Rating every Liverpool transfer window under Jurgen Klopp from 2016

And so another transfer window ceremonially 'slams shut'.

The 11pm deadline ticked by on Thursday with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp opting against adding to a squad that leads the Premier League by five points after Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Leicester.

There was some activity in the departure lounge however as Nathaniel Clyne and Dominic Solanke both joined Bournemouth. The Reds pocketed a sizable £19m for England Under-21 striker Solanke, while right-back Clyne joined the Cherries on loan for the rest of the season.

January 2019 was Klopp's seventh window in charge at Anfield since he took over as manager in October 2015 and the Liverpool boss has broken the club's transfer record twice with the deals for Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk during that time.

Klopp also made Alisson Becker - for a brief period, at least - the most expensive goalkeeper in football history at £65m, while also forking out big sums for Alex Oxalde-Chamberlain, Fabinho and Naby Keita.

But how successful has each window been? We've taken a look back and given each one a rating out of 10.

January 2016

Jurgen Klopp's first transfer window as Liverpool manager was a largely subdued affair.

Fans who had dared to dream of their recently-appointed boss delving back into his Borussia Dortmund contact book would be left sorely disappointed.

There would be no Marco Reus or anyone else from Dortmund for that matter as Klopp decided to solider on with the squad he inherited, save for one seemingly surreal loan deal.

Marko Grujic arrived from Red Star Belgrade for around £5m before being immediately loaned back to his homeland. Steven Caulker's short-term arrival raised many an eyebrow, too.

In: Marko Grujic, Steven Caulker (loan)

Rating: Liverpool would be made to wait for Grujic, while Caulker was an emergency stop-gap that barely featured - 3

Summer 2016

The summer of 2016 saw Klopp really get to work at Anfield as he oversaw something of a mass exodus for his underperforming squad.

The German went back to what he knows, signing three players from the Bundesliga in the form of Joel Matip, Ragnar Klavan and Loris Karius.

Veteran goalkeeper Alex Manninger provided another interesting subplot while Gini Wijnaldum and Sadio Mane arrived as the experienced Premier League campaigners to the tune of over £55million.

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Outgoings totalled 14 players as Klopp offloaded big-name players like Martin Skrtel, Christian Benteke, Mario Balotelli and Kolo Toure among many others.

In: Joel Matip, Loris Karius, Sadio Mane, Ragnar Klavan, Alex Manninger, Gini Wijnaldum

Out: Jordan Rossiter, Jose Enrique, Kolo Toure, Martin Skrtel, Sergio Canos, Joao Teixeira, Jerome Sinclair, Jordon Ibe, Joe Allen, Brad Smith, Christian Benteke, Luis Alberto, Mario Balotelli, Tiago Ilori , Jon Flanagan (loan), Adam Bogdan (loan), Danny Ward (loan), Andre Wisdom (loan), Lazar Markovic (loan)

Rating: A major renovation of the Liverpool first team was targeted and executed. Matip, Wijnaldum and Mane are now key members of a Liverpool squad that is five-points clear at the top - 7

January 2017

Out: Lazar Markovic (loan), Mamadou Sakho (loan), Pedro Chirivella (loan)

Rating: A failure to recruit a winger in the absence of the AFCON-bound Sadio Mane really hurt Liverpool's title chances - 2

Summer 2017

In: Mohamed Salah, Dominic Solanke, Andy Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Out: Alex Manninger, Andre Wisdom, Lucas Leiva, Kevin Stewart, Mamadou Sakho, Pedro Chirivella (loan), Connor Randall (loan), Sheyi Ojo (loan), Divock Origi (loan)

Rating: Salah, Robertson and Oxlade-Chamberlain are all integral members of Klopp's current crop. Salah is now widely regarded as one of the planet's very best attackers, while Robertson can make a strong case for being the finest left-back in British football. The deal for Solanke didn't work out but the Reds sold him at a huge profit last month. The sale of Sakho also brought a very good fee for someone surplus to requirements. The failure to land Van Dijk stops this window short of full marks - 9

January 2018

In: Virgil van Dijk

Out: Philippe Coutinho

Rating: Klopp aggressively targeted a deal for Van Dijk at the start of last year as Liverpool made him the world's most expensive defender in football history at £75m. His presence in the backline has been the catalyst for Liverpool's Premier League title charge. He was also instrumental in helping the Reds to the Champions League final. The Reds didn't want to lose Coutinho to Barcelona, but his astronomical fee of £142million can never be sniffed at. His departure perhaps help bankroll the summer's huge recruitment drive - 9

Summer 2018

In: Alisson, Naby Keita, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri

Out: Emre Can, Jon Flangan, Danny Ward, Ragnar Klavan, Danny Ings, Ovie Ejaria (loan), Adam Bogdan (loan), Harry Wilson (loan), Ryan Kent (loan), Ben Woodburn (loan), Marko Grujic (loan), Loris Karius (loan)

Rating: All four summer signings have become important squad members. Alisson has been a huge upgrade in goal and a lingering weak point has been emphatically fixed. The loss of Emre Can on a free transfer still rankles, however - 8

January 2019

Out: Dominic Solanke, Nathaniel Clyne (loan), Ovie Ejaria (loan)

Rating: With the Reds sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League tree, Klopp didn't particularly need to strengthen. The decision to loan Clyne divided opinion but the £19m for Solanke was a surprising bonus - 6