Arne Slot responds to Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk's comments on Liverpool standards

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And what Mo is saying is that standards are really important for a football club,” the Liverpool boss said.“I cannot agree more with him. I’m not worried about it at all.Salah said last week that he was worried about Liverpool's standards dropping after his exit(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA, Getty Images)“The standards are not only important in the gym,” he added, on where standards must be met.

So, how will I answer that question then?“As I said, I completely agree with him [Salah] how important these standards are. I think they [standards] are in a good place at the moment."I think it also makes sense that younger players – it doesn’t have to be the new players, it can be the seven-year-old that comes from the academy – they usually get the example of players like Mo and others for them to understand and to know what it takes to play every three days at this level.Slot was not pleased with Salah's recent comments(Image: Getty Images)“I think that our younger players have improved in this already.

I am completely convinced that we have enough players next season – and, add to that, the ones that we will sign – to put the standards exactly into the place they are needed.“I’m not saying that we need to sign them,” Slot continued, in a passionate response from the Dutchman. "I think we have them already.“And this [setting standards] is what Mo did when he was 26.