Due to the unprecedented nature of Liverpool’s spending this summer, the job description of a Liverpool manager has also changed, Jamie Carragher argues.
Speaking ahead of the Man United game, the ex-Liverpool defender claimed Arne Slot has to act like a Real Madrid manager would, even if only for a few months.
“They’ve brought in a lot of players and it’s given the manager a few problems,” Carragher said on Sky Sports.
“When you have spent that much on players, you have to make that work, and you have to find a way to get the players into the team. The idea that Florian Wirtz won’t get into the Liverpool team most weeks is nonsensical. You are going to have to find a way to make it work.
“It makes me think a little bit of Real Madrid. The summer Liverpool had was Real Madrid-like; it wasn’t Liverpool-like. Liverpool don’t normally – at least when I played and under Jurgen Klopp – go and buy the best players on the market for the most money. That wasn’t the way Liverpool did things, but they did it this summer.
“Alexander Isak is arguably the best available striker on the market, and Florian Wirtz is the best No.10. They paid big money for them. That’s what Real Madrid would do most summers – and then the managers like Vicente del Bosque or Carlo Ancelotti would just have to figure it out. They would be given a set of players, and that’s what Arne Slot has got to do.
“It’s been a Real Madrid summer for Liverpool in terms of transfer fees. They may need their manager to be a Real Madrid manager as such for the next few months, and just try and make things work. Not necessarily getting them into his system, but how does he get this team functioning well and getting the best from them?”
