With the Arne Slot period afoot, the primary wave of Liverpool gamers returned to pre-season coaching on Friday, and we picked out 5 issues noticed from day one.
“We’re again!”
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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 5, 2024
With Greece not qualifying for Euro 2024, Kostas Tsimikas was the eldest of all of the gamers again and some of the spritely.
In typical trend for the upbeat left-back, instantly after strolling by means of the doorways of the coaching base, he gave the cameras a peace signal whereas declaring: “We’re again!”
Jurgen Klopp could also be gone, however judging by the media put out by the membership, his staff spirit is properly and actually nonetheless in place, although the actual check will come after they face adversity through the season.
Assistants retaining watch
Slot and Richard Hughes gave their first press convention at Liverpool on Friday, however they weren’t the one employees within the room.
Assistant coach Sipke Hulshoff and lead bodily efficiency coach Ruben Peeters had been additionally current, perched in the back of the room within the AXA Coaching Centre, to take heed to their boss.
Additionally in attendance was Slot’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, who’s answerable for the late Mino Raiola’s clientele.
Van den Berg & Phillips clock in
Some could be stunned to see Sepp van den Berg again coaching at Liverpool, however the Dutchman stays dedicated to sustaining his health and, in fact, would like to catch the attention of Slot.
The explanation some could also be stunned by that’s that he lately spoke actually about how he might need to go away Liverpool to additional his profession.
Nat Phillips has been much less vocal however can be anticipated to maneuver on on this switch window. Cardiff supervisor Erol Bulut has already mentioned he wish to signal the defender completely, and Phillips has admitted he would “definitely contemplate” it.
Who was again?
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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 5, 2024
At the very least 16 gamers had been caught on digicam whereas having fun with their first day again.
In addition to Tsimikas, Van den Berg and Phillips, Stefan Bajcetic, Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Owen Beck, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Fabio Carvalho, Kaide Gordon, James McConnell, Ben Doak, Tyler Morton, Harvey Davies and Caoimhin Kelleher had been all on the coaching floor.
That isn’t to say they had been all coaching, although. Certainly, these early days are for testing solely anyway.
In line with the membership, solely Bajcetic, Bradley, Quansah and Van den Berg had been concerned within the morning, whereas Beck, Jones, Kelleher and Tsimikas all obtained going within the afternoon. If that basically was the case, we’ve no concept what the opposite eight had been doing there!
No Salah or Endo
Amongst those that had been anticipated to be there this week had been Mo Salah and Wataru Endo.
Neither had been known as up by their nations to play on the Paris Olympics, however they had been nonetheless absent from day certainly one of pre-season.
The truth is, Salah’s social media signifies he’s nonetheless having fun with the sunshine in Greece!
