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With no international tournaments to worry about, Slot has worked with something approaching a full complement, giving his first hint of a potential pecking order by selecting a strong 29-man squad for the tour of Asia.

That brought good news for Trey Nyoni and Rio Ngumoha, two of just a handful of youngsters to travel with a mostly senior group.

For now, at least, that probably doesn't feature among Slot's biggest selection dilemmas.

In fact, Slot just gave his biggest hint yet about what he currently perceives to be his first-choice Liverpool team.

But in front of Giorgi Mamardashvili, it looked like Slot elected to go full-strength.

Tell-tale signs included the central pairing of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, who spent most of last season at the heart of Liverpool's defense, and Mohamed Salah, one of the few with a near-automatic pass into any best XI.

The new signing got the nod on one flank, but not the other; Milos Kerkez started ahead of Andy Robertson, but Jeremie Frimpong had to settle for a place on the bench behind Conor Bradley.

This could well be a window into the start-of-season pecking order.

While Robertson will no doubt still play plenty of football, the arrival of Kerkez will ultimately signal his phasing-out — known for his ruthlessness, it would be characteristic of Slot to make that change early on, leaving it down to the Scot to try and win his place back.

On the other side, Bradley is even younger than Frimpong, so the dynamics are different?

And it appears the new signing may have to earn his place from the incumbent, with Slot having been impressed by the Northern Irish international throughout last season.

Yet it wouldn't be a surprise to see Frimpong upset the pecking order even before the Premier League gets underway.