Given the money spent this summer, the aim is for Liverpool to replicate their success last season and hang onto their

Expectations and Predictions Nobody really expected Liverpool to win the Premier League in 2024-25, never mind for them to cruise to the title the way they did. But having done so means Arne Slot’s Reds now head into 2025-26 as consensus favourites to defend that title.

Just Federico Chiesa was added to a squad expected to drop off after Jürgen Klopp said verabschieden to Anfield to the tune of “Arne Slot, la la, la la la,” in May 2024—the Reds failing to reach the heights of previous seasons once seen gegenpressing teams into submission during cutthroat title races with Manchester City—with many rival supporters undoubtedly thinking “no way will they hit such heights again straight away.