How Liverpool Spent £400 Million And Got WORSE

Liverpool spent over £400 million in one transfer window after winning the Premier League, then finished 5th and sacked Arne Slot a year after the title. This is how the Liverpool rebuild went wrong, and why most of it made sense at the time. In this video I go through the whole story behind Liverpool's 2025/26 collapse: the ageing title-winning squad and the contracts that were quietly running down, Trent Alexander-Arnold leaving for Real Madrid for a fraction of his value, the £400 million summer that brought in Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, the five straight wins that hid the problem, and the seven-game run where it all fell apart. Then the three things that actually changed: Salah's numbers, a defence that conceded twelve more goals, and a £300 million attack that spent around 115 minutes on the pitch together all season. We finish with why Slot was sacked, why Konate and Salah walked for nothing, the £123 million Bradley Barcola signing, and the squad Andoni Iraola has inherited. Expected points, minutes by age and the real transfer fees throughout, so you can judge for yourself whether this was bad luck, bad planning, or both. Chapters: 0:00 £400 million to finish 5th 0:49 The title-winning squad was older than it looked 2:08 Trent, Madrid and the contract problem 3:25 The £400 million rebuild 5:03 A quick word 5:18 Diogo Jota 6:05 Five wins that hid the problem 7:30 Where it fell apart: Salah, the defence, the injuries 10:50 Why Slot was sacked 12:25 Another rebuild: Iraola and Barcola 14:26 So how do you spend £400 million and get worse? Sources: Liverpool 2025/26 season: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2... Arne Slot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Slot Trent Alexander-Arnold's move to Real Madrid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_A... Alexander Isak's British-record transfer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand... Florian Wirtz's transfer to Liverpool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian... Diogo Jota: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Jota Andoni Iraola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andoni_... Bradley Barcola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley... Football on Canvas explains how football really works behind the scenes. Transfers, club finances, boardroom decisions and the stories that shape the game, all told through hand-drawn whiteboard animation. New here? Subscribe if you've ever wondered what actually happens behind football's closed doors 🔔 --- #football #footballexplained #whiteboardanimation #footballstories #soccerexplained #footballfinance #footballtransfers #footballanalysis #isak #jota #liverpool #arsenal #slot #realmadrid #trent #barcola #psg #newcastle #ekitike #frimpong