Rating every player Liverpool signed this season: including 2/10 disaster and £69m genius deal
Liverpool have spent over £415m on new players this season
The 2025/26 campaign won’t be one Liverpool fans look back on with much fondness. Arne Slot’s side failed to retain their Premier League title, were eliminated from the FA Cup and EFL Cup in the quarter-final and fourth round respectively, and also failed to get past the quarter-final stage in the Champions League.
The Reds’ underwhelming campaign came amid an enormous spending spree which saw the squad significantly strengthened, with high profile new signings arriving in a number of key positions. Critics have questioned whether the club went too gung-ho in one window, failing to give the overhauled squad the necessary time to gel.
As this season draws to a close, the Reds will begin work on their plans for the next campaign and figure out how to replace the numerous stars set to leave the club. In the meantime, we’ve taken a look at all the signings Liverpool made over the past two transfer windows, and how they fared in their debut seasons.
Rating every player Liverpool signed this season - Frimpong to Mamardashvili
Jeremie Frimpong: £30m from Bayer Leverkusen - 6/10. Coming in to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold - whose World Cup hopes still hang in the balance - was never going to be an easy task. He arrived with some highly impressive attacking stats from his time in the Bundesliga, but failed to replicate these numbers in the Premier League.
Still, as first seasons go it’s been far from a disaster, with his lightning pace in particular catching the eye. His best game was arguably the Reds’ 3-0 Champions League win away in Marseille, where his attacking threat and relentless defending showed exactly why Slot signed him.
Florian Wirtz: £100m from Bayer Leverkusen - 7/10. The whopping transfer fee paid for the Germany international immediately piled a huge amount of pressure upon him. He got off to a rocky start to say the least, looking like a rabbit in the headlights as he was bundled around the notoriously physical Premier League like a Rhineland ragdoll.
As the tedious ‘007’ jokes reached fever pitch, Wirtz showed great strength of character to prove his doubters wrong, turning his season around with an inspired run of form over the winter months in which he bagged a hatful of goals and assists. He’ll be expected to kick on and take the English top tier by storm next season.
Milos Kerkez: £40m from Bournemouth - 6/10. Brought in to become Andy Robertson’s eventual successor, Kerkez was expected to hit the ground running after a dazzling two seasons with Bournemouth.
He looked shaky at the beginning, thrown into the deep end to replace Robertson when most expected him to be bedded in gradually. Over the course of the season, he’s gradually adapted to Liverpool’s style of play under Slot, with tactical changes made by the manager also aiding his progress.
Giorgi Mamardashvili: £25m from Valencia - 6/10. A reasonable, if not sparkling debut season for the towering Georgian stopper. Another player brought in with an eye for the future, Mamardashvili was signed to be Alisson’s long-term replacement.
His opportunities have been limited this season as expected, and while impressing in one-on-one situations, questions remain over his distribution skills. The jury is still out on whether he’ll be Liverpool’s number one next season.
Rating every player Liverpool signed this season - Woodman to Isak
Freddie Woodman: free transfer from Preston North End - 6/10. Like many Premier League clubs, Liverpool opted to bring in a homegrown third choice goalkeeper largely to fulfil the Premier League’s quota rules. The ex-Newcastle United youngster came off the bench to help the Reds seal a vital Merseyside derby win over Everton on debut.
While his performance in the late 3-2 loss to Manchester United last month is one best forgotten, he did impress in the 3-1 win over Crystal Palace the week before, and deserves recognition for the job he’s done amidst the goalkeeping injury crisis Liverpool have found themselves in.
Hugo Ekitike: £69m from Eintracht Frankfurt - 9/10. After being linked with a Premier League move for a number of years, the Reds pulled off quite the coup by beating their divisional rivals to the France international. He got off to an explosive start, scoring three goals in his first three matches, and enjoyed a real purple patch over the winter months alongside Wirtz.
His season ended in heartbreak, however, when he ruptured his Achilles tendon against Paris Saint-Germain back in April - a serious injury that has ruled him out for the rest of the campaign as well as the World Cup. As things stand, the Reds might not have their star forward back until early 2027.
Giovanni Leoni: £26m from Parma - 2/10. The grand plan was for the teenage giant to spend a couple of seasons learning the ropes from club icon Virgil van Dijk, before eventually succeeding the Dutch powerhouse as Liverpool’s star centre-back. Through no fault of Leoni’s, that hasn’t happened - he was ruled out for the whole season after suffering a similar injury to Ekitike on his Reds debut.
Alexander Isak: £125m from Newcastle United - 3/10. After a gruelling, summer-long transfer saga, Liverpool finally got their man, smashing their transfer record to pieces to sign the Swedish striker. Arriving desperately short of match fitness, it took time for Isak to be integrated into the side, and he looked a far cry from the formidable force who ripped the Reds to shreds in the Carabao Cup final the season before.
He suffered a fractured leg in December after a meaty challenge from Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven, which ruled him out for over four months. In 22 appearances in all competitions, he’s netted just four times in his debut season for Liverpool, and will be desperate to return to his former, lethal self in front of goal in 2026/27.