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Jamie Carragher has said that the current problems at Liverpool are not down to the owners, and are instead blaming the recruiting team, the coaching staff and the players.
Liverpool fell to their seventh Premier League defeat of the season at Wolves on Saturday, one of three defeats this year that Carragher cited as one of the worst in the club’s recent memory.
Having come so close to completing an unprecedented quad last season, fans and pundits alike have been left baffled by Liverpool’s dramatic slump this season.
Carragher, who has been critical of Fenway Sports Group (FSG) in the past, blamed those involved on the club’s playing side, in particular referencing the club’s failure to sign a midfielder last summer and key figures within the recruiting department, like Michael Edwards, leaving the club.
“It seems there are so many areas that are not right in Liverpool. Some of them are on the pitch and some of them are off the pitch,” he said.
Jamie Carragher has said that Liverpool’s owners are not to blame for the club’s current problems.
‘I said this a few days ago. Many of the followers, I think, take the easy option. Starting with Brentford, Brighton twice and then Wolves, it’s not losing to those teams, it’s the way.
“Probably three of the worst away defeats, not just under Klopp but in Premier League history against Liverpool.” lose so much They have not only lost, they have been absolutely beaten. It could have been 5-0 for Wolves yesterday.
‘The Brighton game should have been worse. Not only are they losing to these teams by an odd goal, but they’re being knocked off the pitch entirely.
Liverpool’s loss to Wolves was their fifth in all competitions since domestic football returned.
Jurgen Klopp showed a frustrated figure for much of the match against Wolves and then was antagonistic
‘A lot of people are looking at the property. What is happening right now, I don’t blame the FSG one iota. No. Now I will be criticized by certain sectors of the followers for being an apologist for ownership. I don’t have a job in Liverpool.
FSG’s announcement last year that they were looking to find investment in the club or sell it outright was greeted with jubilation by some Liverpool supporters who perceive the owners as holding them back from great success, though Carragher tried to excuse them from blame for the struggles. present.
Carragher criticized recruiting staff for failing to sign a midfielder last summer, referencing the club’s failed search for Aurelien Tchouameni, who joined Real Madrid from Monaco.
“But you have to take a good look at it and say that this, for me, depends on the staff, the players and the recruiting team,” he said. “The reason I’m coming back to the recruiting team is that for the last four or five years, everyone has used Liverpool as a role model in this country and in Europe.
John W. Henry (R), the main owner of Liverpool, announced the club was up for sale last year.
Klopp’s team is now 10th in the league – some 11 points out of the top four and another 21 behind leaders Arsenal.
Klopp in recent weeks has been visibly frustrated with his team and his performances
Michael Edwards (L), the club’s former sporting director who left last year; His successor, Julian Ward, is ready to go.
‘Buy low, sell high. And people say they haven’t invested enough money. But what Liverpool have been better at is actually selling and bringing in money that allows them to go and spend £75m on a centre-back, £60m on a goalkeeper, £50m. -odd millions in Naby Keita. But at the moment, they reached the end of last season and the personnel – there was money there for a midfielder.
“They tried to buy the boy who went to Real Madrid (Aurelien Tchouameni), so there was between 60 and 70 million pounds for a midfielder.
“They couldn’t sign him, Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staff, or the hiring team decided ‘we don’t need to buy a midfielder’. That’s up to them. And then they came into this season and from day one against Fulham, they didn’t they’ve been able to cope with the intensity of a Premier League football game and have been completely run over in every Premier League game they’ve played. ‘I’ve played, virtually.’
The problems have started to pile up for Liverpool on what often feels like a daily basis, with Klopp’s side struggling through a crisis of confidence and having to deal with a series of injuries. Saturday’s loss was the fifth in all competitions since domestic soccer returned after the World Cup.
Liverpool’s last remaining hope of a trophy this season is the Champions League, where they will face defending champions Real Madrid in the round of 16 in a rematch of last year’s final.