Manager defends club’s spending record in dig at critics
‘We need to make sure we qualify for Champions League’
Arne Slot has defended Liverpool’s spending record but admitted the pressure was now on to qualify for the Champions League.
Their chances of making the top five – likely enough to qualify – took a significant hit after they lost 2-1 at Brighton in what has been a disastrous season in the context of a £450m outlay on players in the summer shortly after they had lifted the Premier League trophy.
In some of the biggest deals in history, Alexander Isak arrived for £125m, Florian Wirtz cost £116m and Hugo Ekitiké was signed for £69m. But Slot pointed out that critics seem to forget they also sold heavily in the summer.
