Liverpool have had a fairly quiet transfer window so far, despite there being a few obvious gaps in the squad that need to be addressed ahead of 2026/27 getting underway.
Mohamed Salah has left the club permanently, and at present, fringe player Federico Chiesa is the only natural cover for the Egyptian.
Victor Munoz has been signed, but he is likely to feature more in his natural left-wing role. However, fans should not expect too many more additions prior to pre-season getting underway, with it now claimed that the World Cup and Andoni Iraola needing time to address the squad are the reasons for the lack of activity.
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Liverpool transfer business slow due to World Cup and Andoni Iraola needing time to assess squad
The update came from The Athletic, who claim that ‘there was always an acceptance at Liverpool that getting most of their business done early was unrealistic this time around because of the World Cup and Iraola’s need to assess the talent he’s inherited’.
Said news has, as you would probably expect, not gone down well with many Reds fans, who have made their feelings very clear.
One fan wrote: “This doesn’t make sense. We need a right back and a DM. With or without assessing the squad first.
A second responded: “We already know what we need why wasting time now? Pathetic.”
“What talent do we have at RW & RB? Must have missed them options,” stated a third.
Another replied: “So we replaced Salah with an unknown Spanish winger, and that will likely be that. What a joke.”
A fifth commented: “There’s a difference between most business and virtually no business being done. Biggest transfer window in years and it’s a shambles so far. It’s not like we haven’t known all season what areas of the team needs addressing.
Another wrote: “There are clear and obvious positions we need to strengthen in. There is no need to wait to buy a RW, RB and a DM at least even before he could ‘assess’ the squad.
While a seventh added: “Hahahah the summer we have most work to do they come out with this.”
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It is easy to see why fans are angry at the news, given the arrival of Munoz shows players can still easily be signed while they are competing at the World Cup.
And as several pointed out, key positions like right-wing, right-back and central midfield need to be improved upon regardless of what Iraola thinks of the squad.
But if it does transpire that Liverpool leave the bulk of their business until the last minute this summer, it probably won’t end well.
Alexander Isak is the latest example of deadline-day deals at Anfield not really paying off, with the Swede coming nowhere close to proving his worth so far.
Other poor summer transfers on deadline day include the likes of Arthur Melo, Vitor Flora and Victor Moses.
Granted, there have been a couple of late additions that have succeeded at Liverpool, such as Ryan Gravenberch and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. But for the most part, when the Reds leave it late, they generally don’t get the players they need or want.
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