Arne Slot insists “a membership like Liverpool all the time retains its eye open” in the case of transfers, however wouldn’t be drawn on whether or not they are going to signal a brand new No. 6.
With the Reds now having returned to Merseyside and joined by their summer time internationals, Slot will work along with his full squad for the primary time on Tuesday.
It’s anticipated that this may see the membership lastly kick into gear in the case of transfers, after a quiet summer time with no signings up to now.
Talking to journalists together with the Mail‘s Lewis Steele following the 3-0 pleasant win over Man United in america, Slot insisted sporting director Richard Hughes is “working onerous” on a tough process.
“I discover that you’re centered rather a lot on new signings!” he remarked.
“I’m centered on the tour, how we performed, what we have to enhance and what we did properly.
“Like I mentioned, the bar is basically excessive for brand new signings as a result of we’ve so many good gamers.
“It’s not really easy to first discover a participant to fulfill these requirements after which ask, ‘is he obtainable?’.
“Then we’ve to search out an settlement with them, so it’s not all the time simple to discover a participant who might help us however Richard is working onerous on it and let’s see what comes from this.”
It has been reiterated on quite a few events that Liverpool are solely looking for top-tier additions to their squad, which seems to have difficult the seek for a defensive midfielder.
Wataru Endo appears out of favour, having solely began as soon as in three video games on the US tour and being subbed at half-time in that 1-0 win over Actual Betis.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch have been most well-liked towards Arsenal and Man United respectively, and whereas an £11.8 million bid from Marseille has already been rejected, it’s doubtless Endo can be offered for the best supply.
Requested particularly about signing a brand new No. 6, Slot replied: “Ryan did rather well in that place [against United] and we’ve different choices as properly.
“The easiest way to guage it’s when we’ve all of the gamers again and we nonetheless haven’t, however a membership like Liverpool all the time retains its eye open to see what’s obtainable.
“For gamers that may strengthen the squad and that’s what we – Richard largely however me as properly – want to do.
“However that’s not specific to 1 place. We consistently consider the squad the place we are able to do one thing and what we’ve.
“We’ve a great platform to construct from and never simply due to this tour, Jurgen left this squad in an excellent place, I feel I mentioned that earlier than.
“Now it’s as much as us to maintain performing like Liverpool did for therefore a few years.”
