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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has suggested that it would be unexpected if the club did not secure any new signings before the transfer window closes on August 30.
Despite expressing satisfaction with his current squad, Slot indicated that he anticipates new additions. “It would be a surprise for all of us if we don’t bring any player in. So that will probably happen in the end,” Slot said before Liverpool’s pre-season match against Real Betis in Pittsburgh.
Slot, who has taken over from Jürgen Klopp, has been evaluating his squad while several key players are absent due to commitments in Euro 2024 and Copa America. Portugal’s Diogo Jota, France’s Ibrahima Konaté, and Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch have joined the team in the U.S. However, Scotland’s Andy Robertson is sidelined with a “small injury” from the Euros, and other key players, including Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Luis Díaz, Cody Gakpo, Joe Gomez, Alexis Mac Allister, Darwin Núñez, and Virgil van Dijk, are still missing from the tour.
Slot acknowledged the challenge of integrating new players given the strength of the current squad and the ongoing adjustments behind the scenes, including the appointment of Richard Hughes as sporting director and Michael Edwards as chief executive of football.
On Alexander-Arnold’s contract situation, which has just one year remaining, Slot offered a standard response: “Contract situations are not discussed at this place – but just keep trying [to ask the question], I would say.”
