Arne Slot is using Liverpool’s pre-season tour to assess his players before making recruitment and retention decisions after rejecting a bid for Wataru Endo. Marseille have lodged a £12 million offer as they look to bring Endo to the south of France, but new manager Roberto De Zerbi has received a knock back. Slot was hired from Feyenoord and has huge shoes to fill but is keen to remain calm and take a measured approach as he casts his eye over the players he’s inherited.

They bought in several replacements as a result, spending well over £100m on the likes of Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister. Slot has a decision to make on a number of players. Darwin Nunez is another expensive asset who continues to be questioned after two years at the club.

The Dutchman commented when he arrived that he would be working with a group who have “really high standards.” Liverpool fell away in the title race late on last term, but did claim the Carabao Cup, and have a strong recent history of competing for silverware. He said earlier this summer: “I think I said before that the first aim is to work with these players.

Of course it’s a disadvantage that many of them are not here yet, I mean the players that are already under contract. The positive about that is that it’s an important lifeline of the club that youngsters come into the team as well, so it’s an ideal way of seeing them in these weeks, where they get a lot of playing time as well. “The standards are really high when it comes to bringing in new players because we have such a good team and such a good squad.

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