Jamie Carragher has urged Liverpool's summer signings from last year to do better or face being branded as the worst collection of transfers in Premier League history. The Reds spent £445million ahead of the 2025-26 campaign as they looked to defend their Premier League title won in 2024-25. Liverpool broke the Premier League record twice that summer - signing Florian Wirtz for £116m before then breaking that to sign Alexander Isak for £125m.

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IAN LADYMAN: Alexander Isak used to take penalties for his old club but when Liverpool won one in the 96th minute yesterday‚ I almost hoped he wouldn't take it. He didn't. But Liverpool need him. They really need him and that already feels like a problem for Andoni Iraola as he tries to navigate the early weeks of his time as Liverpool manager. As Liverpool laboured in the latter stages against Newcastle‚ Isak offered absolutely nothing but he stayed on the field simply because Iraola didn't really have any other option.

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Gary Neville has warned Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak to improve and become more tenacious if they are to succeed as Liverpool players. The pair are the most expensive signings in the club's history with Wirtz's £116million price-tag only bettered by Isak's £125m transfer as a Premier League record signing. The pair endured underwhelming debut seasons at Liverpool last season as the club finished fifth‚ relinquishing their Premier League crown to Arsenal.

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Alexander Isak has done very little to justify his British record transfer fee after moving from Newcastle United to Liverpool for £125million last summer. In fairness‚ he's been plagued by injuries - breaking his leg just three months into his Liverpool career. But even when he did feature‚ he looked like a shadow of his former self - beleaguered by the weight of his transfer fee and suffering from a lack of sharpness.

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IAN HERBERT AT HOUSTON STADIUM: The Dutch are playing in an ultra-fluorescent hue of orange here and there's a sense that this might be some of this generation's last chance to illuminate a tournament and send the nation closer to the holy grail. Three times World Cup finalists‚ and yet still they wait. The team's supporters‚ with their wry humour and sideways look on life‚ will not be getting idealistic about overcoming a Swedish side who reverted to their desperate qualification levels‚ but it's hard to quash the optimism when you think you've stumbled on a centre forward. The pre-match talk had been of Swedes Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak‚ and how much damage potentially the tournament's two-man best strike force might inflict on the Dutch. Not Dutchman Brian Brobbey of Sunderland‚ whose selection hadn't even been a question of national debate. Marco van Basten described Brobbey a few years ago as 'technically substandard' and claimed he lacked the fundamental principles of being a striker. He began the game with one international goal to his name.

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