Erling Haaland is the transfer story dominating the headlines - but his future will have plenty of knock-on effects.
Top clubs around Europe are keen on the Borussia Dortmund striker and willing to pull out all the stops to secure his signature.
According to Marca, new Barcelona president Joan Laporta is determined to land Haaland and has made him his transfer priority.
As a result, he is looking to offload several players to fund a move with six stars named as those up for sale.
Amongst them is Philippe Coutinho - a man tipped by some as a potential solution to Liverpool ’s problems.
There is little indication Liverpool will try and make a move to bring back their former playmaker.
But he is set to be on the market again and things have changed at Anfield since the last time he was available.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have struggled for creativity and Jamie Carragher outlined after their 1-0 loss at Chelsea how failing to replace Coutinho has caused the Reds problems.
"I watched Gini Wijnaldum in the second-half get done on a one-two, they want to do things and they just can’t get there," Carragher told Sky Sports .
"Jurgen Klopp famously said, his pressing is better than any number 10, but when you watch Liverpool, you feel like they need a number 10 - they need that type of player because the pressing isn’t there.
"I don’t know if it’s the same players playing week-in, week-out, off the back of four or five years of high-intensity football. Who knows what it is?
"We’ll maybe nearly get to the bottom of it next season when we see the crowds back and maybe more of a normal season, but they just don’t seem right in terms of energy and pace at the moment.
"Teams have come and defended deep and they haven’t got anyone between the lines to play that pass, they had Coutinho who went and they built in other areas.
"I’m not saying they should go and buy that, but without the actual pressing quality they have now in terms of creating chances, they haven’t really got anyone who can make that final pass.”
They have now been presented with a solution to that problem with the Haaland saga potentially being the catalyst.
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