Arne Slot acknowledged Liverpool have felt the absence of Luis D\u00edaz but maintained the club made the right decision in the transfer. Slot warned of the natural shortfall after losing a high-quality player while stressing the squad has been replenished.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou always miss good football players,\u201d Slot said, probed about D\u00edaz\u2019s exit ahead of Wednesday\u2019s trip to Sunderland. \u201cHe was so important for us last season, but he wasn\u2019t the only one. There were more players that were influential in our results. But I think we have replaced them with very good players as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is maybe more fair to say that if Alexander [Isak] had been fit, would we have spoken about it then as well?\u201d<\/p>\n
Isak has played just 16 times for Liverpool, netting two Premier League goals in 10 outings, while D\u00edaz has produced an impressive return at Bayern Munich with 18 goals and 14 assists in 30 appearances across all competitions, a total bettered only by Harry Kane.<\/p>\n
Liverpool accepted an offer of \u20ac75 million (\u00a365.5 million, $88 million) from Bayern, a sale Slot said reflected the club\u2019s operating model. Slot called the transfer \u201canother example of how this club is run,\u201d and added: \u201cIf this club gets for a 28-year-old an offer like that then this club, because it is built on sustainability, chooses to sell a player and we are an exception in the\u00a0Premier League , especially at the top of the Premier League, for that.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that is why it is also so nice that we are able to achieve the things we have achieved in the last few years with that model. But he is doing very well at Bayern and that is not a surprise to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The club reinvested the fee and signed Isak using money accrued from the transfer. Isak had scored 23 Premier League goals for his previous club, but he is sidelined with a broken leg for 2025\u201326. Liverpool\u2019s 2024\u201325 success relied on goals shared across the squad; seven players reached five or more league goals. This season only Hugo Ekitik\u00e9 and Cody Gakpo have matched that mark. Mohamed Salah\u2019s output has fallen, with four league goals this season and six since signing his contract extension in April, after a period in which he scored 27 goals in seven months prior to the new terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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