Liverpool head coach Arne Slot felt vindicated by the standard of his enjoying squad following their 5-1 demolition of West Ham United.
The Reds progressed to spherical 4 of the Carabao Cup with a sizeable win at house to the Hammers on Wednesday night, throughout which their solely fast summer time signing, Federico Chiesa, made his first begin. Mohamed Salah scored for the hosts, whereas Diogo Jota and Cody Gakpo grabbed braces.
Slot arrived at Anfield this summer time because the successor to the legendary Jurgen Klopp, and he confronted fixed questions in his first press conferences over the membership’s lack of switch exercise.
Talking to Sky Sports activities after Liverpool beat West Ham, Slot took the chance to pay tribute to a largely unchanged squad from final season.
“For 2 months you solely requested me about new gamers and I always informed you guys what number of high quality gamers we already had!” Slot stated.
“That’s what we confirmed within the final weeks and immediately once more, that we now have many high quality gamers.
“What pleases me most is that even when numerous new gamers are available [to the starting lineup], they do not are available and attempt to have an excellent particular person performances. They attempt to work actually onerous for the workforce as a result of there was numerous want to not concede.
“And on account of that, we had some good particular person performances as properly.”
Along with bringing in Chiesa from Juventus, Liverpool additionally struck a cope with Valencia to signal Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili in 2025.
Liverpool closely pursued Euro 2024 winner Martin Zubimendi, however he determined to remain at boyhood membership Actual Sociedad as a substitute. 90min understands they may reignite their curiosity within the midfielder ought to he sign a willingness to depart San Sebastian.
