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View image in fullscreenLiverpool should be title favourites but not because of spending, insists Slot

‘We brought in good players, like all the other teams’

Manager accepts uncertainty natural after overhaul

Arne Slot has conceded Liverpool can be considered favourites for the Premier League title but played down the impact of their spending and said a summer of upheaval had created some uncertainty over his team’s prospects.

The head coach accepts Liverpool will carry the mantle of favourites into the new campaign having won a 20th league championship by a comfortable margin last season.

And we brought in good players.

I think there’s only been one exception [a team winning the league after a frugal summer] in the last two, three, four, five, six years, and that’s Liverpool last season.

“Every team in the Premier League is spending money.

“The players we’ve brought in have done really well already, as expected,” he said.

Florian Wirtz comes from the Bundesliga, where he was used to playing every three or four days, but we have to ask him in two months if the intensity levels of the Premier League are comparable with the Bundesliga.

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“In terms of talent and the quality we’ve brought in, we see that we have a very good team again.

I am really happy with the players we’ve brought in but we’ve also lost starters that had a big impact on our title-winning season last year.”

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