Ever so gradually this week, our Liverpool fans here in the Transfer Tavern have come to terms with what happened last weekend at Bournemouth.

For the Reds reading, we won’t go into it any more from now on except to say that it must have, surely, made Jurgen Klopp realise he has work to do in the January transfer window.

Indeed, he probably needed to get doing some deals in the coming window prior to the loss against Bournemouth with one of the tightest title chases in recent years really hotting up.

Here in the Transfer Tavern we think five clubs have a chance of winning the league and so any edge that can be bought in January would be more than ideal.

Our landlord reckons the key to a title challenge is squad balance and so, with that in mind, he thinks these two need to demand they go out on loan to help, with his first suggestion, the morale of the squad and with his second, the long-term future of it…

Mamadou Sakho

The Reds defender just simply doesn’t look like he’s going to play for the club ever again.

Right now he’s dwelling in the U23 side at the club and must be keen for first team action somewhere. If he feels he can still do a job for the Anfield side, though, it could be best that he moves out on loan, show Jurgen Klopp what he can do and then comeback with the possibility of playing for the Reds again.

Marko Grujic

Grujic is expected to be a top class midfielder in the future with his powerful, rangy, style of play.

He certainly has the frame to suggest he’ll be a success in the Premier League but crucially he does not have the experience to play in the top flight right now. He’d likely do a good job for a club lower down in the league, though, and should show Klopp his ambition to play football with a loan request.

Agree Reds fans? Let us know below!