Liverpool's summer spending spree hasn't fixed the underlying issues within their squad, according to Sky Sports' Adam Bate.

Despite splashing out heavily in the transfer market and bringing in Bradley Barcola from the French top flight, Bate argues Andoni Iraola's squad remains structurally lopsided. The piece points to a lack of balance in personnel across the pitch, suggesting that simply adding star names hasn't addressed deeper tactical and squad-composition problems at Anfield.

Bate's analysis, published by Sky Sports, warns that these unresolved issues could resurface as a genuine problem as the season develops, regardless of the financial outlay this window. Note: the report appears to reference Iraola in connection with Liverpool, though he currently manages Bournemouth — a detail worth watching as the story develops.