Carra: I can't switch off
Jamie Carragher cannot wait for the first full season under Kenny Dalglish to kick-off in August.
The vice-captain admits he struggles to switch off from football in the summer - and that he eagerly waits to discover who Liverpool will sign.
And after the upturn in fortunes brought about when Dalglish returning the manager's office in January, Carragher is full of optimism ahead of 2011-12.
"I'm disappointed the season has finished to be honest," he said. "I know we didn't finish well in the last two games but the last four or five months have been really enjoyable.
"We had been doing quite well and you start loving the game again. It had been a difficult 18 months before that but we started to get in the groove.
"I always find it difficult to switch off even in the summer. I'm already thinking about next season.
"You are always thinking about who is coming in, who is going and then when the fixtures come out who we have got in the first game. It never stops."
Speculation is always rife at this time of year about comings and goings at every club - and Carragher admits he often doesn't have the inside scoop.
"People always think as players we know what's going on with transfers but we are like the supporters," said the 33-year-old.
"You pick up bits and bobs off different people, just like the fans do. We all love to see ourselves going for top players and bringing them in.
"But that's nothing to do with me. That's up to the manager and Damien Comolli, and who they decide is good enough.
"They know what they are doing.
"My job is just to play. From a personal point of view I'll come back next season, start again and try to be successful for Liverpool."