5 signings who could win the Champions League for Liverpool

#4 Harry Maguire

Harry Maguire would represent an upgrade at the centre of Liverpool's defence

Jurgen Klopp might’ve spent a world-record breaking amount for a defender to bring Virgil Van Dijk on board from Southampton, but he still has an issue when it comes to his defence.

Van Dijk is a proven quantity, but all season long Klopp has preferred a back four with two central defenders – which leaves Van Dijk with a potential liability as a partner in the form of either Ragnar Klavan, Dejan Lovren or Joel Matip.

All three have been exposed at the top level over their time with Liverpool, so it’s time for Klopp to look elsewhere for a partner for Van Dijk. One man who he should be looking closely at is Leicester City’s Harry Maguire.

Maguire only signed for Leicester from Hull this summer, but he’s had an excellent season thus far and has broken into England’s first-team setup and looked extremely comfortable defending against both Germany and Brazil for the Three Lions.

With an excellent positional sense, good ball-playing skills and a tough tackle when need be, Maguire would represent a massive upgrade on all of Liverpool’s current – non Van Dijk – central defenders, and with Joe Gomez and Andy Robertson now seemingly having the full-back positions nailed down, if the Reds were to sign him, then suddenly, the Liverpool’s defence would look pretty formidable.