Liverpool are the so-called sleeping giants of the Premier League, and fans always believe they'll one day win the title again, or go back to the glory days of the 80s.

Fast forward to the January transfer window just passed and the Reds had a very disappointing month of business where Klopp struggled to fully utilise his squad to cope with the demands of the Premier League, with the only transfers coming in being defender Steven Caulker on loan, and Marko Grujic, who was immediately shipped back out on loan.

It was not the transfer window many Liverpool fans had hoped for, with Liverpool now sitting 9th in the table, 12 points off the top four. Of course there has to be a sense that Liverpool are not the big team that they used to be, however they should be doing better than they currently are.

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The biggest embarrassment has to be the Alex Teixeira saga, which saw the 26-year-old Brazilian eventually complete a €50million move to Chinese side Jiangsu Suing. Although you could argue the player is merely doing it for the money, it highlights how far Liverpool have fallen from grace, and how they will seriously struggle to get their top four goal.

You could argue that it isn't Klopp's fault, and why it may even not be Rodgers' fault.

The ex-Liverpool manager has recently claimed he did not have full control over transfers whilst in the Anfield hot-seat, which immediately starts ringing alarm bells.

When you look at Liverpool's squad, it is in desperate need of an overhaul. There is no depth, something highlighted through their recent injury struggles where in the FA Cup match against Exeter, they struggled to convincingly dominate, emphasised through the fact Exeter took them to a replay.

This is a team that craves a direct replacement to Raheem Sterling, whose attacking prowess is being missed. Roberto Firmino is a good signing, but he is being played out of position and in no way able to carry the team on his own. Christian Benteke is a good striker at a lower level like Everton, but is no direct replacement to Luis Suarez, and he cost an awful lot more than he should have done.

The centre of the team is missing Steven Gerrard, with Jordan Henderson the only convincing player in the middle of the park right now. There is a real need for a creative talent to be in that position, to help lead Liverpool forward, as well as taking some of the burden off Henderson. Klopp's defence looks anything but convincing, with Mignolet lacking any competition between the sticks and looking fragile with the defence in front of him. Skrtel is not a good defender anymore, and Sakho and Lovren hardly help to install confidence in the team.

With Liverpool struggling with injury due to Klopp's high pressure tactics, you feel the club should have dived into the transfer market. Unless there were no players available to them (which we all know isn't true), the finger must be aimed at the Anfield hierarchy for not handing Klopp the necessary funds to strengthen his squad.

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