Alvaro Morata or Mohamed Salah: Who is signing of the season?

Even in this world of saturated sports sponsorship, there is no trophy and no presentation for the title of ‘best signing of the season’ but if there was, then Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Chelsea’s Alvaro Morata would be in serious contention for the corporately-ribboned silverware going into this weekend’s Premier League showdown at Anfield.

Choosing the right player in the summer transfer window is an inexact science, one which can leave managerial heads on the block when it goes wrong but which can transform a team’s fortunes when the new arrival makes an instant impact; and luckily for Jurgen Klopp and Antonio Conte, they have made some very good decisions in 2017.

On the face of it, neither Salah or Morata arrived in England as guaranteed successes, or even to universal fanfare.