Arne Slot ready for Liverpool’s ‘intense’ Premier League season and says lack of transfers won’t weaken side | Football News
New Liverpool head coach Arne Slot spoke on a spread of matters forward of his Reds managerial debut at Ipswich City, with transfers – or lack of them – participant contracts, why the crew is simply as sturdy as final season and getting ready for an ‘intense’ Premier League all coated by the Dutchman in his pre-match press convention.
Slot will take his place within the guests’ dugout at Portman Street on Saturday lunchtime as Liverpool kick off the 2024/25 top-flight season in opposition to newly-promoted Ipswich, with the person who has taken over from Jurgen Klopp seeking to change into the primary Reds boss within the Premier League period to win his maiden sport in cost of the membership.
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Sky Sports activities’ Anton Toloui breaks down Liverpool’s pre-season win over Actual Betis and what type to anticipate from Arne Slot.
Slot’s side have loved an encouraging pre-season, with spectacular wins in opposition to Arsenal and Manchester United on the summer season tour of the US, however these eye-catching victories will depend for nothing in the event that they slip up of their opening sport in East Anglia.
Not surprisingly, the 45-year-old was quizzed on the membership’s lack of switch exercise to this point this summer season – Liverpool are the one Premier League crew to not have introduced in any gamers in in the course of the shut season – and particularly, their failure to influence holding midfielder Martin Zubimendi to depart Actual Sociedad for Anfield.
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Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott believes the crew’s new head coach Arne Slot has the suitable mentality to win trophies and carry success to the membership.
In the meantime, Slot additionally fielded questions on the futures of captain Virgil van Dijk, vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, all of whose contracts run out on the finish of the season, earlier than turning his consideration to the problem of a visit to Portman Street this weekend…
‘It isn’t straightforward discovering gamers to strengthen the squad’
Slot stated he was pleased with the squad he inherited from his predecessor Jurgen Klopp:
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The Good Morning Transfers panel focus on how Liverpool may cope this season after failing to herald any new signings.
“I’ve stated many occasions already our squad is actually sturdy and it is not straightforward to seek out gamers who may help us or strengthen the squad.
“Zubimendi was one of them to be fair, but he decided not to come. We go forward with the ones we have. We are in a good place.
“Within the background Richard [Hughes] is attempting to strengthen the squad as he can, sadly Zubimendi determined to not come.
“He did every effort and tried everything to bring him in but if a player doesn’t want to come, it’s obvious he’s not coming.”
‘I do not get the argument we’re now weaker this season’
Slot insisted his side haven’t been weakened by a lack of signings this summer season:
“That argument I do not perceive. For those who do not strengthen the crew you change into weaker?
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Sky Sports activities’ Danyal Khan appears into why Actual Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi is not going to be making a transfer to Arne Slot’s Liverpool.
“That’s a bit weird as normally you’d either stay the same or I truly believe on the training ground you can help players and teams to improve.
“That is what occurred right here in recent times. The coaching floor actually helped the crew enhance.
“Maybe what you mean is that if the clubs around you do strengthen their team then maybe they become better, but it’s not always true that if you bring in new players the team becomes stronger.”
‘For those who maintain bringing gamers in, then generally the power within the group goes down’
Slot said signings will solely be made if they will enhance the squad and whereas the search continues, he believes he can carry the very best out of the prevailing group:
“We’re at all times speaking right here about transfers, but it surely’s constructive that we’ve saved our gamers.
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Liverpool CEO Billy Hogan discusses why he believes Arne Slot is the suitable man for the managerial job and offers perception into the the lack of switch information on the membership this summer season.
“I also believe in general that every player in the team needs to have perspective on playing time and if you keep bringing players in, then sometimes the energy in the group goes down as well.
“We’re in an excellent place in the mean time – Jurgen left the crew in an excellent place and we try to construct from there.
“Last season they won a trophy with this team – we are aiming for the same this season. It’s not going to be easy as there are a lot of strong teams in the Premier League who have strengthened their squad, but we are looking forward to the challenge.”
‘Trent is succesful of enjoying each positions rather well’
Slot claimed Alexander-Arnold was in a position to play as each a right-back and in midfield:
Alexander-Arnold can play as each a proper again and in midfield, says Slot
“A position is always related to the team. Trent is known as a right full-back all his life and as a midfielder as a youngster.
“You see him going into midfield at occasions and in midfield on the Euros, so he’s succesful of enjoying each positions actually good, so it’s as much as me to resolve.”
‘This is not the place to talk about contracts’
However, Slot was tight-lipped when it came to discussing the futures of Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Salah:
“I do not suppose that is the place to speak about contracts, however I can guarantee you they [Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Salah] are within the squad tomorrow [Saturday].”
‘Diaz’s future is with us’
Slot was adamant that regardless of latest reviews linking Luis Diaz with a transfer to Man Metropolis or Barcelona this summer season, the Colombia ahead can be staying at Anfield this season:
Slot expects ahead Luis Diaz to stick with Liverpool this season
“When I walked in, Sky Sports was on the screen and I asked, ‘Is the whole day just about talking about football?!’
“It is no shock I hear hypothesis about [Luis] Diaz. Is there anybody’s future we do not speak about?
“His future is with us. I like a lot of what I saw. He has had a big impact on Liverpool and I hope he has one for the coming season.”
‘We have to carry Nunez into extra scoring positions’
Slot on what his side must do to assist Darwin Nunez rating extra targets this season:
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Jamie Carragher criticised Darwin Nunez’s ending because the Uruguayan striker missed a golden likelihood in opposition to Everton throughout Liverpool’s 2-0 loss within the Merseyside derby.
“We bring him [Nunez] as much as we can into scoring positions [to help him score more goals this season].
“Everybody advantages from the crew efficiency. If everybody can carry the attackers into harmful positions, then these gamers will rating targets.
“We have even scored goals out of smaller chances in pre-season, so it is up to us to bring Darwin or Diogo [Jota], or other attackers into promising positions.
“Then he just like the others will rating targets…”
‘I have been advised each Premier League sport is intense!’
Slot on what to anticipate from his debut managerial marketing campaign within the Premier League:
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Watch the very best of Arne Slot’s first press convention for Liverpool, because the Dutchman begins the duty of taking on from Jurgen Klopp.
“For me the pre-season games meant something as it was important to prepare the team for the Premier League.
“Now we begin in opposition to a promoted crew who’ve accomplished so properly underneath their supervisor so now we get ready.
“It’s not harder than preparing for a team who were in the Premier League for 22 years, we have seen their games from last season and pre-season.
“It’s true a newly-promoted membership has so much of positivity, however everybody has advised me that each sport within the Premier League is intense and that’s what we anticipate tomorrow as properly.
“A promoted team who only has had positives, they are looking forward to it, but so are we.”