Jamie Carragher calls on Liverpool to make three signings this summer

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Image Credits: Imago ImagesJamie Carragher believes Liverpool need to sign three players capable of going straight into the first team next season, while also challenging Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to step up.The Reds made eight first-team signings in a record-breaking summer spend of around £450 million, although much of that was balanced by the departures of key players such as Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Jarell Quansah.Despite the heavy investment, the expected impact has not fully materialised, with Liverpool slipping down the table this season.Several new arrivals have struggled to settle, and Carragher says it is crucial that marquee signings like Isak and Wirtz deliver next season.Isak, signed for £125m, has been hampered by fitness issues and a long lay-off, while Wirtz, a £116m arrival from Bayer Leverkusen, has shown flashes of quality but has also been disrupted by injury and inconsistency.Isak has three goals and one assist in 20 appearances for Liverpool, while Wirtz has scored six goals and provided 10 assists in 45 appearances across all competitions.“[The big-spending summer] hasn’t worked, it might work in the future because I don’t think you can judge every signing in the first year,” Carragher told Liverpool Echo.“But I’ve said this before, my experience as a Liverpool player; every player who came to the club, I can’t remember one who didn’t really do much in his first season and then was a revelation afterwards.“Some took a few months, you might get to Christmas, maybe second half of the season, so I think there’s a lot to do for the players who has come in. Hugo Ekitike has done well, not amazing but he’s done well.“Isak hasn’t got going, he obviously got the injury but he didn’t look great to start with, Wirtz has got to do a lot more, an awful lot more when you think of the price that Liverpool have paid for him.“In terms of what Liverpool need to do next season, well obviously they need to replace Salah.

I think for me three players need to come straight into the team.“You can’t go on and buy five players into the team. Liverpool bought a lot of players last summer so they are not going to buy a load this summer.“For me, you need to replace Mo Salah obviously.

I think he has done OK. But for me, I think Frimpong should be the back-up right-winger to the one that we buy in the summer.