Inside Liverpool's pre-season training as Arne Slot takes charge of his new team
A week into Liverpool's pre-season and Arne Slot is getting a real insight into the quality of the squad he has inherited from Jurgen Klopp. The likes of Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah, Kostas Tsimikas, Caoimhin Kelleher, Harvey Elliott and Conor Bradley have all been present while Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo joined the contingent earlier this week.
It means Slot remains without many of his key men as pre-season continues at pace. Despite that, though, there has been no gentle introduction to the rest of the contingent, with Slot and a new-look backroom staff putting the players through their paces over the last week. "I’m enjoying it a lot," Slot said. "The pitches are great. The boys are full of energy; Pep and Jürgen already said to me last season that I’m going to enjoy working with them – and they haven’t lied at all. Full of energy.
It's not just the running drills that have changed under Slot, however. The goalkeeper department, which is now overseen by Fabian Otte after his involvement with the United States at the Copa America, has seen a new way of working introduced for the glovesmen of the AXA Training Centre. "So he is already in now after one week of holiday. That is what you like to see. Having holidays is important as well, but you like to see staff members and players want to come in as early as they can, join the team and help us for hopefully a very good season."
However, the decision was taken for Salah to remain in the care of his club with the 32-year-old said to be desperate to start the season off on the right foot. The uber-professional Salah is determined to remain an integral part of the setup under a new head coach and a full season schedule for Liverpool will go a long way towards ensuring he is 100% for the big kick-off at Ipswich Town on August 17.
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