After starting the summer with a grovelling apology, Liverpool are finishing it in triumph.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s decision to snub Chelsea to sign for Jurgen Klopp’s Reds for £35million sets the seal on a successful few weeks for the Anfield club.

It was all so different back at the start of June when Liverpool were forced to say sorry to Southampton very publicly for allegedly tapping up Virgil van Dijk.

From thinking they virtually had van Dijk in the bag, Liverpool had to abandon their pursuit of one of their top targets to avoid being hit with a Premier League charge.

Liverpool lost momentum and while rivals Manchester City, Manchester United and Everton began picking off their targets, they were left stuck in the starting blocks.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's signing will cap a fine reversal of fortunes for Liverpool (
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been given the green light to join Liverpool (
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Oxlade-Chamberlain enjoys himself during England training on Tuesday (
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They had their first success, landing Mohamed Salah from Roma for a fee the Serie A side claimed was a club record £36.9million for the Reds.

At the time, Liverpool were accused of paying over the odds for the Egyptian forward, who had cost Roma just £12m from Chelsea 12 months earlier.

Despite landing Salah, Liverpool were disappointed in thinking it might lead to more signings.

With van Dijk on the backburner waiting for the nod from Southampton to negotiate, which still has not come, Liverpool focused on Klopp’s other big target, Naby Keita.

While Keita was keen to play for Klopp, Red Bull Leipzig were adamant the Guinea midfielder was not for sale, knocking back a £66million offer.

To add to his disappointment, Barcelona were turning Philippe Coutinho’s head with the lure of playing alongside Lionel Messi and his old pal Luis Suarez.

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Coutinho increased the pressure on Liverpool by emailing a transfer request to sporting director Michael Edwards and Barca felt it was just a question of how much.

But this window has been a seller’s market and Liverpool’s owners FSG marked out the battle lines by publicly declaring that Coutinho was not for sale at any price.

They immediately knocked back each Barcelona offer like an Andy Murray return, culminating in their rejection of the Catalans’ third bid of £119million.

FSG knew all Klopp’s work would have been undermined by selling Coutinho and their credibility would have been shredded in the eyes of the fans.

With each rejected bid, Liverpool’s standing grew from the low point of van Dijk, while Salah’s brilliant start to his Anfield career makes his fee look like money well spent.

Liverpool built on the feel-good factor by agreeing a compromise with Leipzig over Keita and he will join next July for his £48million buy-out clause plus a premium of around £7m.

The Reds, also buoyed by their destruction of Arsenal, offered £57.4million for Thomas Lemar.

Lemar is keen to come in a thumbs-up for Klopp, but Monaco are determined to hold onto the France star.

Liverpool have not given up on Lemar but in the meantime have agreed a fee with the Gunners for Oxlade-Chamberlain, with the England star snubbing Chelsea to sign for Klopp.

The Anfield outfit are also hoping to get fringe-man Divock Origi off the wage bill by sending the striker to Germany's Wolfsburg on loan.

And so what began as a difficult transfer window, is ending as a most productive one for Liverpool and Klopp.

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