Liverpool aim to copy Sir Alex Ferguson's Man Utd success whilst embracing major overhaul

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After shipping out Andrei Kanchelskis, Paul Ince and Mark Hughes, they brought in academy graduates David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and the like to be first team regulars.It was one hell of a shift - and gamble - by Sir Alex Ferguson to go from older, experienced and proven players to, er, kids who then won and carried on winning.Liverpool are slightly different in that they are already champions - and they are trying to transition towards a new team while being at the top. However, it is still no less of a gamble on Arne Slot’s part to shift away from the team which won the title last season to a completely different look.Two new full backs, new forwards and even a new playmaker.

They have also spent £400m in building that new team. But so very different to what had gone before and ideally Liverpool would have to set up differently to accommodate him as a No10.To start as well as they did - five straight wins in the Premier League and also a good win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League - is a tribute to Slot’s man-management and also their incredible team spirit which saw them snatch late goals.Now we are perhaps seeing a more realistic outlook.

They were my choice to be champions - and I still think they are favourites.But the way they lost at Crystal Palace and now Chelsea shows that the team needs work. So, rather than trying to strengthen, Liverpool had to rebuild and that was a major gamble for Slot but one actually he did not really have a choice on.It was obvious that Jurgen Klopp’s old team needed major surgery.