Pundit urges club to make three quality first-team signings in the summer transfer window
Jamie Carragher has questioned Alexander Isak’s impact at Liverpool and urged the club to make better signings ahead of next season.
Isak joined from Newcastle United in a £125m deal but has struggled to make a consistent impression during his first campaign. The 26-year-old scored his fourth goal for the club in the recent 3-1 win over Crystal Palace, having only recently returned from a leg fracture sustained in December.
Carragher said the striker’s performances so far have not justified expectations. “[The big-spending summer] hasn’t worked,” said Carragher. “It might work in the future because I don’t think you can judge every signing in the first year.
“But I’ve said this before: my experience as a Liverpool player, every player who came to the club, I can’t remember one who didn’t really do much in his first season, and then was a revelation afterwards. Isak hasn’t got going. He obviously got the injury, but he didn’t look great to start with.”
Liverpool’s summer spending, which totalled £446m, has yet to deliver the expected results, and Carragher believes the club must now focus on adding quality rather than numbers under manager Arne Slot.
He pointed to key areas that require reinforcement, particularly with Mohamed Salah expected to leave at the end of the season.
“In terms of what Liverpool need to do next season, well obviously they need to replace [Mohamed] Salah,” Carragher said. “I think for me, three players need to come straight into the team. You can’t go on and buy five players into the team. Liverpool bought a lot of players last summer, so they are not going to buy a load this summer.”
