WHEN YOU'RE WINNING

Slot champs plan to destroy rivals with record-busting spree

- by CHRIS MCKENNA

LIVERPOOL'S rivals should be sweating - and not just because of the country's soaring summer temperatures.

The Reds have turned up the heat in the transfer market by further strengthening a squad which won the Premier League title at a canter.

Kop boss Arne Slot wants a team ready to fight on all four fronts next season and sporting director Richard Hughes is helping him to build it.

The club wants title No.21 and they will be chasing seventh heaven in the Champions League.

If ever Liverpool wanted to make a statement of intent and prove they will not be knocked off their perch again, they are putting their money where their mouth is.

Arsenal are still searching for the striker they should have bought in either of the last two windows.

And Manchester United are trying to convince a target to join them instead of Tottenham, while the Anfield outfit are busy breaking the British transfer record.

This weekend alone they are spending £156m on two players who are aged just 21 and 22 and extremely highly-rated.