Arne Slot press conference - Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Liverpool injury latest
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We want to take good care of him, we have a lot of belief in how special he is."09:20Paul GorstSlot on Ekitike headingIt's true that when I played - a long time ago - we probably had a ball hanging on a rope and we headed it to work on a technique. Maybe things have changed, finally, as we scored stoppage time v Forest."09:11Paul GorstSlot on AlissonIn an ideal world you don't need the GK because you defend so well but the good thing is if we do we have an outstanding one, he has been here 7 years now, we only have one good GK, we have Mamardashvili too, another who could be No.1.
We needed him v Forest after 3 mins and he was there for us again."09:10Paul GorstSlot on Salah formHe set his own standards and they are so, so, so high the moment he doesn't score for a few games, people are surprised, so that is the big compliment. It's a big accomplishment for him to stay fit for such a long time because he had to stay fit to make the step up but unfortunately he is not available, which is a disappointment for him and for us, because he played really well." 09:04Paul GorstSlot is hereThe Liverpool head coach is here...08:59Ian DoyleBusy busyHere at the AXA Training Centre.Not long until Slot is among us.
"Always knocks and things to assess, [but we have] a training session tomorrow and then we travel."The Hammers only have two players currently known to be out injured: the goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, who has been out with a back injury since November, and January signing Pablo Felipe.The Brazilian striker, known as Pablo, became Espirito Santo's first signing at West Ham when he arrived from Portuguese side Gil Vicente in January.The Portuguese coach gave a positive update on Pablo's recovery, but the £21.8million striker will not make his return against Liverpool, having already missed the last three games."He didn't join us yet - he's starting his individual programme, improving day by day," Espirito Santo said. He wasn’t able to be 100% or close to 100%.“I think after being in this league for six, seven or eight months that no matter how good you are on the ball, you need to be 100% at this level."So we decided not to play him but hope and expect him to be with us next week.”However, Wirtz wasn't captured in the batch of training pictures released by the club today.Expect he £116m summer signing's fitness to be top of the agenda this morning.07:46Paul WheelockJeremie Frimpong boostJeremie Frimpong has given Liverpool a huge boost heading into Saturday's visit from West Ham United after returning to training on Thursday.