Liverpool FC Transfers In And Out

Although the majority of football fans care about what happens on the pitch, there is now a curious breed that likes to look at the transfers that are carried out – and more specifically in the incoming players – as being almost as important as results in matches. Transfers are, of course, big business, with huge sums of money spent on the best talent around. In the case of Liverpool, the Reds have been involved in some large transfers over the years, breaking British and world record amounts for players in specific positions.

This is a look at Liverpool’s business for every year since the launch of the Premier League, with transfer fees if they are known. Loans aren’t included here. If the terms of a player’s contract aren’t known, we’ve put 5 years down as the default. The majority of information as been collated from transfermarkt.co.uk or LFCHistory.net.  So far we’ve gone back to 2010 when FSG took over Liverpool and ended the dark days.

Jump to year:

• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010

Total Transfer Spend By Calendar Year

2025

Summer 2025 – Incomings

Summer 2025 – Outgoings

The old Carlsberg advert feels like it applies to Liverpool’s transfer window in the summer of 2025. It felt to many supporters as though things couldn’t have gone much better, with the Reds smashing their previous transfer record in order to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, only to then spend even more than that bringing in Alexander Isak from Newcastle United. Perhaps only the lack of a senior centre-back spoiled things, although Giovanni Leoni was well-fancied before his arrival at Anfield. Even the outgoings were sold, bringing in plenty of money to cover the incomings.

Winter 2025 – Incomings

None

Winter 2025 – Outgoings

2024

Summer 2024 – Incomings

Summer 2024 – Outgoings

It is fair to say that the transfer window both ahead of and during the 2024-2025 season was something of an uninspiring one. This was largely due to the departure of Jürgen Klopp and the fact that no one really knew how Arne Slot would be as manager. As it turned out, not disturbing the apple cart too much was exactly the right idea, with Liverpool going on to win the Premier League title in spite of such a paucity of arrivals.

Winter 2024 – Incomings

None

Winter 2024 – Outgoings

None

2023

Summer 2023 – Incomings

Summer 2023 – Outgoings

The entire point of the transfer window in the summer of 2023 was to give the Liverpool midfield a complete reset. The players that departed the club had mostly been run into the ground by Jürgen Klopp, so the idea of letting their legs fall off on someone else’s watch very much applied. The idea of bringing anyone in in January was all but impossible, given the fact that we knew that the manager was leaving, but had no sense of who would be replacing him or how they would get on.

Winter 2023 – Incoming

Winter 2023 – Outgoings

None

2022

Summer 2022 – Incomings

Summer 2022 – Outgoings

The transfer windows in the 2022-2023 season didn’t have a lot going on, apart from the fact that the Reds signed Darwin Núñez for a club record fee at the time. This was at least slightly offset by the sale of Sadio Mané, but it’s fair to say that not a lot worth talking about happened.

Winter 2022 – Incomings

Winter 2022 – Outgoings

2021

Summer 2021 – Incomings

Summer 2021 – Outgoings

The 2021-2022 season’s transfer windows were as much about consolidation as anything else. Ibrahima Konaté came in to secure things up at the back, whilst the signing of Luis Díaz was an opportunistic one that was done as much to stop him from going to Tottenham Hotspur as much as anything else. The Reds were able to bring on some good money for players that they had no use for anymore, with the only exception being Gini Wijnaldum. He was released after the manager had used him as a workhorse.

Winter 2021 – Incomings

Winter 2021 – Outgoings

None

2020

Summer 2020 – Incomings

Summer 2020 – Outgoings

The impact of Covid was still being felt in the 2020-2021 period, which is why there weren’t a huge heap of arrivals. Diogo Jota was arguably the most exciting, with Liverpool fans taking the Portuguese player to heart in such a way that made his passing in the summer of 2025 so hard to deal with. Thiago Alcantara was another exciting player, albeit passed his best by the time that he arrived at Anfield. Otherwise, it was mainly about recouping as much money as possible for the players that left the club.

Winter 2020 – Incomings

Winter 2020 – Outgoings

2019

Summer 2019 – Incomings

Summer 2019 – Outgoings

Perhaps the 2019-2020 season is one of the best examples possible of not disturbing your squad too much. Liverpool hardly signed anyone, yet they went on to win the Premier League title; a trick they would go on to repeat five years later.

Winter 2019 – Incomings

None

Winter 2019 – Outgoings

2018

Summer 2018 – Incomings

The two most important signings of the 2018-2019 season came in the form of Alisson Becker and Fabinho Tavarez. Alisson would go on to become one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the football club, whilst Fabinho would offer us some steel and determination in the middle of the park. Naby Keïta, meanwhile, would be ultimately quite disappointing in the eyes of most Liverpool fans, yet the £24 million sale of Dominic Solanke, who had done very little for us, was excellent business.

Winter 2018 – Incomings

Winter 2018 – Outgoings

2017

Summer 2017 – Incomings

Summer 2017 – Outgoings

There is an argument to be made that the transfer windows in the 2017-2018 season are the most important in the modern history of Liverpool FC. The sale of Philippe Coutinho allowed the club to be virtually rebuilt in the image of Jürgen Klopp, seeing both Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah arrive – two players that would go on to be considered the best in their positions ever to play for the Reds. Add in the fact that we essentially swapped Kevin Stewart for Andy Robertson, another player thought of by many as the best we’ve had, and you can see why it was so important.

Winter 2017 – Incomings

None

Winter 2017 – Outgoings

2016

Summer 2016 – Incomings

Summer 2016 – Outgoings

It is fair to describe the transfers that took place in the two windows of the 2016-2017 season as something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, the arrivals of Sadio Mané, Gini Wijnaldum and Joël Matip proved to be excellent pieces of business, whilst the arrival of Loris Karius would later, at least in the eyes of some, cost us a Champions League title. It was a summer that showed that the Reds were excellent at selling players, however, bringing in some decent fees for those that were almost certainly not worth that much.

Winter 2016 – Incomings

Winter 2016 – Outgoings

None

2015

Summer 2015 – Incomings

Summer 2015 – Outgoings

The end of Brendan Rodgers’ time in charge of Liverpool was coming to an end as the 2015-2016 season approached, which might help to explain where there weren’t a huge number of players arriving. In fact, the purchases of both Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino were seen to be something of a clash between the management team and the ‘transfer committee’. Arguably the biggest departure, other than Raheem Sterling to a rival in Manchester City, was Steven Gerrard, with the stalwart leaving on a free to join LA Galaxy.

Winter 2015 – Incomings

None

Winter 2015 – Outgoings

2014

Summer 2014 – Incomings

Summer 2014 – Outgoings

Having been able to keep him out of the clutches of Arsenal the previous summer, causing John Henry to tweet asking about what they were ‘smoking at the Emirates’, the summer of 2014 was when Liverpool finally had to let go of Luis Suarez. It also saw some reliable players like Daniel Agger and Pepe Reina depart, but those who would go on to become reliable players such as Adam Lallana, Divock Origi and Caoimhin Kelleher all arrived. It’s fair to say it wasn’t our finest period.

Winter 2014 – Incomings

None

Winter 2014 – Outgoings

2013

Summer 2013 – Incomings

Summer 2013 – Outgoings

Liverpool came close to winning the title in the 2013-2014 season, in spite of the fact that none of the players that we brought in were really all that special. Iago Aspas, of course, would go on to have a stellar career in Spain, but all he’ll be remembered for at Anfield is the atrocious corner that he took at the end of the game against Chelsea.

Winter 2013 – Incomings

Winter 2013 – Outgoings

2012

Summer 2012 – Incomings

Summer 2012 – Outgoings

Neither the arrival of Daniel Sturridge nor that of Philippe Coutinho were particularly heralded at Liverpool, but both would go on to be important parts of the club’s improvement in the following seasons. Joe Allen was very much seen as the manager’s pick, having followed Brendan Rodgers to Anfield from Swansea City. The departures of both Alberto Aquilani and Charlie Adam were seen as drawing a line under two failed signings.

Winter 2012 – Incomings

Winter 2012 – Outgoings

None

2011

Summer 2011 – Incomings

Summer 2011 – Outgoings

Fenway Sports Group were only just getting their boxes unpacked ahead of the 2011-2012 season, so it perhaps isn’t all that surprising that the Reds weren’t really firing on all cylinders in the transfer market. Of course, Jordan Henderson would go on to be the captain who won the Champions League and Premier League, whilst Stewart Downing never really lived up to his promise. It was a new dawn at Anfield, but one that would take a while to really get into gear.

Winter 2011 – Incomings

Winter 2011 – Outgoings

2010

Summer 2010 – Incomings

The dark days of the Roy Hodgson era are mixed up in the excitement of the takeover of the club by Fenway Sports Group in the 2010-2011 season. Names such as Paul Konchesky and Christian Poulsen still have the ability to make supporters shudder, whilst many can remember the excitement of the window in which Andy Carroll arrived, even if the player himself proved to ultimately be a disappointment.

Summer 2010 – Outgoings

The dark days of the Roy Hodgson era are mixed up in the excitement of the takeover of the club by Fenway Sports Group in the 2010-2011 season. Names such as Paul Konchesky and Christian Poulsen still have the ability to make supporters shudder, whilst many can remember the excitement of the window in which Andy Carroll arrived, even if the player himself proved to ultimately be a disappointment.