The 2016 summer transfer window went ahead to great fanfare, with Sky Sports among those vacuously lauding the £1.194 billion spend sanctioned by Premier League clubs as big names flooded into England—and Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were no different, with the German adding seven players to his squad for 2016/17.
Klopp oversaw 13 major departures from Merseyside, with the Reds registering a profit of up to £17.5 million, while a further 12 players left the club on loan:
- Andre Wisdom (Red Bull Salzburg)
- Lloyd Jones (Swindon Town)
- Lazar Markovic (Sporting Lisbon)
- Taiwo Awoniyi (NEC Nijmegen)
With Liverpool not competing in either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League this season, Klopp was not in need of the substantial squad assembled for the previous campaign, and the loan market gave him an opportunity to shed players unlikely to receive regular game time with the Reds.