Jamie Carragher has expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that Liverpool are currently mid-table in the Premier League and believes that the Reds should always compete for the top four.
The Anfield side are currently 11 points behind Newcastle United in fourth with just under half the campaign remaining.
Qualifying for next season’s Champions League remains a very real possibility, but to do so Jurgen Klopp’s side must urgently find consistency.
“It is unacceptable that Liverpool are 10th in the league with the manager and the players they have,” Carragher said on The Overlap Live Fan Debate (via Reuters).
“Liverpool, having a bad season, should still be in the top four, they shouldn’t be where they are now. Going to Wolves, there weren’t many Liverpool fans thinking they were going to win that game.”
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Last season’s FA and League Cup winners have already lost seven of their 20 Premier League games this season with another five ending with shared spoils.
The Scouser has also highlighted the fact that his former team has been extremely unlucky with injuries so far this term with numerous key players spending time on the treatment table.
It is imperative that a new midfielder is signed in the summer and Jude Bellingham is reportedly the club’s main transfer target for the end of the season.
“Everyone wonders, what is happening with Liverpool? If Jurgen Klopp doesn’t know, we don’t know. Klopp has tried a lot of different things,” added Carragher.
“The problems with Liverpool are that they have been unlucky with injuries and there has been mismanagement of the team. Jordan Henderson has taken a lot of the sticks out of Liverpool fans recently, but he’s done his job.
“He is 31 now and he won everything. He shouldn’t be playing every week now, but with the bad management of the team, he plays week after week. Liverpool have very old or very young players.
“They don’t have anybody in that sweet spot of 25-29 and you have to put that down to Klopp, Pep Lijnders and the signing team who have received more praise than any signing team I’ve ever seen.”
A summer of change is ahead, both on and off the Liverpool pitch.
Sporting director Julian Ward has announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season and the owners FSG are still looking for further investment.
What kind of business we complete before next season remains to be seen; we’ll just have to wait and see.
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