#6 Georginio Wijnaldum (£25 million), Rating – 6.5/10
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One of the two players on this list to join last summer, Wijnaldum arrived with a few question marks. He had a good goalscoring season in an attacking role with Newcastle but all of his goals came at home as there was a tendency to go missing in away games.
Nobody knew where he would fit in at Liverpool with several options up front. However, Klopp had other ideas and was interested in the Dutchman during the latter’s time with PSV Eindhoven. The 26-year old reinvented himself as a box-to-box midfielder and barring a few growing pains, had a fine debut season.
The new role reduced his goals tally despite constantly getting into a number of good goalscoring positions. The goals finally came in as the season progressed including the vital opening goal on the stroke of half-time against Middlesbrough in May. The highlight of the fledgeling Liverpool career has so far been his big performances in big games and a work-rate that was unexpected for many.
A constantly cheerful figure in the dressing room, Wijnaldum answered all his naysayers in style and he will be looking to build on it in the coming season.
