Slot left frustrated by injuries to Liverpool summer signings

Arne Slot believes Liverpool have been unable to get the total worth of their summer season signings because of quite a few accidents sustained throughout the first half of the season.

The reigning Premier League champions spent round £450m in the summertime switch window, the most important outlay of any aspect within the competitors’s historical past, which included the £125m acquisition of Alexander Isak from Newcastle United, a brand new British switch report.

Nevertheless, Isak has scored simply two league objectives since his arrival, and can now be out of motion for at the least two months after sustaining a fractured leg in a victory over Tottenham earlier than Christmas.

Liverpool additionally spent a reported £116.5m on Florian Wirtz, however the German worldwide solely simply scored his first Reds purpose in Saturday’s win over Wolves, whereas Jeremie Frimpong has made simply 5 begins in 11 video games attributable to a collection of niggles.

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Defender Giovanni Leoni, who signed from Parma, sustained a season-ending damage in his first look for the membership in September, and the Reds are 10 factors adrift of leaders Arsenal, with their hopes of retaining their Premier League crown wanting slim.

“I feel rather a lot has been mentioned by so many individuals in regards to the amount of cash we’ve spent,” Slot mentioned.

“However sadly, not the entire cash we’ve spent we’ve used and that has to do with the accidents of those gamers.”

Liverpool host Leeds United on Thursday, and can head into that sport within the high 4 if Chelsea fail to beat Bournemouth on Tuesday.