As Jurgen Klopp arrives at Liverpool's training base on transfer deadline day, only preparation for the season’s opener against West Ham need occupy his mind.

While rivals Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal scramble to get their final business done, serenity will reign supreme in the manager's office at Melwood.

Klopp will be afforded the rare luxury of disregarding the deadline entirely should he choose to - aside from potentially bidding a fond farewell to Danny Ings , or sanctioning the loan moves of others.

And that this is the case owes much to the planning and execution of a transfer window years in the making.

The Reds conducted the first part of their business over a year ago, prising Naby Keita (below) from Red Bull Leipzig by paying a premium on top of a release clause that would have become active this summer.

Leipzig's qualification for the Europa League last term resulted in the fee ultimately being set at £52.75m – a snip for a player of such pedigree in a market that has further inflated over the last 12 months.

And that proved to be just the start of Klopp's midfield redesign. A desire for more physicality and presence was satisfied by the arrival of Fabinho from AS Monaco just two days after Liverpool's Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid.

Tracked extensively since emerging as a right-back, the Brazilian's transformation into a top-class holding midfielder dovetailed conveniently with both Klopp’s wish to bolster that position, and a diminishing need to strengthen on the right-hand side of defence.

Fabinho ultimately topped a four-man shortlist of defensive midfielders plying their trade across Europe and, in order to avoid alerting rivals of such a coveted player's availability, Liverpool successfully kept news of a deal under wraps until a medical was being conducted.

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Following that acquisition, attentions turned to a man who now represents the only hiccup in an otherwise smooth summer for Liverpool: Nabil Fekir.

Having watched the Frenchman's development closely over a four-year period, club scouts thought him capable of bringing a new dimension to the squad; a player in possession of huge goal threat from midfield as well as the personality and talent to adapt to the Premier League with relative ease.

After a deal was struck with Lyon and personal terms agreed, Fekir was photographed wearing what should have been his new colours and conducted an interview with the club's in-house television channel, LFCTV, with a time to announce his arrival provisionally set.

However, the move collapsed at the 11th hour following issues arising from a medical examination, and there have been no attempts from Liverpool to strike a restructured deal since – nor will there be - despite strong speculation to the contrary.

A period of inactivity followed the disappointment of that day at France's Clairefontaine base, but the patience and adaptability within Liverpool's transfer policy since Klopp teamed up with sporting director Michael Edwards proved the catalyst for further movement a month later.

Alerted to Xherdan Shaqiri's release clause of just £12.85m, the scouting team, headed up by Barry Hunter and Dave Fallows, set about reassessing a player who had previously been targeted under Brendan Rodgers in order to help Klopp bolster his forward line.

The Swiss was seen as someone more likely to accept the need to fight his way into a team already packed with quality attacking options than younger alternatives such as Christian Pulisic of Borussia Dortmund.

Liverpool scouts also received glowing character references from those who had worked with the winger, including the club's head of strength and conditioning, Andreas Kornymayer, and head of nutrition, Mona Nemmer, both formerly of Bayern Munich.

Having snared Shaqiri, Liverpool added the final piece of the jigsaw six days later, capturing goalkeeper Alisson Becker from AS Roma in a move that looked unlikely for large parts of the summer.

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The Reds' admiration for the Brazilian goes back to his formative years with Internacional in his homeland, when goalkeeping coach John Achterberg highlighted the talents of a man who had displaced his older brother and former national team No.1 Dida to claim a first-team place.

Achterberg's diligence also meant the club were aware when the possibility of a move to Italy arose, though they found themselves unable to intervene due to the usual work permit issues.

There was another obstacle to overcome this around, too: namely Roma's desire to right a perceived wrong over Mohamed Salah.

The Italian club believed the Egyptian's value had rocketed to €200m (£180m) in the season since his £38m move to Anfield, and insisted at the start of the summer that they would not countenance a deal worth less than half that for their goalkeeper as a result.

That prompted Liverpool to pull out of the running, allowing Real Madrid and Chelsea to do plenty of legwork in their absence.

However, when it emerged that Real were not keen to outlay such lavish sums on a goalkeeper with Thibaut Courtois available at a bargain price , and Alisson made clear he would prefer to head to Anfield rather than Stamford Bridge, a deal became possible.

The Reds will pay a guaranteed £50m for the 25-year-old, with the £9m worth of success-related add-ons included - ones that the club would no doubt be delighted to hand over further down the line.

And, as he takes training on Thursday morning free from transfer distractions, Klopp will know his new-look squad has the capability to realise his ambitions