Arne Slot: Why Liverpool’s summer spending hasn’t paid off yet

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The trio cost close to £200million, almost half of the club’s outlay, yet have made a combined 28 appearances and that has hamstrung Slot’s plan to reinvigorate the squad. “But unfortunately not all of the money we’ve spent we have used and that has to do with the injuries of these players.

“Pace – that’s what he has and that’s so important and crucial in modern-day football. “There have been plenty of games when we have defended them very well but the fact is we’ve conceded too many set-piece goals and we don’t score enough,” he said.

“We can speak about how we defend and how we attack, but at the end of the day it’s about what the players put in. We have spoken about that.”