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Liverpool’s £39million deal for Mohamed Salah smashes their previous transfer record of £35m, paid for Andy Carroll six years ago.

Don’t expect it to stand anywhere near that long, though.

Indeed, it may not even last the rest of June!

By agreeing to break the bank for Roma star Salah, the Reds have posted bold notice that Salah is the first piece in a summer jigsaw that could cost upwards of £150m to complete.

Boss Jurgen Klopp has been consistent in his desire to bring in at least FOUR key signings for big money this summer, with several other less high-profile captures to round off his squad.

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Klopp has prioritised a central midfield controller and a centre-back. Both are likely to cost significantly more than Salah.

Despite various setbacks – and even greater embarrassments – the club has endured in a turbulent summer so far, Klopp has a clear plan that remains firmly in place, and also includes the arrival of a top-class left-back to replace the outgoing Albert Moreno.

It remains to be seen where the fallout from Southampton’s complaint to the FA over an alleged illegal approach for Virgil van Dijk will leave that deal. But, with the player himself still intent on an Anfield move, a central defender is still a priority for Klopp.

Before the embarrassing U-turn and grovelling apology delivered by the Anfield hierarchy, it seemed certain Van Dijk would become Liverpool’s most expensive ever signing at a fee well beyond £50m.

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Klopp would still love to be able to make up with the Southampton board and put the ‘misunderstanding’ over their interest in Van Dijk behind them by agreeing a fee for the player that would be acceptable to them.

If not though, he will in all probability still have to pay a world-record fee for a defender to bring in an alternative, with the likes of Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich) and Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) all rated in the same price bracket.

Klopp’s midfield target has remained consistent throughout the summer too, with the German boss determined to bring Guinea international Naby Keita to the Premier League.

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Keita wowed the Bundesliga last season as he helped RB Leipzig to Champions League qualification, and a ruling on Monday confirmed they WILL be allowed into that competition, despite an ownership conflict caused by their Austrian sister club Red Bull Salzburg also qualifying.

Leipzig have made clear their intent to hold onto the 22-year-old and getting the green light to compete in Europe’s top competition strengthens their hand.

It is thought if the Reds have any chance of prising him away from Germany, it is likely to cost at least £50m to make them change their mind.

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The alternatives are in a similar price bracket.

Klopp is an admirer of Leon Goretzka, the youthful Germany international who inspired his country to a Confederations Cup victory over Australia this week, but with Bayern Munich keen too, he will not come cheap.

Those signings alone could take Liverpool’s summer spending past £150m — but it won’t stop there, with Klopp keen to add further squad players to his capture of Chelsea youngster Dominic Solanke, who will officially join on July 1 for a compensation fee expected to be around £3m .

While he wants a left-back, he will not pursue Monaco's Manchester City target Benjamin Mendy.

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Instead, Klopp could turn his attention to Celtic’s 19-year-old Kieran Tierney, while his fellow Scotland international Andrew Robertson, of relegated Hull, is another left-back to have been linked with the Reds.

He could also bring another striker into the club, though that may depend on departures, with the future of talented but injury-plagued England international Daniel Sturridge still a subject of much conversation around Anfield.