Liverpool are the only Premier League side yet to complete a signing this summer and Jamie Carragher has a theory on why that is the case.

With Arne Slot arriving as manager to write a new post-Jurgen Klopp chapter at Liverpool, many might have expected wholesale changes over the summer at Anfield. But that simply hasn’t been the case.

Liverpool haven’t signed a single player and have instead chosen to thin their squad through the sales of Fabio Carvalho and Sepp van den Berg.

Slot has made an impressive start on the pitch with his side kicking off their Premier League campaign with a 2-0 win over Ipswich Town, but their lack of transfer activity has been baffling.

It did look as though the Reds would strengthen their midfield with a new signing this summer but Liverpool were rejected by Martin Zubimendi despite being willing to meet his release clause at Real Sociedad.

The highly-rated director returned to the club this summer but he is yet to make an impact in the transfer window.

Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League clash against Brentford, Carragher revealed his transfer theory.

“In the past under Jurgen Klopp, they always worked 12 months in advance. They were always thinking not about this window, but about the next window,” Carragher said on Sky Sports.

“So they’ve come in late, had to bed a manager in. They’ve obviously got this problem in terms of the contracts which they will have to fix before Christmas.

“But the reason why Liverpool, I don’t think, are buying players right now is that they’re probably already thinking about next summer.

“That might sound ridiculous, but Liverpool in the last few years – or even more than that, five to 10 years – haven’t panicked in the transfer market and I love that about Liverpool.

“But, do they need reinforcements in certain positions? Yeah.”

A risky Liverpool strategy

A lot is hinging on Slot’s start to the season. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are all into the final year of their contracts and a poor start to the campaign could see their heads quickly turn elsewhere.

Therefore, it’s surprising that Liverpool’s chiefs are willing to gamble on Slot without providing him with any new signings this summer.

It’s certainly a risky strategy, and if Carragher is right then Liverpool are under pressure to set the transfer market alight next summer