Arne Slot explains why his team selection is compromised by 4 players

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Arne Slot has explained that he may not always want to rotate, but his team selection has been compromised by the lack of pre-season for several players. Slot has named the same starting lineup only once this season, and that continuity of selection, he says, has been compromised by several players not having a full pre-season under their belt.

“What you see is, and I think I explained this many times, is that there are a few players from us that missed pre-season so you simply cannot play them every single [game],” Slot told reporters. • READ: Ibrahima Konate an “accident waiting to happen” – but he’s not the only one “Well, you can but then that could become a risk of players becoming injured. “But this is a decision we have made together, I completely believe in this, because if you have 25 [players] it’s very hard to manage your squad.

“But as a result of that, with Hugo, Alex, Conor and Mac Allister not having the pre-season a player should have, that also results in the fact that I cannot play them every time.” Injury stopped Conor Bradley and Alexis Mac Allister from completing the full pre-season schedule, while Alexander Isak‘s summer was well-documented and he needs time to get back up to speed. None of the players Slot mentioned have completed 90 minutes yet this season and the early need to manage the squad accordingly has not helped with the initial instability, nor for the new signings to settle in.