Carragher believes Liverpool manager Arne Slot should speak with vice-captain Dominic Szoboszlai to permanently establish him as a right-back.

Dominic Szoboszlai signed a new contract worth £350,000 per week this summer. He enjoyed an impressive campaign in midfield last season and was named Liverpool's Player of the Year. It was one of few bright spots for Liverpool under Arne Slot's management.

Despite establishing himself in midfield, the Hungarian international has also been deployed as a backup right-back. He featured sporadically in this role last season and shifted to the right flank again in the second half of Saturday's 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest.

After a difficult start under Slot, Carragher believes Szoboszlai could permanently move to right-back. So far this season, Slot's side have failed to win either of their opening two Premier League matches.

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

While Carragher worries that Liverpool's failure to strengthen at full-back in the transfer market could be a "massive mistake," he believes Szoboszlai could provide Slot with a solution.

Speaking on the Disney+ podcast "Stick to Football," Carragher said: "His most obvious problem—it happened last season and again last weekend—Szoboszlai has come back as a right-back. I've never looked at Szoboszlai and thought he's a central midfielder."

"Now he's signed a new contract, and all I can assume from those negotiations is the club tried very hard to keep him, and he's probably said, 'I want to play in midfield.' His position keeps changing, and he started this season in the middle. I don't think he's suited to that role."

"In midfield, in my opinion, he's a Henderson-type player. A player who runs a lot, works hard, and poses a certain goal threat. But Liverpool don't play that way, and he's not really a number 10 either. Actually, his best position could be right-back. There, he'd get plenty of touches, run, and almost replicate Trent Alexander-Arnold's role from that position."

"But he's just signed a new contract worth £350,000 a week, so clearly he won't want to play there. He's just done something massive, and he's still vice-captain. I think Slot needs to have a conversation with him next. Because midfield isn't working right now, and he's a part of this midfield."

Liverpool signed Brazilian winger Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain for £123 million and Spanish winger Víctor Muñoz from Osasuna for £34.5 million this summer, both attacking options on the left wing.

Jakovljevic and Araújo also joined on permanent and loan deals respectively to strengthen the defence, but the club did not recruit a full-back or central midfielder.

Neville described Liverpool's transfer window as "shocking."

"After seeing those two full-backs (Kerkez and Frimpong) play five or six games early last season, it was clear they weren't defensively at that level. I was genuinely shocked. Will Liverpool regret not strengthening that position?"

Carragher added: "Their game intelligence is absolutely dreadful. When you watch them, you think, 'Why are they doing that?' I described Kerkez early last season as the full-backs' Núñez. He just puts his head down and runs forward. Everything he does is at 100 miles per hour."

"Liverpool signed Kerkez for £40 million, and he's had one season. It's not a surprise, but maybe it's right to give him another chance. Slot is from Bournemouth and knows him well. Fair enough. So he's our left-back this season."

"The right-back position is a mess. What Liverpool did after Trent Alexander-Arnold left, I agreed with it at the time too. They didn't buy a replacement for Trent. Conor Bradley did well enough when fit, and the club signed Frimpong. Not to directly compete, but hoping he'd get minutes at right-back and right wing, covering that area somewhat."

"Bradley got an opportunity but suffered an injury, and honestly, his performances last season weren't great. My issue is that Conor Bradley is a good young player, but if someone suffers a serious injury, he's not good enough that you don't need to bring in another player."

"You'd be hoping Trent and Robertson return, but unfortunately I don't think you can rely on Conor Bradley. You need to buy a right-back. We're Liverpool. We're a big club. We can't rely on Conor Bradley. I hope he recovers, wish him well, but I think this is going to be a massive mistake."

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