Every word of Arne Slot press conference as team news and new contract discussed

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I am completely happy with the team and convinced with the strategy and the policy we have, but the issue is not all of them have had a proper pre-season, or have been injured during the season. I am a firm believer that 20 or 21 players are enough, but then you have to keep them fit as we did last season.

He came to us on 1 September; a few others have missed out on pre-season, a few others have had injuries in pre-season, so it has been more difficult than last season to keep them available. We need to have him available because otherwise I have to play Hugo [Ekitike] every single game.

If one is out, I have to play the other more, so that’s why I have played Dominik Szoboszlai a bit in that position. "But we still have more than enough good players available to play the game on Saturday, to play the games on Tuesday and Sunday, but I have to take care of them and that is why I make the decision not to play seven or eight of them two days ago." Key to changing fortunes "I think the first half against Palace was also similar to that 60 minutes at Brentford.