Liverpool’s rebuild project is now clear – here’s how it might look under Arne Slot

Arne Slot may have two audiences to convince, but his message has been consistent this week. Liverpool ’s future will be brighter, he said in the aftermath of their Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain . Which, some would say, it has to be; they do not want another season like this.

And certainly not if the current campaign, which is certain to finish without silverware, ends without securing Champions League football for next year. But if, of the two groups of people Slot needs to persuade that he can oversee that improvement, owners Fenway Sports Group and their representatives at Anfield, Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards, may be more receptive than a sceptical fanbase. Slot accepts that they will need to glimpse the evidence to support his optimism.

“I think people only start to believe when they are seeing it,” Slot said. “That’s what we need to do after the summer, but we are mainly focused here on the upcoming six games because that could also impact our plans for the summer at this club. ” As it is, Slot sees a way in which he feels things have got better.

“Just compare us with the start of the season and where we are now, compare the players we have signed with the start of the season and where we are now. I see a difference, in a positive way,” he said. Others may not: Liverpool have lost four of their last five games in all competitions; in the Premier League, they have only taken 20 points from the last 14.