{"id":237866,"date":"2025-11-01T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237866\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:31:11","slug":"former-aston-villa-player-tells-fsg-they-sanctioned-irresponsible-liverpool-deals-for-arne-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/237866\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Aston Villa player tells FSG they sanctioned &#8216;irresponsible&#8217; Liverpool deals for Arne Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Liverpool and Aston Villa clash in a Premier League meeting on Saturday evening and a former player has commented on the Reds ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-liverpools-players-feel-about-arne-slot-after-losing-to-crystal-palace\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arne Slot\u2019s future is not in doubt<\/a>, TBR Football understands, but <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> are still in a torrid run of form.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton has backed <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/chris-sutton-makes-liverpool-vs-aston-villa-score-prediction-and-backs-success-for-salah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed Salah to impress against Villa<\/a>, but their recent form suggests it\u2019s going to be another difficult test.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/spanish-media-issue-humiliating-arne-slot-and-liverpool-verdict-ahead-of-real-madrid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool have come under fire<\/a> from the Spanish media for their big spending summer, and Stan Collymore has now questioned two of their decisions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1160485259-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool and FSG owner John Henry laughs\" class=\"wp-image-968313\" \/>Photo credit should read OLI SCARFF\/AFP via Getty ImagesStan Collymore questions Liverpool transfer business<\/p>\n<p>The Merseyside outfit signed <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/florian-wirtz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florian Wirtz<\/a> for a fee in the region of \u00a3116m.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the window, despite already landing Hugo Ekitike, the Reds broke the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/what-people-inside-liverpool-are-now-thinking-about-how-alexander-isak-has-settled-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British transfer record for Alexander Isak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, speaking live on talkSPORT on Friday afternoon, former Aston Villa and Liverpool player Collymore has questioned both signings.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cBut I do think that Liverpool\u2019s business, particularly around Wirtz and Isak, was borderline irresponsible. And I think that the reason why that was, is because they went down the Galacticos line, reams and reams and pages and pages about both players.<\/p>\n<p>Collymore went on to comment on the lack of a clear best eleven at Anfield right now.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody could pick Liverpool\u2019s best 11 at the moment. I don\u2019t think any Liverpool fan that\u2019s been watching them for 30, 40 years could say, for sure this is the best 11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2242658935-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Florian Wirtz of Liverpool acknowledges the fans after the team's victory during the UEFA Champions League\" class=\"wp-image-997328\" \/>Photo by Christian Kaspar-Bartke\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/florian-wirtz-against-frankfurt-has-liverpool-fans-all-in-agreement-but-are-they-overreacting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wirtz provided two assists<\/a> in a Champions League win over Eintracht Frankfurt last month.<\/p>\n<p>However, the mega-money signing remains without a goal contribution in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/ally-mccoist-outright-disagrees-with-what-jurgen-klopp-has-said-about-florian-wirtz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Klopp has commented on Wirtz<\/a> and was quick to play down the \u2018exaggerated\u2019 discussions over his displays.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ally McCoist disagreed with the German\u2019s view of the former Bayer Leverkusen talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He said: \u201cI\u2019m not sure I\u2019d go that far. I think Jurgen\u2019s maybe going over the top there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019ve certainly seen glimpses. He\u2019s a very talented player, but probably not enough. But then there\u2019s more focus on him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool and Aston Villa clash in a Premier League meeting on Saturday evening and a former player has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1953,2226,218,12043,708,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-237866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-alexander-isak","tag-florian-wirtz","tag-football","tag-fsg","tag-liverpool","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}