Clear-Out Could Top £200m in Player SalesNumbers game forces difficult decisionsLiverpool are no strangers to transfer market scrutiny, but this summer feels more delicate than

Liverpool have broken a club record for the highest amount of total transfer fees they've paid in a single summer.

In 1995, when the Premier League was in its infancy and transfer fees were tiny in comparison to today, Newcastle United, serious title contenders, enraged their supporters by selling leading goalscorer Andy Cole to Manchester United for £6million plus winger Keith Gillespie.

Starting with a transfer budget of around £200m, Liverpool were always going to have to sell to fund other signings and to fend off the spectre of PSR. There were also always going to be players who wanted reassurances of playing time or whose contracts meant that it is the summer when they are either extended or transferred to another club.

Sepp van den Berg – £20million to Brentford. Another sale to Brentford came in the form of Van den Berg who made zero league appearances during his time at Liverpool.

The champions have boosted their forward options by bringing in the 23-year-old Frenchman from Eintracht Frankfurt. We break down the deal