Slot believes in burgeoning Wirtz-Isak partnership

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Slot accepts the new arrivals have had their difficulties, not helped by an underperforming team around them, but in the last month has seen glimpses that both are finally starting to find their feet. I think there are some other players that haven’t scored the amount of goals that I think they are able to, or they have shown in the past they are able to, and that will go back to normal in a certain moment and the sooner the better." Wirtz would come into that category with seven goals and 10 assists – none of which have come against Premier League opposition currently occupying European places – representing a lower-than-expected return for a player hailed as a generational talent when he arrived from Bayer Leverkusen.

Almost every player in the world is at his best when he is 25, 26 but he is already an elite player now and he can only become better." As part of the improvements for next season, there are plans afoot to bolster the backroom staff, with the club being linked with Etienne Reijnen. He worked with Slot at Feyenoord and would have followed him to Anfield had there not been work permit issues, which have now been resolved.

We always look around to see how we can strengthen," added Slot, who lost Aaron Briggs from his coaching team in December after he paid the price for poor set-piece performances. Slot also said it was "a big relief" the departing Mohamed Salah’s hamstring injury was only minor and he was likely to play again this season, while admitting goalkeeper Alisson Becker remained a doubt for Old Trafford as he had not yet trained after seven matches out injured.