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Arne Slot has said past season’s title triumph “postponed” nan extremity of an era astatine Liverpool but that nan nine were nether nary illusions a rebuild was required erstwhile appointing him arsenic Jürgen Klopp’s successor.
Two much links to nan Klopp era will beryllium removed this summertime erstwhile Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah time off connected free transfers. Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Joe Gomez, nan remaining players from nan squad that delivered Premier League and Champions League occurrence to Anfield nether Klopp, will past participate nan last years of their contracts.
Slot is nether aggravated unit aft a dismal play that has brought 16 defeats, a fig he knows is unacceptable. The caput coach, however, insists he and nan nine hierarchy, including nan sporting director, Richard Hughes, and nan owner, Fenway Sports Group, stay aligned connected nan reasons for nan problems, including an inevitable modulation play aft Klopp. The turmoil that accompanies transition, Slot believes, was delayed by past season’s Premier League title.
“This is 1 of nan things we are aligned connected – not now, but 1 and a half years ago,” said Slot connected having to negociate nan break-up of a awesome Liverpool team. “It is normal successful shot that you person cycles. I’m really happy that Mo and Robbo person worked pinch each of nan signings we did past summertime because they person been capable to spot what nan nine intends to them and really difficult they work. That is simply a normal process astatine successful clubs, aliases immoderate club, that location is an extremity to a cycle. That’s not thing that is caller to us. The awesome point is that we possibly postponed that rhythm pinch past season.”
Slot insists he still feels nan support of Hughes, Michael Edwards, nan main executive of shot astatine FSG, nan ownership and, “weird arsenic it mightiness sound” aft a chastening tally of defeats, Liverpool fans.
He said: “It’s not astir each time they are saying: ‘We support you, we support you.’ It is talking done what we spot is happening and, sometimes, it is not ever needed to say: ‘I americium supporting you,’ but you tin consciousness that support. I’ve felt that support since I’ve been here.
“I cannot show you what we are saying to each different but I think, and I don’t cognize what group are writing, but I deliberation we each spot nan same. By that I mean nan ownership, Richard, Michael, everyone. Everyone sees what is happening successful beforehand of our eyes and we are each aligned successful what we are seeing. We are decidedly aligned successful what we are seeing and connected nan reasons for it.”
