Regardless of spending huge in the summertime switch window, Liverpool have struggled to seek out consistency this season.
After profitable the league title final season, the Reds strengthened their squad by signing Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirths.
Nevertheless, this season has been a catastrophe and they’re already behind within the Premier League title race.
Arne Slott’s aspect are at the moment 11 factors behind league leaders Arsenal, with a title problem this season proving unrealistic for them.
The type of workforce leaders Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah has deteriorated considerably, with each signing new contracts with Liverpool earlier than the beginning of the season.
Arne Slott desires extra new gamers at Liverpool
Slott is at the moment getting ready to make adjustments to his squad as he hopes so as to add extra high quality gamers within the January switch window.
Anfield’s prime precedence is signing a brand new centre-back who can resolve the Merseyside membership’s defensive disaster, which has seen Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate’s poor type this season.
Mick Brown, who has inside information of the switch deal, instructed Soccer Insider:
“I heard that the coach continues to be not happy with the workforce.
“Regardless of spending some huge cash in the summertime, there are nonetheless some positions that he feels he can strengthen, as a result of the latest squad has not been ok.
“He desires so as to add one other centre-half to the workforce, which should not be a shock to anybody.
“Should you take a look at this Liverpool workforce, there are nonetheless three or 4 positions that I feel may very well be improved upon, and I feel the supervisor feels the identical means.
“Now we have one centre-back, however are there sufficient full-backs? Then there are the midfielders, Salah hasn’t carried out effectively so he could be a ahead. There are a whole lot of questions there.
“The summer time was a giant probability for them. There are nonetheless some query marks on this workforce, so they may get one other probability in January.”
Slott nonetheless believes he can flip his season round at Liverpool, regardless of the membership’s disastrous state of affairs leaving his job on the membership unsure.
They’ve already misplaced six of the 14 Premier League video games they’ve performed this season.
In comparison with final season, after we gained the Premier League title, we misplaced solely 4 league video games.
Might the Reds make a transfer to signal Marc Gehi?
Their new defensive signing may very well be Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi, who’s linked with a transfer to Anfield.
The English defender was near becoming a member of the Reds in the summertime when supervisor Oliver Glasner pulled out of his contract on the final minute.
Nevertheless, with Guehi set to change into a free agent subsequent summer time, Palace might determine to money in on him slightly than lose him without cost subsequent yr.
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