Having spent the last few weeks expressing concern over Liverpool's inability to make the signings they so clearly needed to compete for a top four spot, I'm happy to report that I'm a lot more relaxed after the business of the last couple of days.
It's been a busy summer at Anfield. There's little point in discussing the players that have left in too much detail; if you disregard the retired Jamie Carragher then Pepe Reina and Stewart Downing were the only first choice players to be moved on. Reina had been flirting with Barcelona for months and the club needed to protect its own interests by signing a new keeper, and the only issue with Downing's departure was that no replacement had been signed. With Victor Moses coming in that's no longer the case.
Most of the other departures were completely expected, although Fabio Borini leaving for Sunderland on a season long loan was a little surprising. That's a somewhat risky move from Liverpool's point of view as it leaves them slightly short of natural frontmen should Daniel Sturridge pick up an injury or Luis Suarez has one of his 'moments' again. The flipside is that the Italian desperately needs games and if he's not playing for Liverpool his transfer value can only plummet further. Whatever happens at Sunderland I'd be surprised if we saw him in a Liverpool shirt again.
In terms of the players recruited, overall it's been a productive summer thanks to that late spurt to get over the finish line with three new players. Eight new boys have arrived, with at least two (possibly three and maybe even four) expected to be in Brendan Rodgers' best XI when everybody is available.
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