The local lad who lit up the derby, a teenage record breaker and 'the next Van Dijk': Liverpool's young guns ready to step up now Jurgen Klopp has been forced to keep the chequebook closed

With the upcoming summer transfer window set to be distorted like never before, the lasting financial impacts of coronavirus have shown no team will be spared, regardless of stature.

Jurgen Klopp's high flying Liverpool held grand spending ambitions for the summer, with a minor rebuild planned. Yet now the financial repercussions of the pandemic mean such ideas have now taken a devastating set back, with the purse strings drastically tightened.

With the chequebook set to be placed on hold, a golden opportunity may well have presented itself to those waiting in the wings.