Carragher believes Liverpool manager Iraola needs to speak with vice-captain Szoboszlai and permanently position him as a right-back.

Szoboszlai signed a new contract this summer worth £350,000 per week. He performed brilliantly in midfield last season and was named Liverpool's Player of the Year. For The Reds, that was one of the bright spots under Arne Slot.

Despite being established in midfield, the Hungarian player has also been deployed as a right-back. He rarely played in this position last season, and in the second half of Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest on Saturday, he returned to the right wing.

Carragher believes that after a shaky start under Iraola, Szoboszlai could be permanently moved to right-back. So far, Iraola has yet to win in his two Premier League matches as manager.

With Conor Bradley still injured and Frimpong's form fluctuating, right-back has become a problem position for Liverpool following Trent Alexander-Arnold's departure to Real Madrid last summer.

Carragher is concerned that Liverpool's failure to strengthen the full-back position in the transfer window will be a "big mistake," but he believes Szoboszlai can provide a solution for Iraola.

Carragher said on the "Stick to Football" podcast produced by Disney+: "The clearest issue (for Iraola) is the same thing happened last season and last weekend—Szoboszlai is back playing as a right-back. I've never considered Szoboszlai a central midfielder."

"Now that he's signed a new contract, I can only imagine that in those negotiations, the club was keen to keep him, and he would have almost said, 'I want to play in midfield.' His position keeps changing, and he started this season in midfield. I don't think he fits that role."

"To me, in midfield, he's like Henderson—a player who covers a lot of ground, is aggressive, and has a certain goal threat. But Liverpool don't play that way, and he's not a true No. 10. In fact, his best position might be right-back. There he can get plenty of touches, cover ground, and almost play the Alexander-Arnold role in that position."

"But he definitely won't want to play there because he's just signed a new contract worth £350,000 a week. You've just done something massive like that, and he's still vice-captain—I just feel Iraola needs to have a conversation with him next because midfield isn't working right now, and he's part of that midfield."

Liverpool signed Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain for £123 million and Víctor Muñoz from Osasuna for £34.5 million this summer, both left-wing players.

Jaqueta and Araujo also joined on permanent and loan deals respectively, strengthening the defense, but the club did not add players at right-back or central midfield.

Neville said, reviewing Liverpool's transfer window: "I'm surprised."

"Both full-backs (Kerkez and Frimpong)—clearly after watching them play five or six games early last season, they weren't at that defensive level. I'm very surprised. Will Liverpool regret not strengthening that position?"

Carragher added: "Their understanding of the game is very poor. You watch the match and think, why is he doing that? I described Kerkez as the 'Núñez' among full-backs early last season—just charging forward with his head down. Everything he does is at 100 miles per hour."

"Liverpool paid £40 million for Kerkez, and he's played one season. Not outstanding, but giving him another chance might be right. Iraola came from Bournemouth, he knows him, fair enough. So he's our left-back this season."

"Right-back is a mess. What Liverpool did after Alexander-Arnold left—I agreed with it at the time—they didn't buy an Alexander-Arnold replacement. Conor Bradley has played well enough when fit, and the club brought in Frimpong, not as direct competition, but hoping he could fill in a bit at right-back and right-wing, getting playing time there."

"Bradley got his chance and got injured, and honestly didn't play well last season. My issue is, Conor Bradley is a good young player, but if someone is sidelined with a serious injury, he's not good enough that you don't bring someone in."

"You'll be waiting for Alexander-Arnold and Robertson to return, but unfortunately, I don't think you should be waiting on Conor Bradley. You need to go out and buy a right-back."

"We're Liverpool, we're a big club, we can't be waiting on Conor Bradley. We hope he recovers, best of luck to him, but I think this will be a big mistake."

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