01:28 been arguably Liverpool's best player in his first four games, to be honest with you.
01:33 He's a goal against Villa. I was right behind him. He couldn't have hit a ball any better
01:39 the way he did, with his left foot as well, by the way. He looks like he's got everything
01:44 a midfielder needs. He's got a great shot on him. He's got energy, where he can tackle
01:51 a little bit of trickery about him as well. If he has goals and assists, you think some
01:57 of the fees have been paid for midfielders this summer. £60m, that's a lot of money,
02:03 but it looks like a real snip. Enzo, yeah, we haven't seen a lot of him so far. It might
02:10 take a little bit longer to bed him, potentially. And then Ryan Gravenbercht wasn't available
02:18 for the Villa game, but Liverpool have got a little bit of a project there. He will get
02:22 his fair share of appearances this season. Certainly, I think he'll be more involved
02:26 than he was at Bayern Munich last campaign, but I think Klopp will maybe take his time
02:32 a little bit with him and it'll be interesting to see how he's utilised. But yeah, overall,
02:36 looking at the window, you'd probably say it's a 7.5 out of 10, maybe. Obviously, that
02:44 centre-back didn't arrive and a couple of players leaving, like Henderson for B, you
02:49 probably didn't want to lose. So, just yet. Now, all eyes are obviously on Mo Salah, whether
02:54 he'll be off to Sardinia or not. Klopp's been fasted that he won't be leaving. He
02:59 says the owners, the club, they won't change their stance, you know, poor to £200m coming
03:07 in. But yeah, it's a lot of money, isn't it, if that offer did come on the table.
03:10 But the stance is, as of now, Mo Salah's not up for sale.