Why spotlight on Liverpool’s dressing room culture is a sign of a changing club
IN FOCUS: The players had more days off last season, when they were Premier League champions, and Arne Slot disagrees with the suggestion that a once-great team is losing its identity as senior players move on. By Richard Jolly
Liverpool set the standards last season. The Premier League table provides some proof those standards have slipped on the pitch; so, too, the total of 18 defeats in all competitions . Yet the attention has been diverted to the standards off the pitch.
Mohamed Salah said he felt the bond in the dressing room is changing; he spoke of his concerns about the mentality in the dressing room. A man whose chiselled physique is testament to his work ethic said players need to get in early to go the gym, which in turn will encourage others to. For Arne Slot , the culture is not a problem; nor does he think it will be next season when Andy Robertson and Salah, two of the stalwarts of Jurgen Klopp ’s great side, depart.
Slot argued that there are enough cultural architects already in his side to weather the loss of two influential figures. “What Mo is saying is that standards are really important for a football club,” said Slot. “I cannot agree more with him.
I did not hear him say that the standards are not okay now. I’m not worried that the standards will be lower next season than they were this season, last season or the season before. ” Club stalwarts Mohamed Salah, left, and Virgil van Dijk (PA) That mention of those three campaigns may have been a coincidence.
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