Jurgen Klopp need only look along the touchline at Antonio Conte on Sunday to see how a muddled transfer strategy can force a manager’s good work to unravel quickly.

Win or lose against Real Madrid in the Champions League final, Klopp’s second full season in charge of Liverpool has largely been a success, with all his new signings from the past 12 months proving money well spent.

Mohamed Salah has taken the headlines, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Andy Robertson and Virgil van Dijk have all played major roles during the Reds’ path to Kiev.

Chelsea, meanwhile, have failed to build on winning the Premier League last term, with Conte not afraid of airing his frustrations at the club’s failure to acquire his top targets.

Instead the Blues now find themselves in a fight to merely qualify for next season’s Champions League, and anything less than a win today would all but ensure they can no longer catch their visitors from Merseyside.

Mo Salah, signed last summer, has been named footballer of the year credit: PA

With that in mind, Klopp is not about to rest on his laurels when it comes to adding more new faces to his already talented roster.

“We have to strengthen the squad,” he said. “Finding players that will improve the squad 200 per cent will be difficult but we have do some things to make the squad bigger.

“We want a couple of players, but are only looking for good ones. The players we bring in we will all together be 100 per cent convinced about. It’s been like this since I’ve been here and will always be like that.”

A creative midfielder is high on Klopp's shopping list as he looks for a permanent replacement for Philippe Coutinho following the Brazilian’s move to Barcelona in January.

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The Reds have previously shown an interest in Monaco’s Thomas Lemar and could move again for the France international should Adam Lallana’s recent injury troubles persist.

One player who has already agreed an Anfield move, though, is Naby Keita, who will join from RB Leipzig in a deal worth in excess of £50 million.

And Klopp is hopeful the midfielder – who could yet be in Ukraine to watch his new side in their biggest game of the campaign - can add further dynamism to his side.

“If Naby wants to come to the final, then he is invited! He will have a big effect on the team immediately.

“It has been a difficult year for Naby but he has still made some outstanding performances. He will have a full pre-season here, so hopefully that will help.”