Liverpool went big in the transfer market in 2025, making seven permanent first team signings and spending more than £400m.
It was a departure from the Reds' usual approach to the window, but was much needed after making only one new addition in 2024.
Unfortunately, as tends to happen when too much is changed too quickly, Liverpool have struggled to make it all work.
£100m+ duo Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak have both had their moments but have largely struggled, while full-back pair Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez have not provided the answers Arne Slot was looking for.
Instead of being a battle to be named the best Liverpool signing of 2025, it has rather become a fight to stave off the 'flop of the year' tag. There are certainly a few candidates. So, from best to worst, here is Rousing The Kop's ranking of Liverpool's transfer business this year.
What makes this year such an unusual one for Liverpool in the market is that despite there being so much business done, there is no debate over who was the best addition. Hugo Ekitike wins hands down.
The Frenchman has arguably been the only new Liverpool player to fully live up to his pre-signing hype.
Scoring in his first four games for the Reds clearly helped, but Ekitike has been winning fans off the pitch for his quirky and engaging personality as well. The 23-year-old has a case for being the best new signing of the Premier League full-stop in 2025.
Things have not been especially easy going for Wirtz since his £100m transfer from Bayer Leverkusen, with a spotlight falling on his lack of goals and assists.
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While it is slightly alarming that the German has gone 17 Premier League matches without either for Liverpool, that does not mean he has been a bad signing.
Wirtz has grown into his time with the Reds and has had an influence despite his lack of tangible contribution. The signs are there that he is going to come good and, as a result, we have him in here at number two.
Like Wirtz, Kerkez really struggled during his initial months at Liverpool. The left-back looked a far-cry from the player who impressed so frequently at Bournemouth last year.
Nevertheless, Kerkez has bounced back in the lead-up to Christmas and now looks ready to build on that for the rest of the season.
The Hungarian is still incredibly young and deserves the benefit of the doubt. If he can continue his steady improvement, he may end up higher in this list at the end of the campaign.
There will be some football supporters who will be desperate to crown Isak as the rightful winner of the flop of the season crown.
However, there are so many mitigating factors behind the Swede's slow start to life at Liverpool.
Things have not gone well right from the start, but that does not mean Isak is doomed to fail at Anfield. His two goals have been taken expertly and when the rest of the Liverpool team settles, he is almost certain to start scoring. In the long run, this will still be an excellent signing.
Had Giovanni Leoni stayed fit, there is a chance he would be rivalling Ekitike for the number one spot on this list.
The Italian looked supreme on his debut in September only to see it cruelly ended with a serious knee injury.
Still only 18, Leoni appeared to be ready for a place in the Liverpool starting XI already, and if he can show that kind of level then he will be far higher in this list. For now, though, after one appearance, it is hard to argue with a place near the bottom.
Like Leoni, it would be wrong to put third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman at the bottom of this list purely on the basis that he has played just one match.
It was not an especially good performance from Woodman as Liverpool were beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace. However, relative to the job he was brought in to do, the 28-year-old is a decent addition on a free transfer.
Liverpool may even be able to sell him on next summer after handing him a two-year deal.
Sadly, someone always has to come last in these rankings, and on this occasion that dubious honour goes to Frimpong.
The 25-year-old looked like an awkward fit as a Liverpool right-back and although he has barely been on the pitch due to injury, his performances when available have not dispelled that notion.
Like his other struggling new colleagues, Frimpong is surely bound to come good at some stage for Liverpool. But for now, his signing looks like the completely wrong one for the Reds.