John Barnes will all the time be a legend to Liverpool followers who had been fortunate sufficient to observe him play at Anfield, however his stance on the membership’s summer time switch exercise might depart Kopites with raised eyebrows.
The Reds have but to make any new signings in the course of 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 usher in any new gamers within the closing month of the switch window, citing the scattergun method of 1 Premier League rival for example to keep away from.
Barnes stated: “I wouldn’t select any [players to sign]. Why do we expect the answer to an issue is to purchase gamers? We now have plenty 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.’ Take a look at Chelsea, what number of gamers they signed and the place they completed. That’s not the answer. We now have sufficient gamers to be aggressive.”
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Slot has inherited a vastly proficient squad from Jurgen Klopp, and Liverpool would certainly be smart 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 have to make any new signings between now and 30 August.
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The taking part in 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 regarded nowhere close to as sharp as what that they had been previous to their layoffs.
That lack of squad depth in the end 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 varied 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 really useful.
There’s no level in being content material with our lot from time to time decrying a scarcity of choices if, as appears fairly attainable, the taking part in decide is decimated when the fixtures pile up over the winter.
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