{"id":94451,"date":"2025-09-16T21:45:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=94451"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:45:56","slug":"pundits-focused-on-450m-spend-favour-other-clubs-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=94451","title":{"rendered":"Pundits focused on \u00a3450m spend \u2018favour other clubs\u2019 \u2013 Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has criticised pundits who \u201cfavour other clubs\u201d for their comments over the club\u2019s summer spending as he prepares to give a debut to Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n

The deadline day signing of Sweden striker Isak from Newcastle for a British record fee of \u00a3125m took Liverpool\u2019s spending to \u00a3450m on eight players.<\/p>\n

Isak is set to make his first appearance for the Reds in their Champions League opener against Atletico Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

At his pre-match news conference, Slot pointed out that Liverpool\u2019s unprecedented spending was offset by more than \u00a3250m recouped in sales, having spent just \u00a310m the previous summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much focus on our new signings, especially from pundits who favour some other clubs in the country that cannot stop talking about \u00a3450m,\u201d Slot said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI repeat, \u00a3450m, \u00a3450m! But they forget about [nearly] \u00a3300m that we have sold [players] for. So, yes, if we want to strengthen the squad, we need to spend that much money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slot felt Liverpool \u201cdid great business\u201d, given all eight of their signings are aged 25 or under, and the club \u201cshould get praise\u201d for the strategy it has adopted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is only a compliment that people tell everyone we have spent so much because that tells you the players we brought in are seen as very good players,\u201d explained the Dutchman.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome other teams prefer to bring in 27-year-olds because they are ready, but we think we have brought in players who are 21, 22 [and] who are ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think all the money we have spent we generated ourselves by selling, and by winning the league after we didn\u2019t buy anyone at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isak did not feature in Liverpool\u2019s 1-0 win at Burnley on Sunday \u2013 the first match since he joined the Reds \u2013 because he is still short of match fitness.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old trained alone at former club Newcastle, in a bid to force through his switch to Anfield, and needs extra work to get up to speed after missing pre-season.<\/p>\n

Isak\u2019s only appearance this season came for Sweden in an 18-minute cameo from the bench in a 2-0 defeat by Kosovo last week.<\/p>\n

Slot said he is \u201c100% sure\u201d Isak will not play 90 minutes against Atletico but indicated he will play a part against the La Liga side.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Isak] is part of the squad, so it\u2019s already a Champions League game to look forward to, but if people look forward to his playing time, that could mean that could happen tomorrow as well,\u201d Slot added.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the moment he is fit, match fit, [he] can play 90, and then the next step is playing three times in a week 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that is what he has to do; scoring goals and doing special things in attack is something he will 100% do. The main challenge he has is to become so fit that he\u2019s first of all ready to do what he did last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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