Liverpool XI: How it could look had Jurgen Klopp signed first choice targets

Liverpool rarely miss in the transfer window these days.

Since Jurgen Klopp has been in charge of the club with the help of sporting director Michael Edwards and now Julian Ward, the club have made some incredible purchases in recent years.

Sadio Mane, Georginio Wijnaldum, Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, Alisson, Fabinho, Diogo Jota, Thiago, Ibrahima Konate and Luis Diaz have all been signed during Klopp’s reign.

Those signings have helped transform Liverpool into one of the best clubs in world football.

But not everything goes to plan in the transfer window.

If you think that all of those players were Klopp’s first choice transfer target and they haven’t missed out on any signings down the years, you’d be very much mistaken.

Therefore, we’ve identified various occasions where Klopp hasn’t got the man that he wanted and we’ve attempted to compile what Liverpool’s XI could’ve looked like if the German manager had got his way.

Of course, there are a lot of ifs, buts and maybes involved and even if Klopp had signed his transfer target it’s not to say they would still be in Liverpool’s first choice XI.

But it’s all a bit of fun and it’s interesting to think what could’ve happened if everything had gone to plan.

So, let’s check out how Liverpool’s XI could’ve looked if Klopp had signed his No.1 targets in the transfer window:

Alisson wasn’t the first goalkeeper Klopp signed at Liverpool. Early in his reign, he signed a certain Loris Karius to provide competition to Simon Mignolet.

Of course, Karius’ performance in the 2018 Champions League final ended his career at Anfield. But regardless of what happened that night, Liverpool had already set their sights on signing Alisson for a world record fee for a