Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits they've focused more on the summer market this past month.

Since winning the Champions League, Liverpool have spent little more than £15million to sign Takumi Minamino, Sepp van der Berg, Harvey Elliott and Adrian.

None of those players, though are regular starters and with the nucleus of Liverpool's squad all on long-term contracts, there is no indication at this stage that it will be easy for them to bring in a ready-made star next summer, either.

"Not easy but is it possible? We will see, we don't know exactly," said Klopp. "We just prepare potential situations, that's how it is. We always try to strengthen and to strengthen could mean as well that we look at our own squad.

"Who can make the next step? Who is ready for doing that? Who will hopefully not be injured and can hopefully make the next steps as well? Like Ox and Naby - some little injuries here and there cost them always a little bit of rhythm, but we all know about the quality of them.

"Curtis (Jones) came on in the last game, looked pretty promising. These are talks we have, where we try to estimate the future. We believe that we can do a lot with this existing squad, that these boys can make next steps."

Klopp added: "As long as you can make the next step, you are in the right place. A squad like this, to improve easily would be really strange. It would have to be 100 per cent the right player, or we do it internally, or we do it internally and externally. All possible."