Champions Liverpool kick-off the new Premier League season at Anfield against a Bournemouth side in a transitional period. BBC Sport analyses some of the key themes going into the opener. "We need time to adapt", said Liverpool boss Arne Slot last weekend after he fielded four new players in their Community Shield defeat by Crystal Palace.

Liverpool winger Ben Doak is on the verge of joining Bournemouth in a deal worth £25m.Bournemouth have targeted the teenager as Dango Ouattara edges closer to an exit. Ouattara is nearing a £42.5m

Doak joined Liverpool from Celtic as a 16-year-old in March 2022 and made 10 first-team appearances, spending last season at Middlesbrough.