Liverpool have been linked with midfielders in recent weeks and Dean Saunders says the Premier League champions should do whatever they can to sign Elliot Anderson

Liverpool have adopted a new formation under Arne Slot but may not yet have utilised it to its full potential.

Although there is interest from Arsenal and Manchester United, too, it is Liverpool who are ‘the most active’ club for Guler, with manager Arne Slot viewing the ‘Turkish Messi’ as ‘a perfect fit’.

Xabi Alonso is ready to ‘wait’ for the Liverpool job if he is sacked by Real Madrid with the ‘pressure on’ Arne Slot, according to reports. The Reds improved in midweek to see off Inter Milan in the San Siro in a 1-0 win in the Champions League after winning just one of their previous six matches in all competitions.

Curtis Jones sparkles in Liverpool’s diamond midfield to give Arne Slot a new post-Salah solution - Jones combined with Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai to stifle Inter Mil

Unlike the title of the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, Slot's new system may not be a long-term fix. But the new-look Liverpool is more solid on the whole as a team.

Arne Slot attempted to stop the Mo Salah headlines but entirely failed; he had already demanded TWO things from the Egyptian.