Arne Slot's pre-match press conference vs Manchester United:
New signings
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Of course we are happy with the ones we signed because I said many times that it's difficult for us to make the team even stronger because we already have a very strong team. And if we then find them, of course we are very happy with that. Chiesa is someone who can help us for the short term and Mamardashvili is, I think, one of the examples where this club did in the past very good that they look also at the future, long-term future of the club – and that's why we signed him.
Further signings before deadline
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“I’m not expecting anything, but again, it’s no different to all the other days before,” the Dutchman explained.
“If we see an opportunity, we could act. But I’m not expecting anything.”
Caoimhin Kelleher
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“Maybe, but we have to make decisions as well. It’s not only the player,” he told reporters in his pre-Man United press conference.
“If you work at a club like Liverpool you need competition and we need a lot of good players.
“Mamardashvili is someone for the long future of the club, and I’m really, really happy with the goalkeepers we have at the moment.
“Caoimh is one of them, like Vit [Jaros] and Ali. We’re in a good place when it comes to goalkeepers for now and for the long term.”
Manchester United
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Some of them tried to tell me a few things about it, but I don't think that's really necessary. If you're starting to work at Liverpool, everybody knows, every player that comes in knows and every manager that comes in knows how important the game against United is. It's similar to when you work at Feyenoord, how big the game against Ajax is. People tell you, of course, but it's not really necessary because if you follow the game of football, which I do for a long time, you know the importance of Liverpool against United or United against Liverpool.
Federico Chiesa
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“Excited [to have signed him], if we sign someone who can help us achieve our goals and improve the squad, of course we are really excited that we brought him in.
“One of the best things about working here, what I’ve noticed so far, is the culture of this team, they work really hard to achieve their goals.
“It is then really important the first player you bring in has that same attitude and brings the same culture.
“He works really hard on and off the pitch to try to get the best of himself, and he combines this with scoring goals and really aggressive without the ball.
“He can play in so many positions, on the right, left and maybe even in the middle. It makes him an interesting signing for us.
“We should take care of him in the beginning because he didn’t train with the team (Juventus) in the last two weeks, but before he did.
“He hasn’t played many game minutes yet, but we have very good performance staff, and we will build him up in the right way and, hopefully, can see his quality in the near future.”
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It wouldn't be the first time the English media overexaggerate! I think it is true he had a long-term injury with his ACL, but for the rest I don't think he had big injuries. Minor injuries like every other player maybe. We have a lot of trust in our performance staff and the good thing is he is not the only winger we have: he is one out of four, where some others can play in that position as well. If he is not available at certain moments – not only with him, also the others – then there is still enough players for me to choose.