Liverpool's first major move of the summer looks likely to be for AS Roma winger Mohamed Salah, with a fee of around £35 million being reported.
Although Roma's president Jim Pallotta gave a radio interview to deny anything was confirmed and then made some interesting arguments about Roma needing to keep their good players and strengthen themselves for their own ambitions, which include Champions League football next season.
Liverpool fans will by and large regard that as a tactic to extract more money for Salah, or maybe even to flush out a rival bid. Placatory noises for aggrieved Roma supporters, perhaps.