Liverpool Summer Transfers: Why Elliot Anderson, Adam Wharton and Explosive Wingers Define the Plan

Building Verticality Without Losing Steel

Liverpool’s summer will pivot on two questions. First, what level of European football are we offering? Second, what kind of team do we want to be next season?

From my perspective, the midfield conversation around Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton frames everything. It tells us what we value: technical quality, physical presence, tempo control, or defensive bite. Once you understand that, the winger shortlist makes more sense.

Let me start in the middle of the pitch, because that is where the identity of this side will be decided.