Liverpool boss Arne Slot addresses Virgil van Dijk's team meeting - 'my territory'

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That was something I was not happy about.""It would not be good if the voice they were hearing was always me. That is why they hear my assistants too."And I don't think it was like Virgil brought them over and said (gestures working on a tactics board): 'From now on we must play like this'."We have five players who are captains of their national team.

You need that with experience, all of them can have a proper conversation."I encourage them to take responsibility and talk to each other, whether they are in the sauna or swimming pool, or when they are standing around with five or six of them.Van Dijk called for a players-only meeting. If they are sitting upstairs at the coffee bar now, do you think they talk?

I think they do."They constantly talk, sometimes that is done with everybody and sometimes just the leadership group."They talk and they should do. That is meant as a compliment, but most of mine in the Dutch league were 22 or 23 because if they did well, they would go somewhere else after good performances."Virgil has done what I expected of him with his own performances.