Carragher On Lack Of Liverpool Transfer Activity and “Big Pot of Money”
The Sky pundit and ex-Red says player improvement means no big signings are needed in the January transfer window but believes the money is there for when it is needed.
Liverpool are top of the Premier League and guaranteed to finishing top two in the league phase of the Champions League—with the positions interchangeable when it comes to who they could face in the Round of 16—as the end of the January transfer window nears.
It’s a good place to be in, and it makes it hard to have too many concerns over it looking likely they won’t make any first team moves before the window slams shut and head into the decisive latter stages of the 2024-25 season fighting for trophies in four competitions.
Signing might boost excitement for fans and pundits, and there’s a case a few positions have looked thin this season due to injury issues, but ex-Red Jamie Carragher says the way the players Slot inherited have performed for him has made new signings less important.
“We all get excited by transfers and we always want to see our team improve,” Carragher said on The Overlap earlier this week. “But sometimes when we talk about a coach, I think that a coach’s role is not just buying players it’s actually improving the players he inherits.”
Carragher went on to point to Ryan Gravenberch, Luis Diaz, and Cody Gakpo as players whose form has improved under Slot—though some might argue simple time and settling has helped Gravenberch while Diaz’ off pitch concerns last year are well documented.
Still, it’s inarguable all are giving the new manager their best football, and Gravenberch looks well on his way to establishing himself now as the world class midfielder most were sure he would become before he left Ajax for Bayern before then joining Liverpool.
As one of the top revenue-driving clubs in football, though, and having now gone through a few quiet windows, the money should be there for acquisitions should the need arise—though for a club run as well as Liverpool, that will never mean spending for its own sake.
“There’s no doubt,” Carragher added,” that the fact that Liverpool haven’t brought in anyone this window and didn’t really buy anyone in the summer means that there must be a big pot of money there to buy whoever they want—maybe next summer.”
Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com
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