Brendan Rodgers has been busy this summer with Christian Benteke's £32.5m move from Aston Villa the most expensive of the lot, followed by Brazilian Roberto Firmino at £29m.
England quartet; Danny Ings, James Milner, Nathaniel Clyne and Joe Gomez also arrived at Anfield this summer along with goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.
But Johnson believes it won't have strengthened a side who'll be hoping to improve on their sixth placed finish last year.
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Glen Johnson spent six years at Anfield before joining Stoke
“They’ve made some signings, but not ones that are going to walk straight into the team," said Johnson.
"They’ve lost Raheem (Sterling), who was an important player, so I wouldn’t say it’s a better squad than last year."
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