The transfer window may be sealed shut until January, but that doesn't mean Liverpool's recruitment team have put their feet up until the New Year.
Indeed, it's during these supposedly fallow months that the foundations are laid for the next raft of Anfield incomings.
The rumour mill, then, continues to whirl. The gossip goes on.
And this week emerged claims Liverpool have been in contact with the mother and agent of Adrien Rabiot over a move for the Paris Saint-Germain forward next summer.
The 23-year-old France international is out of contract at the end of the season and would be able to hold talks with clubs from abroad in January.