They’ve just lost Clyne to a serious injury, Shaqiri is injured for a while also.
Sturridge, Moreno have left. Their only business has been buying a young Dutch CB.
Mane, Firmino, and Salah played virtually every game last season and participated heavily in summer tournaments.
The Ox is back which is good news for them but I don’t see them reaching the heights of last season.
When you don’t strengthen in the Premier league, you don’t stand still, you fall behind.
VAR will take away about 10 of their offside goals (hopefully). They’ll finish second but 5+ points behind us.