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Just 82 days after lifting the trophy above his head at Anfield, captain Virgil van Dijk will lead his teammates out against Bournemouth.

"If you won it last season, it's quite normal that you are part of the favorites again for next season," Slot said ahead of facing Crystal Palace in the Community Shield at Wembley this weekend.

"But it's completely normal that we are one of the favorites, because we won it last season.



Man City

Having quietly spent a huge amount of money in 2025 ($410 million/£305 million, according to Transfermarkt), Manchester City will need to improve massively from last season.

The impact of being in the Club World Cup is unknown, but the return of Rodri from an ACL injury should make a big difference (even if that has now been delayed because of another setback).

Pep Guardiola has challenged himself to get Manchester City back on track again — a bit like Jurgen Klopp, who waited to depart Liverpool until it was back in the Champions League again — and he has brought in Pep Lijnders to help.

Will it be as good as Liverpool this season, though.

Florian Wirtz, for example, is considerably better than any Manchester City signing.
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