'Three or four big players!' - Premier League legend expects choice Liverpool recruitment

Liverpool will likely add "three or four big players" to their squad next season, but Alan Shearer believes they will keep hold of both Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

The Reds currently lead the Premier League title race and look set to seal silverware in Arne Slot's first season at the helm after succeeding Jurgen Klopp at Anfield.

• Read more | Former Liverpool player says club 'need at least five' new signings this summer

But they have suffered in form since the new year, falling out of competition in the UEFA Champions League and domestic cups, while transfer sagas have rumbled on.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is reportedly set to move on to Real Madrid, while Salah and Van Dijk have also been tipped for the door when their deals expire in the summer.

But Shearer, the Premier League's all-time record goalscorer, thinks Slot will only make choice adjustments, comparing his task to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

"I don’t expect wholesale changes at Liverpool this summer," he told Betfair. "But what I'd expect, because of the inactivity last summer, [is] three or four additions.

"But that all depends on what happens with the other players and if the worst happens. Although I still expect Salah and Van Dijk to stay at Liverpool.

"I'd expect three or four big players to come into Liverpool this summer. You have to sign players when you're at your strongest.

"Liverpool will be really strong because they're going to win the Premier League and it sends a message out to players and supporters.

"Look at what Sir Alex always did at Man United. He always signed two or three big-hitters in the summer after they'd won things and I guess Liverpool will do that.

"Great football clubs always go out and sign two or three players in the summer to make themselves even better and I'm certain Liverpool will do that this summer.

"No one expected them to win the Premier League the way they have done so that in itself is a great achievement

"But they'll want to go on and do even better because that's what Liverpool do over the years and have done for so long."

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