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Jamie Carragher analyzed Liverpool’s summer signings after the Reds’ last defeat.
Liverpool lost for the fourth time in a row in all competitions on Sunday, falling 2-1 to their eternal rival, Manchester United, at Anfield.
After defeats against Crystal Palace, Galatasaray and Chelsea, the team of Slot has entered decadence since it was proclaimed champion of the Premier League in the first season of the Dutch.
In the summer, the Reds paid more than 400 million pounds in new talents, with Alexander Isak (125 million) and Florian Wirtz (116 million) costing more than 100 million each and other signings such as Hugo Ekitike (79 million) and Milos Kerkez (40 millions).
However, Slot has found it difficult to balance his new squad, and that is not necessarily his fault according to Liverpool legend Carragher. But you have to find a way to solve it.
Carragher has questioned the signings of the Reds, and that of a gamer in particular, and has compared it with Madrid’s usual spending in the summer.
Jamie Carragher has described Liverpool’s signing market as ‘similar to Real Madrid’
The former Reds defender also gave advice to Arne Slot on how to integrate his signings into his team
Isak and Hugo found
Carragher’s idea included Florian Wirtz playing left wing and Ekitike behind Isak
“Todos los aficionados del Liverpool han pasado noches en vela trying to understand which system they should play and which players should use,” said Carragher in his statement to Sky Sports.
“Los negocios del Liverpool do not resemble those of Liverpool, but those of Real Madrid in terms of the purchase of the most expensive players.
‘Ekitike has been Liverpool’s best signing, on the bench. And Wirtz, on the bench. When you spend that amount of money, those who have spent it want to see you on the field.
‘I was one of the few who did not welcome Isak’s arrival. It’s not good for Isak to have Ekitike on the bench: he knows that if he doesn’t do something in the first 60 minutes, he could be left out.’
Slot has experimented with strikers of the stature of Isak and Ekitike, while Wirtz, former player of Bayer Leverkusen, entered and left once.
The Dutch have had difficulties to satisfy the whole world until now, but Carragher came up with his own idea of signing millionaires in the field.
‘I’m racking my brain,’ Carragher confessed.
‘At some point you have to try to make it work. It has been a real Madrid summer, I think now he has to be coach of Real Madrid.
‘Wirtz plays cold on the left, enthralled, it’s about putting money on the field. Ekitike at times and Isak out of it, could that go up to Kerkez?
Now it’s time to go up to the front five. When you’ve spent a lot of money, you have to find a way to put those players on the field. Carlo Ancelotti was the master at that.
The summer of Liverpool has always been characterized by planning. ‘When you look on paper at the end of yesterday’s game, it was a disaster.’
