Paul Scholes says Liverpool have two players who just don’t suit Arne Slot’s style of play

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Liverpool have found themselves in a spot of bother this season with some of their new signings failing to live up to the standards expected of them.

Of course, the Reds’ poor form can’t be solely blamed on their new arrivals, but if anything, it feels like Liverpool’s new signings have made Arne Slot’s first-team squad worse.

They can’t seem to string more than two wins together, and even when they did at the start of the campaign, a lot of that was down to luck and sheer determination.

Since the start of the season, things at Anfield have just got progressively worse, with some of their new signings failing to have any sort of impact on the way that the Reds’ results pan out.

Paul Scholes doesn’t think Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong suit Arne Slot’s style of play

One of the main areas Liverpool needed to upgrade in the summer was their defence.

Trent Alexander-Arnold chose to leave Liverpool upon the expiry of his contract, and Andy Robertson seemed to be half the player he was in previous campaigns.

This resulted in Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez being signed, and while most fans thought they’d be their starting full-backs, that’s been far from the case.

In fact, Paul Scholes is now saying that the duo don’t even fit in Slot’s system.

“It seems like they brought players in that don’t really suit the system,” Scholes said on The Good, The Bad and The Football Podcast.

“Frimpong, Wirtz.”

Fowler replied: “Frimpong is the biggest example. Frimpong was brought in as a Trent replacement; he’s a wing-back.

“And Kerkez, I mean, he was everyone’s favourite left back last year, and he’s come in, so when you’re playing for Liverpool, when you’re playing for Man United, it’s different playing for Bournemouth, it’s different playing for Brentford.

“It’s because there’s pressure.”

Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez must improve their form for Liverpool before it is too late

At the moment, Conor Bradley and Robertson are the ones holding down the fort for Liverpool at full-back.

Indeed, Slot doesn’t have much of a choice at right-back since Frimpong is out injured, but even before he was ruled out, Frimpong was still the Dutchman’s second choice.

In Kerkez’s case, Slot has tried extremely hard with the Hungarian, but each time he’s played, he’s always seemed to do something wrong.

If neither of Liverpool’s new full-backs manage to get back to their best and prove that they deserve a place in Slot’s first-team squad, their days with the Anfield outfit could be numbered, even though they have only just joined.

Of course, both players are young and have plenty of time to develop their game, but since now is the time that the Reds need them the most, Slot will likely want to see some sort of improvement from them as soon as possible.