Jamie Carragher has referred to as for as many as six new signings to be made by Liverpool throughout the summer season switch window.
With a brand new contract secured for Mo Salah and one seemingly on the point of being introduced for Virgil van Dijk, Richard Hughes’ consideration ought to quickly be capable to change primarily in the direction of exterior recruitment forward of subsequent season.
Soccer Insider’s Pete O’Rourke has claimed that centre-back, defensive midfield and each full-back positions are the principle priorities for FSG within the coming months, and the Reds’ captain has already hinted at the potential of ‘a giant summer season’ behind the scenes at Anfield.
Carragher names three positions the place Liverpool ‘should’ strengthen
Talking on It’s Known as Soccer!Carragher named three areas of the primary workforce that Liverpool ‘should’ strengthen earlier than the beginning of 2025/26, and three extra the place they might do with added squad depth.
The pundit mentioned: “While you see the squad, they’re going to be Premier League champions, however there are nonetheless areas in that squad which want bettering.
“I feel left-back is one. Andy Robertson has been one of many nice left-backs for Liverpool however wants assist there and possibly may play the function as backup, which’ll nonetheless be 20-25 video games a season.
“I feel a centre-forward is a should as effectively. I think about the entrance a part of the workforce is the realm that’s gonna actually need a bit extra surgical procedure than others due to the age profile of sure gamers there and the contract state of affairs. I wouldn’t be shocked if two or three of the entrance six transfer on and Liverpool substitute them.
“I nonetheless suppose Liverpool lack one thing going ahead from midfield. Szoboszlai does a great job and has a fantastic engine, however I feel they’ll positively get somebody in there who can possibly rating extra targets.
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“They’re the kind of gamers coming into the workforce. I nonetheless then suppose you want one other two or three gamers within the squad. One in every of them could be a centre-back, one could be a central midfield participant and one could be a left winger.
“Although we’re speaking in regards to the workforce who’re going to win the Premier League, I nonetheless suppose that they want to usher in six gamers.”
Evolution somewhat than revolution is the secret for Liverpool
For 2 of the three positions that Carragher has cited as a precedence, he subsequently named Milos Kerkez and Hugo Ekitike as very best candidates to fill these roles, with Liverpool persevering with to be linked with the Bournemouth left-back and Eintracht Frankfurt striker.
Whereas he didn’t point out a particular title for the quantity 10 berth, reviews from Spain have talked about the Reds’ rumoured curiosity in Athletic Bilbao’s prolific midfielder Oihan Sancet, who really has a greater goals-per-minute ratio than Mo Salah this season.
Having signed simply two first-team gamers over the previous three switch home windows, and centered solely on the midfield in the summertime of 2023, the approaching months may see probably the most intensive overhaul of the squad as an entire for a number of years if the ex-LFC defender’s pleas are answered.
The workforce which is about to win the Premier League doesn’t have to be ripped up, however there’s actually scope for 2 or three new faces to freshen the line-up and add an injection of high quality as Liverpool search to mount a extra extended title defence than in 2020/21.
Salah and (hopefully quickly) Van Dijk aren’t staying on at Anfield for a pair extra years for the Reds to go backwards, and the captain wouldn’t be publicly promising ‘a giant summer season’ until he’s assured that the membership will search to bolster the squad from a place of power.
