Liverpool are in advanced plans to build a new training facility for the women’s team and this summer showed their ambition in the transfer market.
The Netherlands’ Euro 2017 winner Shanice van de Sanden joined from Wolfsburg, while Finland international Emma Koivisto switched from WSL club Brighton.
They also kept hold of key players, with new deals for goalkeeper Rachael Laws, captain Niamh Fahey, Liverpool-born Missy Bo Kearns and last season’s top scorer Leanne Kiernan – although the latter is set to be sidelined for a few months with a recent ankle injury.
“The great thing is the core group of players have been with each other for the last couple of seasons. Sometimes less in the transfer window is more,” said Flaherty.
“It’s improving and strengthening an already good team. I have no doubts about how good this season will be for us.”
Kearns, 21, was breaking into the first team when Liverpool last competed in the WSL so she knows how challenging the league can be.
“We want to win every game but it’s just a game of football so we can’t put too much pressure on ourselves,” she said.
“Now we’re back in the WSL, it’s where we belong, so it’s just about marking that.”