Arne Slot complains about his Liverpool squad despite spending almost £450m this summer

Liverpool manager Arne Slot made a rather baffling complaint about the strength of his squad after last night’s Carabao Cup defeat to Crystal Palace.

The Reds are on an absolutely awful run of form at the moment, losing six of their last seven games in all competitions and conceding floods of goals.

Slot worked wonders in his first season at Liverpool, guiding them to the Premier League title last term, but things have quickly turned sour at the start of this campaign.

Remarkably, it seems the Dutch tactician is now saying his squad isn’t nearly as good as the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea, despite spending close to £450m in the transfer window just gone (£446m to be precise, as per Sky Sports).

Speaking after the 3-0 defeat at home to Palace, Slot said: “Before I went out I saw (Manchester) City’s line up (against Swansea) and I don’t think they had one starter from the weekend, but it felt if you look at their line up, like they played with eleven starters.

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“So maybe it gives a little bit of an insight. Everyone’s always said what a big squad we’re having…when we played Chelsea I said they’re missing eight but they can still bring Estevao in.

“Now we’re only missing four players at the moment and we already needed to start with four players under the age of 19. And after I made two substitutions, we were on six.”

Whatever Slot might think about the state of his squad, this current Liverpool run of form is far from good enough.

Six defeats from seven is shocking for a club of this size, especially after they strolled to the title last season.

Somehow, Liverpool have just got worse despite their big spending, with their new signings struggling to settle, and with the players who performed so well last season going backwards.

It feels slightly crazy to be saying it, but Slot surely has to turn things around very quickly or there’s going to be serious uncertainty over his job soon.

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