Liverpool may have created history with their summer spree last year – but they desperately need another squad overhaul in the upcoming window.That’s the view of Rangers legend Ally McCoist, who believes the Reds haven’t replaced Darwin Nunez – despite the arrivals of Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike.Isak and Ekitike were big-money signings – but neither player has yet justified their price tagGettyThe Merseyside outfit have endured a below-par 2025/26 season, despite splashing out £446million on new signings last summer – a record amount by a club in a single window.Arne Slot‘s side broke the British transfer record twice – first bringing in playmaker Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen in a deal rising to £116.5m.And on deadline day, they forked out an eye-watering £125m to prise Isak away from Newcastle.They also brought in Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt in a deal worth £79m.Liverpool went big on their attack having sold Nunez to Al Hilal for £46m and winger Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich for £65.5m.But their new-look front line have struggled for consistency due to repeated injury setbacks and a loss of form, with Isak, Ekitike and Wirtz scoring just 19 goals between them.Having eased to the Premier League title last campaign, they now sit fourth in the table with three games to go following Sunday’s 3-2 defeat to Manchester United. Damning statistics from the loss highlight how far Liverpool have fallen this season, having now conceded 47 top-flight goals – the most by a defending champion since Leicester in the 2016/17 term [63 goals].With just five first half goals scored on the road, only Wolves have failed to find the back of the net less times in Premier League away games [two].They have also conceded at least two goals in 16 league games – their most since the 2013/14 term [also 16] – as well as shipping in 17 goals from set pieces – their most ever in the competition.Slot’s side were favourites to win the Premier League this season – but are now in a battle to secure Champions League footballGettyThe Merseyside outfit have won just seven of their 17 top-flight matches in 2026GettyAnd Liverpool, who have now lost both league matches to United and Manchester City for the first time since 1913, have been defeated on 18 occasions across all competitions this term – their most since they finished in seventh spot in 2010.All or nothingLiverpool’s troubles and squad issues were put to ex-Sunderland striker McCoist, who believes the club needs to address three major positions.Ekitike is not due back from injury until 2027 having ruptured his Achilles, while young defender Giovanni Leoni, who joined from Parma for £26m, suffered an ACL blow on his debut against Southampton in the Carabao Cup in September.Having his say on Liverpool, McCoist said: “[Mohamed] Salah’s form clearly has been nothing like what it once was, which had made him one of the greatest players to ever play in the country, it completely dipped.“The sale of Diaz and Trent [Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid], has been massive for them, clearly the tragedy with [Diogo] Jota goes without saying.“Do you know something? I think they’ve missed the big boy up front, Darwin Nunez.Nunez moved on from Liverpool last summer after three seasons at Anfield where he scored 40 goals in 143 matchesAFPLiverpool splashed out £446m last summer – breaking the British transfer record twice“He was criticised, and a lot of it was justified, but the one thing he did, he was a presence.“He ran about, he made himself a real nuisance, he chipped in with some goals, they’ve missed him as well I think.“They just haven’t handled losing the players they have, and the players they’ve brought in, whether it’s been injury or lack of form.“Wirtz, [Milos] Kerkez has taken a while to get going, [Jeremie] Frimpong’s taking a little bit of time to get going as well.“They’ve obviously had injuries, a couple of young centre-backs as well.“They need strengthening in my opinion, certainly need right up the spine I think – centre-forward, centre-midfielder and a centre-back.”1: Premier League Fixtures & Results