Arne Slot has confirmed Liverpool will strengthen their squad in the summer after a quiet first two transfer windows as Reds head coach. Federico Chiesa remains the Dutchman’s only signing to date, having joined the club in an initial £10m deal from Juventus back in August.

Liverpool also agreed a £29m deal with Valencia for goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, though the Georgia international won’t join the Reds until the summer.

Since taking over at Anfield, Slot has repeatedly insisted he is happy with the strength of his inherited squad. Such faith has been rewarded with Liverpool currently sitting six points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

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The Red also sit top of the Champions League table and booked their place in round-of-16 with a game to spare courtesy of an 100% winning record prior to their final match against PSV Eindhoven. Meanwhile, they are currently contesting a League Cup semi-final clash with Tottenham Hotspur, and will also travel to Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup fourth round next month.

But while Slot is happy with his current squad, question marks remain regarding the futures of a number of his first team players.

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all out of contract at the end of the season and are now free to sign pre-contract agreements with overseas clubs. Meanwhile, Caoimhin Kelleher is expected to move on following Mamardashvili’s arrival, while it is also unclear whether his signing will have a knock-on effect for Alisson Becker.

Andy Robertson is out of contract in 2026 and will turn 31 in March. Struggling for form and consistency, Liverpool continue to be tipped to strengthen at left-back in the summer.

Meanwhile, Joe Gomez, Wataru Endo, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Chiesa, Harvey Elliott, Ben Doak and Tyler Morton have also all been the subject of transfer speculation, with the Reds in need of replacements if any of the aforementioned players do depart.

Aware that Liverpool’s lack of transfer business has been questioned by onlookers - especially now from a position of strength - Slot has reiterated his happiness with his current squad.

However, he also revealed that the Reds are ‘definitely working’ on improving their squad in the summer.

"Liverpool should always be competing for a league title, we should always be competing for the Champions League,” he told Gary Lineker in an interview for BBC’s Football Focus, which will air in full on Saturday. “I'm hoping I will be able to keep the club at that level.

"You don't think after 20 games we will have that many points and I wasn't expecting us to be top with the margin we have," he added.

"It's always nice to be up there, but nobody would have expected this. I'm the last person who would have expected [reigning champions Manchester] City to have such a bad run.

"I know people sometimes question this because they haven't seen us doing a lot in the transfer market in the summer and now in the winter as well. There's a reason for that - because we're happy with the squad.

"But I do know we're definitely working on strengthening in the summer.

“That would mean, in my opinion, that we will, for the upcoming years if the players keep working this hard, that we will be able to challenge for every trophy we are playing for.”

While Van Dijk’s future remains uncertain ahead of his contract expiring, the Liverpool captain has confirmed publicly more than once that he wants to stay.

Slot would like to retain his compatriot too, admitting the Dutchman surprised him and was on ‘another level’ to what he expected when first taking over at Anfield.

"Everybody here in England would tell you that Virgil van Dijk is the best defender in the world," he said. "In Holland, he got a bit more criticism than he gets over here in England.

“I was, in a very positive way, surprised how good he was on the ball and how he could play football through the lines.

"From the first day I was like 'wow, this is definitely another level that I'm used to'. But people in England were used to this."