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Gary Neville has identified Milos Kerkez as a growing concern for Liverpool, advising manager Arne Slot to remove the left-back from the starting lineup. Kerkez joined Liverpool from Bournemouth this summer in a high-profile £40 million transfer, arriving at Anfield with significant expectations. However, the 21-year-old has appeared defensively vulnerable since his move, failing to replicate the form that impressed fans at his former team. The left-back's struggles were evident again this past weekend as Liverpool's title hopes took another hit with a fourth consecutive loss, this time a 3-2 defeat to Brentford. Gary Neville tells slot to drop Kerkez Speaking on Sky Sports, via Metro after Liverpool's latest defeat, former Manchester United captain Gary Neville shared his analysis. "I actually think that there were quite a few of those games they’ve lost that they could have won, flipping it the other way if they had taken their chances," he said. "Early on in the season, I felt their full-backs weren’t right, maybe Ibrahima Konate at times wasn’t right and Virgil van Dijk was holding them together and Alisson was in goal," Neville continued. "You’ve got two world-class performers there in Van Dijk and Alisson, but the virus is catching. It’s not just going now into the left-back." "The left-back is becoming a worry. He [Kerkez] scored last night but watching him, he has to be taken out I think." "If he carries on playing Kerkez at left-back and he carries on playing Bradley at right-back, and they carry on being as exposed as they are in midfield, you’ll keep getting the same results," Neville added. "Every single game you’ll be flipping a coin and thinking, ‘Are we gonna win or are we gonna lose?’"
