Romeo Lavia pursuit should not distract Liverpool from two transfer priorities

I was working for the club in Singapore and going from what I’ve seen, I think Dominik Szoboszlai is finding his way at the moment but Alexis Mac Allister has come in and taken to his surroundings like a duck to water.

The quality of the sides we were playing were not at the very, very top – with the exception of Bayern Munich – but you can tell with Mac Allister he’s played in the Premier League. He’s fitting like a hand in a glove.

He’s played him in front of the back four, which isn’t his ideal position, because we’re waiting for signings but when he’s in that pocket he’s clever. He works it well into the pockets, getting on the ball, so I think he’s going to be a really good signing.

Dominik is very confident, just waiting to see a little bit more of him but that will come, I’m pretty sure, because I’ve seen it before. The Premier League is different to other leagues so give him a little bit of time to make his mark, but he’s got all the attributes that he needs.

But absolutely we need more signings before the window shuts. A defensive midfielder has to be the priority.

We’ve got the numbers, but ideally a good centre half would be nice and a right-back to give Trent Alexander-Arnold license to roam.

Romeo Lavia’s looked good to me, but I’ve not seen enough of him – he’s very young. He’s no doubt a prospect and time will tell.

You just trust Jurgen Klopp if we get him, that he’ll do the job we need. If we don’t get him, they’ve got to get someone else. Quite simply we have to.

Stefan Bajcetic can be a terrific player but he’s still young and had a few injury problems. Given time he can he a really important player, but we do need someone else.

Aside from that, let’s not forget we’ve got an amazing front six – Ben Doak is a part of that now even though he’s only young. He’s such an exciting prospect.

He’s got every attribute that you want, he’s got the heart, the guts and the pace – he just excites you so much – so he’s gonna get some really good, valuable game time at the age of 17 this year in the Europa League. He is the stand-in now for Mohamed Salah, for me.

Aged 17, he’s got it. We’ve seen it with players before like Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen. He’s a member of the squad now. The manager’s got so many options up top.