It's time to slow down and take a deep breath now that a rather hectic summer transfer window has finally drawn to a close, racking up a record-breaking £630million Premier League spending bill in the process.

For Liverpool, it's been a promising off-season, with a collection of astute signings from Brendan Rodgers, including the likes of Mamadou Sakho, Simon Mignolet, Luis Alberto and Victor Moses, improving the Anfield squad, while perhaps most importantly for their Champions League chances, Luis Suarez is now staying put until January at least.

But not everything has gone the Reds' way this summer, and just to prove it, we've created a select XI of players the Merseyside outfit were heavily linked with this summer, but for whatever reason, never secured a deal.

Click on Shay Given to reveal the Liverpool XI they could have signed

Shay Given (Aston Villa)