{"id":63183,"date":"2025-04-30T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/63183\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T14:53:10","slug":"ian-wright-says-arne-slot-can-sign-40m-star-to-improve-liverpool-and-gives-darwin-nunez-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/63183\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright says Arne Slot can sign \u00a340m star to improve Liverpool and gives Darwin Nunez verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Liverpool news as Ian Wright delivers his verdict on Darwin Nunez and shares who he thinks the Reds must sign to improve next season<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_GettyImages-2206845993.jpg\" alt=\"Pundit Ian Wright looks on during a match\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Pundit Ian Wright looks on during a match(Image: Photo by James Gill &#8211; Danehouse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ian Wright has shared his views on how <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LiverpoolLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> can improve next season following their historic title triumph, insisting they must sign one player in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/arne-slot\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Arne Slot&#039;Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot&#8217;<\/a>s side finally got over the line on Sunday, clinching the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> title with four games to spare after a 5-1 thumping of Tottenham at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/anfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Anfield<\/a>. Celebrations will understandably continue over the next month, with the Reds set for a trophy lift on May 25, followed by a parade through the city the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Amid all the jubilation, there has also been discussion about how Liverpool can defend their title next season while aiming to go even further in cup competitions. Despite winning 25 of their 34 league games so far, there are still areas of the squad that Slot may look to strengthen in the summer, with left-back being one position in need of reinforcements.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/virgil-van-dijk-reflects-jurgen-31539838\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virgil van Dijk reflects on Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s Liverpool exit decision &#8211; &#8216;It was f****** weird&#8217;<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/what-alisson-becker-told-claudio-31539106\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Alisson Becker told Claudio Taffarel about Liverpool future after &#8216;very high&#8217; Saudi offers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wright, who won a league title with Arsenal during his playing days, believes Bournemouth&#8217;s Milos Kerkez would be an ideal target for Liverpool this summer. The Hungarian international has been one of the standout performers in his position this season and is expected to command a fee in the region of \u00a340 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Who makes them better?\u201d Wright pondered, speaking on Optus Sport\u2019s Kelly and Wright Show this week. \u201cWho makes them better? Wow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI think left-back. I think Kerkez. I don\u2019t want to take players out of other teams but I think [Liverpool need reinforcements] at left-back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Left-back isn\u2019t the only position under the spotlight at Anfield heading into the summer transfer window. There are also question marks surrounding several of Liverpool\u2019s forward players, and Wright believes changes will be needed to take the champions to another level next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI think [they have to replace Darwin] Nunez,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They need some kind of striker, they need that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Liverpool news as Ian Wright delivers his verdict on Darwin Nunez and shares who he thinks the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,763,1596,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-63183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-liverpool-fc","10":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114427488278308863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}