Michael Owen questions Liverpool summer signing after Arne Slot U-turn

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballMichael OwenFormer Liverpool forward Michael Owen says he's unsure whether the Reds needed to sign Milos Kerkez this summerMichael Owen has questioned whether Liverpool were right to sign Milos Kerkez this summer after the recent resurgence of Andy Robertson.Scotland captain Robertson has started the last two matches against Aston Villa and Real Madrid at left-back, and with the Reds having recorded two wins - and just as importantly kept two clean sheets - the club's vice-captain is expected to keep his place for the trip to Manchester City on Sunday.Owen feels that two-time Premier League winner Robertson has been written off a little early, and speaking to Premier League Productions’ The Final Word he questioned whether or not the Reds needed to spend £40m to sign Kerkez from Bournemouth and put him straight into the team.READ MORE: Liverpool handed dream Marc Guehi transfer boost after 'impossible' Real Madrid situationREAD MORE: Liverpool players caught up in major protest as statement released calling for sackDiscussing Arne Slot's decision to revert to Liverpool's tried and tested left-back, Owen said: “Did they need Kerkez for example?”“People pensioned Andy Robertson off pretty early in my opinion and now everyone is saying ‘well, maybe they should revert back to that.'”Owen's comments come after his former Reds team-mate Markus Babbel questioned Kerkez's defending in the wake of criticism from pundits over his start at Anfield.“I think Milos Kerkez needs time to get used to the standards of Liverpool,” Babbel told Escapist Magazine last month.“He’s a young player who isn’t used to playing for a big club – and Liverpool are a massive club! The pressure and expectation from the fans and the staff is completely different to that at Bournemouth."Kerkez is a talented player, but defensively and tactically at the moment he is definitely struggling.

He needs to learn to defend better and adopt a mindset of ‘nobody can beat you’ on the wing."I look at some of the challenges and tackles he makes, and I think he can improve a lot in that area."