DEADLINE DAY DEAL : Liverpool wrapped up late January transfers with World Cup winner and £35.5m legend

Liverpool wrapped up late January transfers with World Cup winner and £35.5m legend

Liverpool have had a quiet January transfer window, in what is likely to be Jurgen Klopp’s last chance to make any signings before he leaves his role as manager at the end of the season

Jurgen Klopp

The Liverpool boss said he would leave the club at the end of the season

The January transfer window has delivered decidedly mixed results for Liverpool over the past two decades.

In recent seasons, the Reds have limited themselves to only one or two signings, usually to beat rivals to bring in their top targets. That happened with both Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo, with Jurgen Klopp bringing in the duo six months earlier than originally planned.

It has not always been like that though, with Liverpool’s strategy before Klopp arrived in 2015 landing them plenty of misses as well as hits. Having said that, some modern day greats have been signed during the winter.

It is the transfer moves that Klopp has made that really stand out, though the German is unlikely to bring any more new faces in before his summer exit. Here, Mirror Football looks at some of the January windows of Liverpool’s past.

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2007: Alvaro Arbeloa and Javier Mascherano

January 2007 delivered two stars to Anfield in the form of Alvaro Arbeloa and Javier Mascherano. A stint with Deportivo la Coruna shot the former to Rafael Benitez’s attention and he arrived for a bargain £2.6m.

The full-back quickly proved to be a quality buy as he starred in the run to the 2007 Champions League final.

He had a relatively short stay though, moving to Real Madrid in 2009, where he would win La Liga and two Copa del Reys, as well as the World Cup with Spain.

Also arriving in that window was Javier Mascherano, who was signed from West Ham for £20m.

His initial loan had to be ratified by both FIFA and the Premier League, with special permission needing to be granted for him to play for the Reds.

That was received by the February though, wih the Argentine quickly developing reputation as the top-flight’s best midfield enforcers.

He was sold to Barcelona in 2010, with Masherano going on to win every available honour with the La Liga giants.