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Jamie Carragher has raised doubts about whether new Liverpool manager Arne Slot will wield the same authority as Jurgen Klopp when it comes to the transfer market.
With Bayern Munich's reported interest in Gakpo and Barcelona's Deco expressing admiration for Diaz, Carragher emphasized on 'The Overlap' that while Klopp might have managed to keep such players, Slot may not have that power.
Carragher, with insider knowledge, touched upon the undercurrents at Liverpool: "We know a little bit of what's gone on behind the scenes.
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I think the way they want to run Liverpool is that they are not going to sell their absolute best players.
"But a Diaz or a Gakpo, who are good players, they wouldn't want to sell them, but if someone made them an offer, that they think 'That's more than what we think (they are worth)' I think that's the way it will be run now, it will be like 'Oh no, he's gone and we back ourselves to go again.'
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I think the club will be like that now."
Despite the fact Liverpool is set to break the bank for Wirtz, Jamie Carragher doesn't anticipate the same level of autonomy for potential incoming coach Arne Slot, contrasting his presumed title with Klopp's tenure as he stated: "Arne Slot is called the head coach
He's the first head coach in Liverpool history.
"Even though he has won the league in his first season, I don't think they're going to allow what happened with Jurgen Klopp, where he was making these bigger decisions and he was a god and everyone loves him