Arne Slot facing pressure at Liverpool after £446m summer splurge
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Ciaran Morrison
Tue 2 September 2025 14:42, UK
Arne Slot is facing pressure at Liverpool despite their summer of transfer business and perfect start to the new Premier League season.
Liverpool won the Premier League title by a 10 point margin last season and have begun this campaign with three wins from three.
Slot has added further firepower to his deadly attack with Alexander Isak leaving Newcastle to join Liverpool for £125million after already spending £100m to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.
It’s taken their total spend to the sum of £446.5million this summer.
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BBC Sport‘s Phil McNulty [2 September] believes the Premier League title “is now a formality,” to return to Anfield.
McNulty claimed Liverpool’s heavy backing of the manager in the transfer market “Increases the pressure on Slot to deliver because anything but a major trophy will be failure in these circumstances.”
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Slot led Liverpool to the title last season by only making two additions to the squad which he inherited from Jurgen Klopp.
Arne SlotStatsGames Managed60Games Won41Games Drew10Games Lost9Arne Slot’s managerial record at Liverpool in all competitions.
Liverpool already find themselves two points clear at the top of the table, with the only perfect record left standing in the Premier League.
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Liverpool were one of the title favourites heading into the new season, and adding Isak to their extravagant summer of spending means hopes of back-to-back titles, or a Champions League, have increased.
Slot’s side were already looking dangerous in attack, and now Isak has joined they have one of the most potent Premier League strikers in their ranks.
It would take some team to stop Liverpool’s attack from scoring, and there defence looks strong too, with captain Virgil van Dijk continuing to be a colossal figure at the back.
Slot will be questioned if Liverpool are not champions come May, or have gone trophyless, with their attacking options looking a class above their nearest title rivals.
Liverpool have already defeated Arsenal at Anfield without Isak, and gone to Newcastle and won a frantic five goal thriller.