It may not be quite what Liverpool supporters, mindful of the lack of new arrivals this summer, have wanted.
But there's no doubt the Reds have been pretty busy in the transfer market during this window.
And there's one type of move that has been more prevalent than others.
On Tuesday, Tony Gallacher became the latest Liverpool youngster to make a temporary move having agreed to join Major League Soccer side Toronto until the end of December.
It's the first loan spell away from the Reds for the 21-year-old left-back, who signed from Falkirk in January 2018 and made his first-team debut last December in the Carabao Cup quarter-final defeat to Aston Villa.
Gallacher follows Adam Lewis (Amiens), Sheyi Ojo (Cardiff City) and Morgan Boyes (Fleetwood Town) in leaving Liverpool on a temporary basis.
More are likely to follow, with Ben Woodburn still close to a switch to Sparta Rotterdam and Kamil Grabara interesting PAOK Salonika.
And all will be hopeful of bucking a trend in a manner precious few have achieved during the last 15 years.
Even fans with the most encyclopaedic Liverpool knowledge would struggle to pinpoint many players who have gone on to enjoy successful Anfield careers having previously been allowed to depart on loan.
Divock Origi is the obvious example, coming in from the cold following a spell at Wolfsburg to become a Champions League hero and later play in the winning UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup final teams while claiming a Premier League winners' medal.
Daniel Sturridge also won the European Cup a year after being sent to West Bromwich Albion for six months.
And Jay Spearing, following a period at Leicester City, went on to win the League Cup and appear in an FA Cup final with Liverpool.
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But after that, there are only qualified successes.
Martin Kelly and Jonjo Shelvey remain in the Premier League, Jordon Ibe is hoping to start afresh at Derby County in the Championship, while Stephen Warnock went on to play for England.
Indeed, Origi and Sturridge aren't representative of the challenge facing Liverpool's loan players at present, given both had previously been first-team regulars at one point.
That, then, goes to further underline the difficulty the youngsters have in making a consistent breakthrough into the Reds first team - loans provide game time, but not necessarily at Anfield.
Neco Williams, Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott are all well on the way to following the footsteps of Trent Alexander-Arnold in becoming ensconced in the Liverpool first-team squad.
Tellingly, none have gone out on loan.
No club uses the loan market more prolifically than Chelsea. In the matchday squad against Brighton and Hove Albion on Monday night, youngsters Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus-Cheek were allowed to temporarily develop elsewhere, while Kurt Zouma and Andreas Christensen had also had lengthy loans.
Jurgen Klopp, though, has not always been a fan of the loan structure in English football, preferring instead for his players to be educated under Liverpool's tutelage either at the Academy or Melwood.
Of course, that isn't always possible. There are only so many places available. And it may be that loans are being used to put players in the shop window rather than anything else.
It's why it will be interesting to see what happens to Harry Wilson, Marko Grujic and, in particular, Rhian Brewster before the transfer window closes, first for international deals on October 5 and then domestic loans 11 days later.
Another loan deal and recent history suggests chances of a career at Liverpool could well be more difficult than ever.
