Arne Slot speaks with sporting director Richard Hughes after lifting the Premier League title last season(Image: Kieran McManus/REX/Shutterstock)

For a club who have generally, over the last decade or so, subscribed to the idea that less is more in the transfer market, the arrival of Jeremy Jacquet this summer will take Liverpool's spending past £500m in two years.

The 20-year-old centre-back will join from Rennes for £60m after an agreement was reached late in the winter window earlier this week. Add that to last summer's overhaul alongside the 2024 capture of Federico Chiesa from Juventus, and the Reds have now spent around £510m, inclusive of add-ons.

It's quite the sum for a head coach and sporting director team who have only been at the club, officially, since June 1 of 2024. But if there was one major takeaway from the latest 'Reds Roundtable' episode this week it is that Arne Slot and Richard Hughes are most certainly in alignment on the big, overarching strategies at Anfield.