The only zero reinforcement in the Premier League, can Liverpool's "most own formation" withstand it?

The reporter reported coldly On August 22, the defending Premier League champion Manchester City welcomed back the veteran Gundogan, and the bench depth was deeper; European Cup-winning midfielder Merino has travelled to London for a medical check-up and will officially announce his arrival at Arsenal at any time. Not only the other traditional top five, but even the other 19 teams in the Premier League have new signings, with the only exception being Liverpool, led by new Netherlands coach Slot, who are the only team in the Premier League summer with zero signings. Looking at the 96 teams in the five major leagues, in addition to Liverpool, only Montpellier in Ligue 1 has no new signings.

Seeing that the remaining five top five of the Premier League have strong reinforcements, and even the financially embarrassed city rival Everton has spent more than 50 million euros to sign five players, Liverpool fans are in a hurry. Not only did Liverpool not bring in reinforcements, but even Clarke, an academy rookie who had just been promoted to the first team, was sold to Red Bull Salzburg for cash. In addition, 13 players including Van den Beech, F. Carvalho, Adrian, Ramsey Jr. and young centre-back R. Williams have left, and the club has cashed out close to 60 million euros from the market, but has invested zero in reinforcements.

Of course, in theory, Liverpool still signed new players this summer. But Wolves' 16-year-old centre-back Alvin · Ayman is a half-finished team; Georgia goalkeeper Mamadashvili, who signed for 35 million euros, is to be loaned back to Valencia this season.

4 years ago, Liverpool won the championship with "the most own team", breaking the monopoly of Manchester City, at that time, Klopp only signed 3 non-main players for almost free, but you must know that in the previous 3 seasons, they were precise and enough to invest, signing Mane, Matip, Winadum, Salah, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Robertson, Van Dijk, Alisson, Naby· Keita, Fabinho and other giants.

Could it be that Fenway and Slot intend to replicate the success of four years ago and use the "best team" left by Jurgen Klopp to compete for Champions League qualification with the "best team" left over from the previous three seasons? It should be said that Klopp's departure has a huge impact, but the Fenway Group has not strengthened more quality players, and to some extent, reduced the intensity of the team's turmoil. Although he beat promoted Mapwich Town 2-0 on his Premier League debut, centre-back Kuansa was substituted at half-time, indicating that Slot was not happy with his current squad.

It should be noted that in the last 10 years, Liverpool has only missed the Champions League twice, and fans do not want a third time. Slote had hoped to sign a No.6 player after his North American tour, but after Euro Championship champion midfielder Suvemendi refused to join, the Fenway Group seemed to have nothing more to ask for. As for the free agent France midfielder Rabiot and Portugal Sporting centre-back Inacio, there has been no action, at least for now. According to The Echo, Liverpool will be busy in the coming week, but not with signings but with selling players. With just 25 players in the Liverpool squad, centre-back Joe Gomez · 18-year-old winger Ben ·Dok could both leave and the squad will be even thinner.

There is a big gap between Liverpool's main players and the substitutes, with the midfield almost entirely counting on the trio of Szoboszlai, McAllister and Hraffenberg, provided they are healthy. Last season, Liverpool struggled in the midfield position, and this season only veteran Endo has rotated. On the offensive end, Salah is in good form, but he only has one year left on his contract.

Compared to Klopp's "heavy metal", Slot's style is considered "soft rock", with stronger control of the ball under the 4231 formation. But without a new signing in the No.6 position, Slot can only dig inside to get Hrafenberg further back.

At the end of last week, ahead of the start of the Premier League season, Manchester City (2.37) and Arsenal (2.62) were ahead of a cliff in terms of title probability, followed by Liverpool (8) and Chelsea, Manchester United (21) and Tottenham (26). Manchester City (11/8) and Arsenal (9/5) were more ahead of the first round, while Liverpool (13/2) were third, opening up the gap between Manchester United (28/1) and Chelsea (40/1). However, this is in the context of the health of the main squad, although the famous Carragher predicts that Liverpool can finish in the top four, but he is also worried that the sprint lineup is thin and may be affected by injuries.

Slot, on the other hand, was confident and still stressed that the "most self-formation" was strong enough. But Liverpool's Champions League rivals Chelsea spent €241 million, Aston Villa $176 million and even Brighton $172 million. In particular, Manchester United spent 165 million and Tottenham spent 145 million euros to sign 4 strong reinforcements and made a good debut, how can Liverpool not worry about it without new signings?

On September 1, Liverpool will travel to Old Trafford against Manchester United, and in late October they will play Chelsea, Arsenal, Brighton, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Newcastle in succession.