Richard Hughes GENIUS Liverpool move confirmed after latest injury scare

Richard Hughes oversaw a lot of change in Liverpool's first team this summer.

Depth was added to areas that needed it and extra quality was secured to boost the squad.

Liverpool now having Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike as the club's strikers is a dream-like situation that most clubs could only wish of having themselves. When the young Frenchmen had a slight injury concern last week, the most expensive player in Premier League history could replace him.

It's quite a circumstance to get your head around. And the same options are there for Slot to utilise in the goalkeeping position, following a number of summer transfer moves to prepare us for the future.

Alisson's injury is NOT a concern

The Brazilian twinging his hamstring for the fourth time in the last three seasons is not pretty reading and the current projection is that he'll be sidelined until after the November international break, which would mean he misses around eight games. As world class as he is, his availability is problematic.

Ordinarily, we would see Coaimhin Kelleher come in and take on the responsibility, although he moved to Brentford this summer. Replacing him was Giorgi Mamadarshvili, a highly-rated talent.

As such, it was the 25-year-old Georgian who came in for Alisson against Galatasaray. He'll also likely feature against Manchester United (H), Eintracht Frankfurt (A), Brentford (A), Crystal Palace (H), Aston Villa (H), Real Madrid (H) and Manchester City (A), in addition to Saturday evening's contest at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea in the Premier League, where the Reds won/drew/lost ___.

Of course, it's a lot of pressure on Mamardashvili's shoulders to deliver, but given he was previously the first choice goalkeeper for Valencia before he joined, and since he's the regular starter for his country whenever he's called up for international duty, the Reds have an experienced pair of hands.

Alisson is getting older and sadly his body is starting to fail him. We knew this last season and it was the likelihood of another injury setback which is why the future-planning went ahead in bringing in a player whom Liverpool feel is capable of being one of the best in the world, to eventually replace him.

Over the next six weeks, we'll get a proper look at how the team copes without their ever-reliable world-class keeper, and the full extent of Richard Hughes' genius lies behind Mamardashvili.

28-year-old Freddie Woodman was signed on a free transfer from Preston North End this summer to become the team's third choice - a well-rounded player with experience of Championship football.

And then beyond him is the up-and-coming Hungarian talent Armin Pecsi, who has played in the Europe Conference League before, despite him being just 20 years old. He's a star in the making.

Furthermore, 24-year-old Vitezslav Jaros is currently playing on loan at Ajax under former Red coach Johnny Heitinga. The learning experience he's getting in Holland will stand him in good stead for when he returns to Merseyside next summer, when a call on his future Liverpool career will be made.

To have five players all in and around the head coach's thinking for the first-team is remarkable depth and Liverpool have committed to such a strategy because of how important it is to prepare for a world beyond having Alisson between the sticks. The fruits of our labour now come into the fold.

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