The final international break of the calendar year has been and gone and will now be succeeded by a congested club fixture schedule which will put Liverpool ’s squad to the test.
It has already been a costly international break for the Reds with a serious injury for defender Joe Gomez, who will join his defensive partner Virgil Van Dijk as a long-term absentee, while Mohamed Salah has tested positive for Covid-19.
It is inevitable that the club will consider freshening up their options in the January window should the opportunities arise, particularly defensively.
There are also peripheral figures at the club who were not moved on in the summer window, and the possibility of their exits will once again arise this time around.
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