Jamie Carragher names 3 transfers Liverpool need in Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz message

The ex-Liverpool defender wants to see a less scatter gun approach in the transfer market this summer and for the Reds to address two main areas of weakness in the squad

Jamie Carragher has called on Liverpool to make three signings this summer(Image: Getty Images)

Jamie Carragher feels Liverpool should look to add just three first-team players next summer and has called on the club to avoid making wholesale changes like last year.

The Reds signed eight first-team arrivals before the 2025/26 season, in a record-breaking summer spend of around £450 million (just over $600M), although much of that was offset against the expensive departures of key first-players such as Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Jarell Quansah.

However, FSG’s atypical approach of parting with big sums, including breaking the British transfer record to procure Alexander Isak from Newcastle, has not had the desired effect, with the Reds slipping down the table this season.

Several players have struggled since their summer arrivals, and Carragher said it is vital for the likes of Isak and Florian Wirtz to step up next season.

"[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," the ex-Red told the 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.

Carragher wants to see a more measured approach from Liverpool in the transfer market this summer(Image: Marc Atkins, Getty Images)

"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."

As for the upcoming summer, Carragher wants Liverpool to address the deficiencies down the right flank and target fewer arrivals than it did 12 months ago.

"In terms of what Liverpool need to do next season, well obviously they need to replace [Mohamed] Salah," said the pundit.

"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. Liverpool need a right-back They have fudged a few things there; they gave Conor Bradley his chance, he got another injury.

"Jeremie Frimpong has done all right, actually. I think he has done okay.

"But for me, I think Frimpong should be the back-up right-winger to the one that we buy in the summer. And I think Conor Bradley can fight with a new right-back that comes in."