Big money signings can take time to get going at their new club. There are plenty at Liverpool who can testify to that. As Sky Sports settles into a room at Liverpool's AXA training facility, a large window shows some of their big-money stars walking off one of the pitches after a recovery session.
It's a sheer amount of attacking wealth. Two of them are Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, who arrived in deals that could reach a combined £241m. But the jury is still out on both of them.
Isak has only just started delivering his highly-anticipated goal numbers, while many believe Wirtz is yet to get going on Merseyside. This year, Bradley Barcola - who goes from the pitch to sitting in front of the Sky Sports cameras in the training facility - is the latest marquee signing, this time for £123m. But a slow start to life at Anfield brought about familiar concerns about recent buys.
After making the move, Barcola failed to get a goal or an assist in his first 10 games for club and country this season. But then came some encouraging signs. A hat-trick in Liverpool's thumping Champions League over LASK was backed up by back-to-back assists in wins over the tricky Brighton and Brentford.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player While Barcola fired a blank against Arsenal in the last match, his first half running caused the Premier League champions a lot of concerns. Isak and Wirtz didn't quite start this quickly, so is Barcola starting to deliver on that hefty cheque? "No, I don't think I'm at my best yet," Barcola tells Sky Sports.
"You still haven't seen the best version of me. "On top of that, we're working with my team-mates so that they can make the most of my strengths. "So yes, I think once we really develop that understanding, things will get much better.
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