Chris Sutton believes Arne Slot has ‘lost faith’ in new Liverpool signing already
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None of Liverpool’s new signings have exactly set the league alight just yet.The Reds, on paper, should be sitting top of the Premier League right now based on their summer additions, but unfortunately, that is not how football works.Instead, they find themselves eight points off league leaders Arsenal, with their performances way off what they should be, and need to be if they are to retain the title.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Despite trying to shoehorn them into the team, Arne Slot has now decided to leave out most of his new signings from the starting XI, proving how things just are not working.And there is one player in particular who Chris Sutton believes Slot has now given up on already, with it hard to argue otherwise.Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesChris Sutton believes Arne Slot has ‘lost faith’ in Milos KerkezMilos Kerkez arrived with so much hype around him as he proved during his time at Bournemouth just how much of an exciting young talent he was.
He then came straight into the Liverpool team ahead of Andy Robertson and kept his place despite poor performances, showing how much Slot liked him.But now, the Scotsman appears to have regained his place back in the XI, with Sutton believing that this is because Slot has given up on Kerkez after just a few months.“Arne Slot hung his hat on Kerkez at the start of the season, Robertson was out in the cold, and, all of a sudden, I think he has lost faith in Kerkez,” he said on the BBC’s Monday Night Club.Robertson has started all of Liverpool’s last three games, with these being big ones too, suggesting that Kerkez is not fully trusted just yet.READ MORE: Andy Robertson shares how he really feels about potentially leaving Liverpool next yearThe fact Liverpool won two of them also shows what the Scotsman can bring and how Liverpool are more balanced with him in it, leaving Kerkez in a bit of a sticky situation.Milos Kerkez needs more timeWriting off a new signing this early on is simply not right, especially given how young Kerkez is despite being very experienced already.Liverpool have also not played to his attacking strengths, meaning that he can not be entirely to blame for the way things have gone.There is no one better to have in front of him, though, than Robertson, with the 31-year-old able to teach the Hungarian all he knows to ensure that he is successful.One day, Robertson will pass the baton on to Kerkez so fans need to stick by the Hungarian, especially as once he finds his feet, he might just be unstoppable.