‘Big loss’ – Liverpool slammed for selling £65m star

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Liverpool have endured a miserable start to the season (Picture: Getty) Former Premier League midfielder Andy Reid has criticised Liverpool’s summer transfer business and believes misguided spending contributed to a dismal start to the season. Reid is critical of Liverpool’s business in the summer transfer window and says it was a mistake to sell Luis Diaz.

Luis Diaz is thriving at Bayern Munich (Picture: Getty) ‘It’s alright after the event saying they don’t have a big enough squad, you have to cut your cloth accordingly, if you want to build a club that’s capable of building on all fronts like a club, like Liverpool should. ‘For me, one of the really big losses in this and, you see how well he’s doing at Bayern Munich, is Luis Diaz. Following the win, Anfield captain Virgil van Dijk hit out the ‘ridiculous’ response to Liverpool’s recent slump. ‘What I have noticed over the last couple of weeks especially is that there is a lot of noise that you have no control over and that we have to deal with as a team,’ Van Dijk said.

You play in the Premier League, the highest level, in the biggest league in the world, and it’s difficult to stay calm but you have to do if you want to get back to where we want to be. ‘That’s up there. Now it’s time to keep working, never get too high, never get too low. ‘We live in a world now, for footballers at least, because that’s the only thing I can speak about, where everyone can have their opinion on so many platforms and everyone knows it better. ‘We have to try to stay away from that and focus on the hard work we’ve been doing.