Two Liverpool stars warned they’ve ‘no excuses’ and owe followers large season after Mohamed Salah exit
Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz have been instructed they have to hit the bottom operating this season for Liverpool or threat the wrath of followers.
The pair are Liverpool’s most costly gamers in historical past, becoming a member of final summer season for a mixed £241million.
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Nonetheless, they didn’t play prefer it and struggled in Arne Slot’s crew that completed fifth – 25 factors off league winners Arsenal.
A brand new season, new head coach and no Mohamed Salah, who has joined Trabzonspor on a free switch, provides the pair a contemporary begin at Anfield.
Aston Villa legend Gabby Agbonlahor warned them there isn’t a motive to not step up within the 2026/27 marketing campaign.
He instructed talkSPORT Breakfast: “These Liverpool followers will have a look at Wirtz and Isak and there is not any excuses. Do not wish to hear it. They need to carry out now.”
Alexander Isak
Isak was a British document £125m signing from Newcastle, however accidents restricted him to only 14 Premier League appearances and three objectives.
Liverpool have to discover a solution to change Salah’s 191 Premier League objectives during the last 9 seasons – averaging round 21 per marketing campaign over his profession at Anfield.
Hugo Ekitike was their high scorer final season with 11 Premier League objectives, however he’ll nonetheless be out for a very long time with a ruptured Achilles suffered in April.
Agbonlahor added: “I feel Isak’s harm was unlucky. Additionally, did you deal with the competitors? Ekitike got here in and also you did not know which one was going to be the principle man as that striker. We all know that each of them can play off that left.
“However now Ekitike will not be enjoying until perhaps February or March with that harm. So Isak’s the principle man at Liverpool.
“Final season, he had 14 Premier League appearances, solely three objectives and one help.
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“What do Liverpool want this season? They want a £125million striker to play like one and so they want him to have a season like he had in 2024/2025 for Newcastle the place we acquired 23 Premier League objectives in 34 appearances.
“He owes Liverpool this season. There isn’t any extra chains on this crew. Now that Salah’s gone there is not any one on the market that may get Salah’s numbers left footed on the wing on that proper aspect.
“Can [Dominik] Szoboszlai, Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones, in the event that they keep there, and [Milos] Kerkez give him the service?”
Florian Wirtz
Wirtz joined Liverpool for £116m from Bayer Leverkusen final summer season, however took some time to get going.
He ended up with 5 objectives and three assists within the Premier League. These numbers might want to enhance within the coming marketing campaign.
On Wirtz, Agbonlahor stated: “The identical [as Isak]. You’ve got been introduced in for document £113m as properly, related charges to Isak and final season was okay.”
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“It’s exhausting for a participant coming into a brand new league. It’s extremely bodily in comparison with the Bundesliga. However this season, he is one other one.
He added: “Wirtz is a participant for me that I do not assume he is ever going to attain lots of objectives. He prefers to get an help. He will get into probabilities and he is not an important finisher, at all times makes the type of flawed choice.
“However he has to get his help if he is not scoring objectives. He needs to be creating lots of assists.”
Liverpool start their Premier League season at Newcastle on Sunday August 23.
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