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“That is something I can only tell you on the first of September, because the window is still three weeks open,” said Slot.

Amid the hyperbole and frenzy of the cultural obsession with transfers, outgoings can be camouflaged by incomings, and Slot noted: “We’ve also lost starters that have had a big impact on our title-winning season last year.” That, he feels, is not being talked about enough.

Their replacements seem high-calibre players.

“I cannot tell you now if these players are able to perform at the same level every three days,” said Slot.

“The net spend of us compared to the other teams is in our favour, if you look at the last two seasons,” said Slot; indeed, Liverpool’s net spend is not the biggest this summer.

And Slot is thinking about what he has lost as well as what he has gained, and not merely on the pitch.

Not so with Diaz and Alexander-Arnold.

“We lost players in a good phase of their career,” said Slot.

“If we are only favourites because we’ve spent a bit, I would see that as weird, because we’ve lost a lot as well,” said Slot.