Liverpool may end up paying for Arne Slot mistake this season after what happened on Monday

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Liverpool made a lot of changes to their squad during the summer transfer window.

Although fans knew that players were going to be moved on and brought in, it’s unlikely that anyone thought that the Anfield outfit would spend over £400million on new players.

Indeed, this amount was only able to be spent due to the number of players they sold, but even so, it’s a massive rebuild considering they won the Premier League title last term.

Admittedly, there were a couple of areas within Liverpool’s first-team squad that needed re-jigging after their performances last term.

However, even with this in mind, nobody thought the Reds would have an almost entirely new-look team to start the 2025-26 season.

And, while on paper, a lot of their team have been upgraded, due to the amount of change, there’s likely to be a lack of chemistry among their ranks to start off with, which is why Arne Slot may have made a mistake this summer.

Andy Robertson and Ben Doak played excellently together in Scotland’s win over Belarus

At the moment, most of the Premier League’s players are on international duty representing their countries.

Andy Robertson is among those, and although he’s had his starting XI place taken by Milos Kerkez this term, Scotland have chosen to keep him as their captain.

The left-back had a “terrific” game for his country and proved that he’s still got what it takes to perform at the highest level possible.

However, another player who was also praised was Ben Gannon Doak.

The winger has just made the move from Liverpool to Bournemouth, and although the Reds earned a good fee for his sale, it may have been a mistake for Slot to have sold him.

The attacker hasn’t had much Premier League experience in his short career, but the fact that he and Robertson played well with each other for Scotland means that Liverpool may have made a mistake by selling him.

What made Andy Robertson and Ben Doak play so well together

As per Sofascore, Robertson earned the man of the match award after playing the full 90 minutes, making one clearance, winning 100 per cent of his ground duels and having 161 touches of the ball.

The 31-year-old was the star of the show for Steve Clarke’s men, with the defender managing to maintain a pass accuracy of 93 per cent.

In addition to this, he also created one big chance and even had a shot of his own.

In Doak’s case, he made 25 passes in the 74 minutes he was on the pitch, blocked one shot and successfully completed 75 per cent of his dribbles.

Due to the speed that both players possess, they were easily able to cover one another when out of position.

In addition to this, they also both have a keen eye for a pass and seem to be masters of winning duels.

Liverpool do have a buy-back clause in Doak’s contract, but, on the face of things, with the club only having five senior attackers among their ranks, it’s starting to feel like selling the youngster was a bit of a mistake.

Here’s hoping that it doesn’t cost Liverpool too much in the long run.