Jermaine Pennant wants Arne Slot to make radical Liverpool change - 'Why not?'

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Liverpool.com or go back to LFC Live.

Arne Slot has been urged to line up with Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike in a front two as he looks to get Liverpool's season back on track. Some observers have theorized that Liverpool's recruitment over the summer is a reason behind the team's struggles this term, with suggestions that the overhaul of last season's squad – a squad that won the title – was too big.

Liverpool spent big to sign two high-profile strikers in Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak during the summer transfer window, and it has not yet become clear just how Slot intends to accommodate the two of them in the team in the long run. Isak was an unused substitute during Liverpool's loss to City after a recent hamstring injury, and former Liverpool player Jermaine Pennant hopes to see him deployed alongside Ekitike when the club seasons resumes.

Why not try that out?” Pennant, who spent three years as a Liverpool player, said on talkSPORT. “Ekitike can drop a little deeper, even play on the left, and this is what managers get paid the big bucks for.” Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak both joined Liverpool in the summer (Image: Getty Images) Liverpool boss Slot was asked about the possibility of Isak and Ekitike playing alongside one another during an interview with TNT Sports last week.