John Barnes will at all times be a legend to Liverpool followers who have been fortunate sufficient to look at him play at Anfield, however his stance on the membership’s summer season switch exercise may depart Kopites with raised eyebrows.
The Reds have but to make any new signings throughout the low season and now have simply 30 days remaining to strengthen Arne Slot’s squad earlier than the market shuts for the remainder of 2024, leaving loads of supporters in a panic.
Nonetheless, talking to the Day by day Mail, ‘Digger’ is adamant that his former membership don’t want to herald any new gamers within the remaining month of the switch window, citing the scattergun method of 1 Premier League rival for instance to keep away from.
Barnes mentioned: “I wouldn’t select any [players to sign]. Why do we expect the answer to an issue is to purchase gamers? We’ve got a number of gamers. We signed 5 gamers final 12 months.
“I’m not an enormous fan of soccer within the final 15 years the place you suppose: ‘Let’s simply hold signing gamers.’ Have a look at Chelsea, what number of gamers they signed and the place they completed. That’s not the answer. We’ve got sufficient gamers to be aggressive.”
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Slot has inherited a massively gifted squad from Jurgen Klopp, and Liverpool would certainly be clever to heed the substandard outcomes that Chelsea’s foolhardy method within the switch market has yielded.
Nonetheless, we wouldn’t be aligned with Barnes’ insistence that the Reds don’t must make any new signings between now and 30 August.
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The enjoying group was stretched to its limits final season when, at one level, there was virtually a dozen accidents with which to contend; and even when those that’d been laid low did return, they appeared nowhere close to as sharp as what they’d been previous to their layoffs.
That lack of squad depth finally took it toll as Liverpool’s pursuit of Premier League and Europa League glory unravelled in April, and if no new our bodies are added earlier than the switch deadline, there’s an actual threat of Slot being left threadbare at numerous pinch factors in 2024/25.
The Reds don’t want a wild spending spree in August, however two to a few additions in areas of the pitch the place we nonetheless appear in need of high quality and backup could be extremely advisable.
There’s no level in being content material with our lot at times decrying a scarcity of choices if, as appears fairly doable, the enjoying choose is decimated when the fixtures pile up over the winter.
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