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Aadam Patel
Liverpool reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool have completed a £4.3m deal for French forward Djylian N'Guessan from St-Etienne.
The 18-year-old will spend the first half of this season on loan at Ligue 1 side Brest, officially joining the Reds in January, when his situation will be reviewed.
N'Guessan is a product of the St-Etienne academy. He made his debut in January 2025 and featured 13 times, scoring one goal. St-Etienne have a sell-on clause in the deal with Liverpool.
As with goalkeeper Lucca Brughmanns, who was signed on transfer deadline day in a deal that could be worth up to £30m, the move for N'Guessan is a result of work from Liverpool's global talent department that is led by Matt Newberry.
The forward featured seven times for France at the 2025 U20 World Cup and was also named in the team of the tournament at last summer's U17 European Championship.
Earlier this year, the Reds signed Senegal's Mor Talla N'diaye and Austria's Ifeanyi Ndukwe after the teenage centre-backs both impressed at the U17 World Cup in Qatar, while goalkeeper Armin Pecsi and midfielder Samuel Martinez have both joined in the past 12 months from Hungary and Colombia, respectively.
Tom McCoy
BBC Sport journalist
BBC Sport examines some of the key themes before Friday's Premier League match (20:00 BST), with Liverpool heading to Suffolk in search of a first win under Andoni Iraola.
Will spending spree pay off for Ipswich?
Ipswich announced their 14th and final signing of the transfer window on deadline day, with striker Zian Flemming joining from Burnley. The Dutchman's arrival completed an unprecedented recruitment drive for the Blues, who have spent approximately £186m strengthening their squad.
That surpasses the record for a newly promoted Premier League club in a single window, set by Sunderland last year, and also exceeds the summer outlay of European giants such as Barcelona and Paris St-Germain.
Chairman Mark Ashton revealed last month that the club's US owners had instructed him to "go right to the limit of financial fair play". They are gambling that greater investment, coupled with a shift towards signing primarily overseas players, will help Town bridge the gulf in quality.
Ipswich's spending has focused mainly on midfield and attacking reinforcements. Although former Fulham centre-back Issa Diop has come into the side, three of the back four who started this season's opening two league games were also first-choice when the Tractor Boys were relegated in 2024-25 and defence may be an area of weakness.
That was certainly the case in last weekend's 5-2 defeat at Manchester United. After a competitive first half, Ipswich lost their way shortly after the restart, conceding twice in the space of three minutes. Gary O'Neil admitted his side lacked "emotional discipline" after United's second goal was allowed to stand despite Harry Maguire handling the ball in the build-up.
Greater composure will be needed against opponents who usually dominate this fixture. The Tractor Boys have lost their last four league games against Liverpool, conceding 17 times and scoring just once, while it is 40 years since their last home victory over the Merseysiders.
Barcola set for Liverpool bow
Liverpool came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Nottingham Forest on Saturday, just as they did at Newcastle on the opening weekend. New boss Andoni Iraola, who failed to win any of his first nine Premier League matches as Bournemouth head coach, will hope it is third time lucky at Portman Road.
The Spaniard said this week he was happy with his side's summer transfer business. The Reds' net spend was approximately £200m, the highest in the top flight, although the decision not to strengthen at full-back has come under scrutiny.
More than half of the outlay went on former Paris St-Germain winger Bradley Barcola, who is available to make his Premier League debut. The 23-year-old did not come cheap, having joined for a fee of £107m that could rise to £123m, but has a combination of attributes that would appeal to any club seeking an elite goalscoring wide player.
Barcola's best season to date came in 2024-25, when he scored or assisted 39 goals, the ninth-highest total by any player in Europe's top five leagues. While that figure fell to 21 last season, many of his underlying metrics remained impressive.
Used primarily on the left flank, Barcola utilised his dribbling ability and pace to create shooting opportunities for himself. He was the only player in Europe's top five leagues to average more than two shot-ending carries per 90 minutes, defined as shots taken after carrying the ball for at least five metres.
He also ranked highly for receiving the ball in dangerous areas, averaging nearly nine touches in the opposition box per 90 minutes. That placed him seventh among more than 1,500 eligible players, on a list headed by Barcelona star Lamine Yamal.
My daughter's old maths teacher, Mr Fields, is an Ipswich fan and he is very excited about how ambitious the club has been since getting promoted. I think all their supporters must be the same.
Ipswich have spent almost £200m on a stack of new signings to try to stay in the Premier League and, watching them, it is clear they are not just planning to park the bus.
They will be confident for this game after beating Sunderland at home on the opening weekend and I am expecting them to have a real go at Liverpool too.
It will be interesting to see if new signing Bradley Barcola starts for the Reds, who seem to have a lot of attacking players who like to play off the left.
Boss Andoni Iraola has plenty of attacking options, but I still have concerns about them defensively, while his players adjust to his front-foot pressing style.
I am sure he will get it right eventually, but at the moment they are leaking goals and creaking at the back.
My gut feeling is Ipswich will score, but Liverpool will still edge the win after two successive 2-2 draws. If their attack clicks, it will be hard to keep them out.
Sutton's prediction: 1-2
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The Reds' big signing of the window was Bradley Barcola from Paris St-Germain for £123m.
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Alex Bysouth
BBC Sport Senior Journalist
The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night.
Now comes the moment for new arrivals to make their mark on the pitch rather than the balance sheet.
Throughout the Premier League era there have been hordes of transfer hits and misses, but today we're looking at those signings who proved game-changing for their club and the competition, the ones who really moved the needle.
I've ranked my top 10 and this is where Liverpool's move for Virgil van Dijk placed.
Image source, Getty Images6. Virgil van Dijk, Southampton to Liverpool, £75m, January 2018
Mohamed Salah might feel hard done by here. After all, he did score 32 Premier League goals in his first season at Liverpool after arriving from Roma in 2017.
But that didn't immediately move the needle in terms of pushing Liverpool further up the league table - they finished fourth again and scored only six more goals as a team compared to the previous season.
Instead, it was the £75m signing of Virgil van Dijk in January 2018 - and arguably goalkeeper Alisson Becker that summer too - that really raised the bar for Jurgen Klopp's side, who lost only once the following season and conceded just 22 goals as they racked up 97 points.
Incredibly, Liverpool were beaten to the title by Manchester City, but they became European champions and the following season won a first league title in 30 years.
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool fan Lewis Aspinall has been discussing the Reds' transfer window with Total Sport's Phil Munns.
Aspinall told BBC Radio Merseyside: "It's going to take time, ultimately Iraola is not a short-term fix, he's someone who builds a squad.
"He transforms clubs based on time and developing young players. The problems this season for me are going to stem from the fact that he's not been backed suitably in the areas of the pitch where there's clear deficiencies for Liverpool.
"Right-back is a major concern, the depth at centre-back, or lack thereof, is a bit of a concern, midfield less depth than we had going into the window.
"I'm excited to see the football, but my worry is as the season progresses we're still in the Champions League, we've got two cup competitions and the Premier League where we're expecting Champions League football, that's the expectation now in this.
"Is he going to continue to get the best out of this squad without any layer of depth behind the initial starting 11? That for me is a big worry.
"Liverpool this season need to hit the ground running under Iraola and he's not been backed by bringing in players who suit their positions, it's all makeshift, it's all square pegs in round holes and he's expected to get on with it.
"I'm stressed out and disappointed with the window, I'm really let down and I know there's a lot of fans that are, but this season isn't about winning the league. This season isn't about coming in and just smashing everyone.
"This is going back to us resembling ourselves, front-footed football, aggressive, tenacious, none of this passing for passing's sake, none of this side to side rubbish, none of that. Iraola so far in the first few matches, there's been glimpses of it."
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Aadam Patel
Liverpool reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesAndoni Iraola is yet to win a game as Liverpool boss but there certainly wasn't any sense of panic when he spoke to the media for the first time since the transfer window ended, on Thursday.
Iraola feels "much more comfortable" now that he knows which players he has to work with and insisted that the responsibility is on him to "develop" what Liverpool have and that it is about "coaching and taking decisions".
Liverpool admired Iraola's trait of developing players when appointing him and now is the time to see what he can do.
Admittedly, Liverpool have lacked quality depth in their first two games, albeit with a number of players out injured. Iraola's insistence that he is "very happy" with all the signings they made suggests that there is a general feeling of satisfaction internally with the summer activity that saw the arrival of Jeremy Jacquet, Victor Munoz, Ronald Araujo and Bradley Barcola.
"I want to win. I need to win," said Iraola, after his side drew 2-2 against Newcastle and Nottingham Forest. It's early doors but anything less than three points at Ipswich will make things less comfortable for the Liverpool boss.
Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist
Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Friday's Premier League game against Ipswich Town at Portman Road (kick-off 20:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Joe Gomez is expected to resume training next week and should return to the squad before the September international break. Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley are further behind Gomez in the timescale of their returns.
New signing Bradley Barcola "will definitely be available" for Friday's match if "everything goes well" in Thursday's training session. However, it is unclear whether he will start or be named on the bench as he "hasn't had minutes in pre-season".
Iraola said Barcola "has come with the right mentality" and "willingness to help" the Reds win silverware off the back of him winning the Champions League with Paris St-Germain.
On Cody Gakpo staying: "He was well aware of the situation in the market - we were constantly talking with each other. He is in a good place, physically, mentally. I am glad to keep Cody because he is a valuable player."
Iraola said he is "happy with the four wingers" he has and based on his previous jobs he's "used to demanding all the wingers to play from both sides".
On Dominik Szoboszlai playing at right-back and whether he is happy to: "I haven't found any situation where a player says they don't want to play here [out of position]. Everyone has shown the right attitude and is ready to help. He is ready to do it. He wants to help the team. It's good to have players that can cope with different positions and very valuable, because even in games they allow me to change positions."
He said they "have to start stronger" against Ipswich and has told his players to not "wait until the first goal to be more aggressive".
He said there was no news on a new contract for Rio Ngumoha.
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Chelsea will face competition from Liverpool for Monaco's Lamine Camara should they revive their interest in the 22-year-old Senegal midfielder after a deadline-day move to Stamford Bridge collapsed. (Talksport, external)
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Steve Sutcliffe, Emlyn Begley and Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalists
Premier League clubs have broke their all-time summer transfer record with spending reaching £3.49bn.
A total of £506.5m was spent on deadline day itself, up from £391m last year.
The total amount spent during the window considerably dwarfs the £1.13bn spent by clubs just five years ago and underlines the power top English clubs have to attract talent, according to figures provided to BBC Sport by Paul Macdonald, founder of FootballTransfers.com.
Three of the 10 most expensive signings in the history of football have happened this summer – with all of them being Premier League signings. In fact, this summer window featured four of the top flight's five most expensive ever deals.
So maybe it is not surprising then that of the 20 most expensive transfers completed, only six were not to clubs in the English top flight.
Indeed, newly-promoted Ipswich have spent more on new signings than the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus and reigning European champions PSG.
Premier League clubs as a whole were willing to dip deep into their pockets this summer, as 11 of the 20 clubs broke their transfer records, six of them on more than one occasion.
Coventry, promoted to the Premier League alongside Ipswich and Hull, have done so four times over.
Read more on the Premier League's record-breaking transfer spending
Image source, BBC SportWe asked for your views on Liverpool's transfer business.
Here are some of your comments:
Suf: Shocking. We haven't replaced Fabinho since he left. We let the greatest Premier League player of all time in Mo Salah leave and didn't think to replace him. Our full-backs are shocking. We are in for another disappointing season. Andoni Iraola has not been backed the way he should have been.
Mustufa: We needed to replace Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez aren't good enough. Also, get a top quality defensive midfielder. That's the area we'll have to buy in the winter transfer window, otherwise we'll end up in the bottom half.
Johnie: So what happens when Isak gets injured? Gakpo and Bradley Barcola can play there but they aren't number nines. We haven't replaced Mo Salah when we had five months to do so, while Wirtz is no number ten so the attack looks as unbalanced as it did last season. Like the manager, I'm glad this window is over and we can get back to the football.
Colin: Everyone from fans to pundits to ex-Liverpool players knows they need an out-and-out defensive midfielder but the manager doesn't. It seems unbelievable to me.
Arsenal have started the new Premier League season with two wins as the transfer window closes, looking in ominous shape to retain the crown they won for the first time in 22 years last season.
Have their main rivals done enough to prevent Mikel Arteta's side winning a second successive title?
And what are the other big issues as the Premier League's transfer business was concluded until January?
Liverpool's main task this summer after appointing Andoni Iraola to replace sacked Arne Slot, was to somehow compensate for what they would miss without Mohamed Salah after he left Anfield at the end of last season.
Bradley Barcola was the prime target and eventually signed from Paris Saint-Germain for £123m. He possesses lightning pace, creativity and goals, but he is not a like-for-like replacement for Salah, preferring to operate on the left.
Victor Munoz, a member of Spain's World Cup-winning squad, is another wide man who has already shown what he can deliver with a spectacular equaliser in the 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest.
Rather than simply replace Salah, Liverpool's strategy has been to find a way to get goals from the wide positions and elsewhere rather that focus on one single player to replace the Egyptian.
All very well – but Liverpool's opening draws against Newcastle United and Forest showed a fault which holed them below the waterline last season has not been addressed.
The lack of a natural number "6" has left a midfield imbalance that leaves them horribly vulnerable to counter-attacks. Teams can still run straight through Liverpool, but Iraola showed no inclination to make a signing in that position.
Can Liverpool cure that tendency to be exposed? This could be the flaw that stops them making amends for their dismal title defence last season.
Aadam Patel
Liverpool reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesAll summer Andoni Iraola has said he will be "comfortable" come the start of September, when the transfer window is over and he has certainty over his squad.
That moment has now arrived.
Senior figures said from the outset this was never going to be a transfer window like last summer, when the club spent a then record £415m under Arne Slot and broke the British transfer record twice by signing Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.
Last summer, Liverpool also made £188m from selling players such as Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Jarell Quansah - and they ended the window with a net spend of £227m.
If you include Jeremy Jacquet - a deal confirmed in January - then Liverpool's net spend is not hugely dissimilar this summer at just under £200m, having signed Victor Munoz, Ronald Araujo on loan and Bradley Barcola for a combined total of £217.5m.
But they have lost senior figures in Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, Ibrahima Konate and Curtis Jones.
Liverpool did reject a bid worth £80m from Manchester City for Cody Gakpo as they were unable to get a replacement.
On the basis of their first two Premier League games, there is certainly a feeling that Liverpool have left themselves short after their struggles last season.
Where concern lies is the lack of quality squad depth at the back and the absence of an out-and-out defensive midfielder, but Liverpool will end the window having made the second most expensive signing of the summer in France forward Barcola, who chose the Reds despite interest from other clubs including Arsenal.
Liverpool fans could see their first glimpse of the 24-year-old on Friday when Iraola's side travel to Ipswich.
There is a belief inside the club that the combined £364m trio of Wirtz, Isak and Barcola could become one of the most feared attacks in Europe - and Anfield needs some excitement after a below-par campaign last season.
How did you feel about Liverpool's summer transfer business as a whole? What areas of the pitch are you most concerned about?
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Liverpool tried to sign France right-back Malo Gusto, 23, on deadline day but the loan move did not materialise as Chelsea wanted a permanent transfer. (Fabrice Hawkins), external
Meanwhile, Reds forward Cody Gakpo held "clear the air" talks with the Anfield hierarchy after they refused to sanction a sale to Manchester City. (ED - in Dutch), external
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