Former Liverpool midfielder Don Hutchison says sporting director Richard Hughes and chief executive Michael Edwards should be getting the brunt of the criticism for the “shocking” state of the current first-team squad.
Speaking to BestBettingSites, Hutchison said that Arne Slot doesn’t deserve the amount of flak he has received from the fanbase, and he really needs “seven or eight” new additions to get the Reds back on track:
“I might be really in the minority on Slot, but I think the board have been shocking in what they left him with at the start of the season. If you go back to last year, on their bench was Kelleher, Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Endo, Curtis Jones, Darwin Nunez, Jota, and Gakpo.”
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“With the players that have left like Trent and Luis Diaz and Darwin, and obviously the passing of Jota, the bench now is a half-fit Chiesa, which is just a waste of time, and a couple of kids.”
“So, the rebuild has to happen where Liverpool need – because they’re going to lose Robbo in the summer and they’ve obviously got to lose Salah in the summer – to fill the void on the pitch in terms of the XI, they probably need two or three. But to boost the bench, they probably need a total of about seven or eight signings because, from where they were last year, Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards have left Arne Slot with a limited squad and an unbalanced squad.”
Will Liverpool sign 8 players?
The short answer is ‘no’. One player who we know won’t be replaced is Andrew Robertson. Slot has confirmed that Kostas Tsimikas will return from his loan spell at Roma to become Milos Kerkez’s backup.
Trusted journalist David Ornstein has said that supporters should expect up to four new signings over the course of the summer transfer window.
Which positions will Hughes and Edwards look to strengthen?
A replacement for Mo Salah is deemed a top priority, but one or more midfielders could be purchased, depending on whether the likes of Curtis Jones and/or Alexis Mac Allister are sold.
Considering the issues that Slot has had fielding a fit right-back this campaign, it will be hoped that a new addition is brought in for that position as well.
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