Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool have struggled to find cohesion after a summer overhaul that saw five players change. The club’s focus on a high‑scoring attack left the middle of defence and midfield exposed, a flaw that Mo Salah’s brief, “dead‑cat bounce” brilliance could not mask.
Club officials have called the transfer strategy a colossal error, arguing that the splurge on forwards was unnecessary given the squad’s existing weaknesses.