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Arne Slot reminded fans of Liverpool’s sell-to-buy model, hinting at summer spending, after his side’s 2-0 home loss to PSG yesterday evening.
Liverpool lost 4-0 on aggregate to last season’s Champions League winners in the tournament’s quarter-finals, after also being knocked out by Luis Enrique’s side in 2024/25.
‘We have to sell to buy’ - Arne Slot hints at summer spending at Liverpool
After winning the 2024/25 Premier League title, Liverpool have had a poor follow-up season, suffering 18 defeats in all competitions - just one away from the most by any Liverpool team in a single season this century.
To compound the club's miseries, fan favourite and bagsman Hugo Ekitike is set for a nine-month spell on the sidelines with a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Questions will inevitably be asked as to how long the Frenchman could be out for in a worst-case scenario, and whether he will ever be the same player as he was pre-injury again.
Veterans Mohamed Salah – the most crucial component of Liverpool’s offensive success – and Andy Robertson have also announced their departures from the club this summer, leaving Liverpool in need of replacements on the right wing and at left back.
Arne Slot acknowledged their departures while speaking to the media after his team’s Champions League exit: “We are a club in transition… successful [players] for the club have already left or are leaving.
“Unfortunately, that also happens with free transfers. That will happen with Mo, that will happen with Robbo, and that has already happened with Trent… [the club needs] to recoup our money and to spend again.”
Ahead of what appears to be a summer rebuild, Slot affirmed that “the future looks very good” for Liverpool as they look to replace their departing players who have seen success on Merseyside.
Even without receiving a fee for club legend Mohamed Salah, Liverpool will cease paying him a reported £400,000 each week, freeing up a significant portion of their wage bill ahead of next year.
With the Reds now lacking in attacking depth, and the dangers of a transitional era looming, time will tell whether the club’s sell-to-buy model will work once more.
Last summer, Liverpool received large fees for the likes of Jarrel Quansah, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez, using that money to secure the signings of Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and more.
“The club has shown so many times that this model works, and that with this model we can be successful,” said Slot.
Liverpool return to Premier League action in the Merseyside derby this Sunday at the Hill Dickinson stadium.
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