{"id":936659,"date":"2026-05-04T07:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/936659\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:52:16","slug":"liverpool-jamie-carragher-chooses-three-summer-signings-fsg-must-make-and-blasts-poor-reds-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/936659\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Jamie Carragher chooses three summer signings FSG must make and blasts &#8216;poor&#8217; Reds star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has picked out three summer signings for his former side to make ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher has been critical of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Liverpool<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s transfer business as they have somehow gone backwards after spending around \u00a3450m on new arrivals last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/arne-slot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arne Slot<\/strong> <\/a>has come under a lot of pressure as Liverpool have made an incredibly weak defence of their Premier League title, having lost eleven of their games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s latest defeat came at Man Utd on Sunday, with the 3-2 loss making it clear that change is needed ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<p>FSG have a big job on their hands to rebuild Liverpool, but Carragher has explained why he thinks they only need three signings this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiverpool fans have been desperate for Liverpool to spend real big money, maybe like we\u2019ve seen Man City or Chelsea in the past in one summer,\u201d Carragher said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-16-conclusions-man-utd-3-2-liverpool-carrick-slot-wirtz-mainoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 16 Conclusions from Man Utd 3-2 Liverpool: Carrick, Slot, Wirtz, Mainoo and Van Dijk<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone was excited in the summer, but it didn\u2019t feel Liverpool-like to me, or certainly over the last ten years and how they got to the top under Jurgen Klopp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt almost Real Madrid \u2013 go and buy the best players for loads of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want Liverpool to go back to buying the right players for the right money and what they need right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey won\u2019t be able to do what they did last summer, they don\u2019t have that type of revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t need to bring six or seven players in, because it\u2019s more change, but there\u2019s three players that need to go right into the team for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReplace Mo Salah with a right winger, a right-back and a central midfielder then the players you bought last summer like Ekitike, Isak, Wirtz, become better players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-slot-sack-decision-man-utd-game-two-reasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool make Slot sack decision before Man Utd game as two reasons for verdict revealed<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was poor today\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carragher has also hit out at Florian Wirtz after he was \u201cpoor\u201d against Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one player I think has had a very easy ride is Florian Wirtz. I\u2019ve never moved clubs let alone moved to a different country. But, I think we\u2019ve given him time. We\u2019ve been very very kind,\u201d Carragher added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-salah-reveals-reason-decided-time-to-go-transfer-hint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool: Salah reveals reason he decided \u2018it\u2019s time to go\u2019; drops transfer hint \u2013 \u2018a lot of options\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was poor today. And even if Liverpool play really well, it\u2019s still Szoboszlai and even at times this season Salah. Salah hasn\u2019t been the Salah of last season, but he has still been one of Liverpool\u2019s best attackers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commentated Liverpool away at Burnley earlier in the season and I described Wirtz as being neat and tidy. I was being kind then. I wouldn\u2019t describe him as anything different right now. He\u2019s a year into his Liverpool career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has picked out three summer signings for his former side to make ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,225,4110,179,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-936659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-jamie-carragher","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116515225433184349","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936659","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=936659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}