Overview
- Arne Slot says roughly €250m of the club’s €450m summer intake has been consistently usable, citing fitness and availability problems.
- He lists Alexander Isak’s long layoff, Giovanni Leoni’s season-ending injury, Jeremie Frimpong’s limited impact and Giorgi Mamardashvili’s backup status behind Alisson.
- Liverpool’s outlay is reported at about £414.5m to £450m, breaking club and British records for Florian Wirtz (£100m) and Isak (£125m).
- Despite the spend, Liverpool sit sixth after a poor autumn run, with Slot adding that he expects to be without about £300m of players for West Ham as Wirtz nurses a back issue and Isak continues his recovery.
- Separate reports claim Liverpool are speaking to Michael Olise’s camp and eyeing RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande, though Bayern’s Max Eberl has publicly said Olise has no release clause, casting doubt on that claim.