The collective overturn of new signings from wealthy clubs: Liverpool s 270 million was wasted, Arsenal s 54-goal striker only scored 3 goals in the Premier League

In recent Premier League matches, Liverpool's performance can be described as a "cliff drop", especially after losing 1-2 at home to Manchester United in the 8th round of the Premier League. The team has suffered four consecutive losses in all competitions. This defeat not only exposed the team's overall tactical problems, but also infinitely amplified the sluggish state of core player Salah.

As the core of Liverpool's offense, the 33-year-old Salah started the game for 85 minutes, but the results he handed in were unsatisfactory: only 1 of 3 shots was on target, 2 attempts to pass the ball all failed, 39 touches of the ball only completed 21 passes, and the ball was lost 16 times, and only 2 of 6 ground confrontations were successful.

What’s worse is that in the past 7 club Premier League games, he only scored 1 penalty kick and scored zero goals in open games. You know, Salah was still at the peak of his career last season. He contributed 34 goals and 23 assists in 52 games. He was extremely dominant on both ends of the offense and defense. The comparison between his current status is a "world of difference".

It is worth mentioning that Salah received a huge annual salary contract from Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the year, but Liverpool finally renewed his contract with the team's highest weekly salary of 400,000 pounds. The contract will expire in 2027, and his current value is 45 million euros.

Netizens have different opinions on his decline in form: Some people believe that based on Salah’s performance last season and his meritorious status in the team, the contract renewal is reasonable and that fluctuations in form are normal; others point out that the 33-year-old age plus the contract renewal "Lack of motivation" is an important reason for its decline; there are also voices that the departure of key players such as Arnold and Dias has affected the team's overall coordination, which has affected Salah's performance, and the coach did not dare to rotate when he was in poor condition, which also exacerbated the problem.

Not only did the core players decline, but Liverpool's high-priced new players also failed to shore up the situation. French "L'Equipe" recently took stock of the big-name new players who have not performed as expected this season. Wirtz, whom Liverpool introduced in the summer window for 125 million euros, is the first to bear the brunt. The player who joined from Bayer Leverkusen has yet to score a goal for Liverpool and only provided 1 assist in the Community Shield.

Even if the team adjusted to a 4-2-3-1 formation to adapt to him, he still had difficulty adapting to the high-intensity competition in the Premier League and has been placed on the bench in the past two rounds.

Netizens even made sharp comments, comparing him to Isaac, who was introduced for 145 million euros. They joked that "the boomerang thrown by Liverpool finally hit itself on the head 10 years later."

Other netizens analyzed that Wirtz is not without ability. He is still creative in instigating offense. He just needs to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League and increase his movement speed. More importantly, coach Slock must find the most suitable tactical system for him. After all, Liverpool's frontcourt offensive combination has been almost restructured this season, which also amplifies the performance problems of new players.

Not only Liverpool, many big-name new players from wealthy teams have encountered "acclimatization" this season. One of them is Arsenal's new striker Jokeres. He scored 54 goals in 52 games for Sporting CP last season and is called a "goal machine." However, he has only scored 3 goals (including 1 penalty kick) in the Premier League so far this season, forming a huge gap with Haaland's 11 goals, and it is difficult to integrate into Arsenal's tactical system.

On this point, netizens also have different opinions: some believe that Jocles was "produced from the Portuguese Super League" and that the decline in his data in the Premier League was expected; others think that he should not be compared with Haaland. After all, Haaland has been a stable output in the five major leagues for many years, while Jocles only landed in the Premier League at the age of 27. He still needs time to adapt to the rhythm, and he is good at a style of play that requires space to sprint. In time, he may be able to perform well.

Real Madrid's much-anticipated new signing Arnold was also overshadowed by injuries at the start. The English defender, who is regarded as Carvajal's successor, has been affected by a hamstring injury and has only played 156 minutes for Real Madrid so far. He has never played a full game and cannot display the passing skills for which he is famous.

From Liverpool’s four-game losing streak and the dilemma of core players and new players, to Arsenal and Real Madrid’s new players being “acclimatized”, many giants in football this season seem to have fallen into the trap of “difficulty adapting to new players”.

This not only tests the players' personal adjustment ability, but also puts forward higher requirements for the team's recruitment strategy, tactical setup and the coach's on-the-spot scheduling. How to quickly integrate high-priced new players and allow core players to regain their form may be the issue that these giants need to focus on next.