Arne Slot left scratching his head over Liverpool's $323M problem

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Further doubts have been cast over Liverpool's two priciest summer signings, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz, following a fourth consecutive defeat for Arne Slot's team against Manchester United on Sunday. "I wouldn't play Isak, he hasn't looked ready since coming from Newcastle," Rooney said on The Wayne Rooney Show.

"He hasn't trained, hasn't had a pre-season. Florian Wirtz is yet to find his best form at Liverpool (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) "It's so difficult when you don't have a pre-season.

On performances, he doesn't deserve to be playing ahead of Ekitike." While Isak's recent showing has come under fire, Wirtz has equally faced criticism from pundits, with Emmanuel Petit suggesting before Sunday's major clash against United that the German playmaker doesn't justify the amount of money Liverpool splashed out during the summer transfer window. "I can't think of many, who had an average, poor start - I'm not talking seven games by the way but if you're getting to Christmas and January and being like, 'Oh.' History doesn't tell me that foreign signings coming into England take a year." He continued: "Seven or eight games is too early [to judge] but once we get to January, February, March when is the time we can start saying 'maybe this was a mistake?' "Especially at Liverpool, players who are great foreign signings for the club hit the ground running."Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.