Arne Slot insists Liverpool’s transition is not an excuse for failure
Liverpool are braced for a summer of turnover after a wholly unsuccessful Premier League title defence
Arne Slot believes a lot should be expected of Liverpool next season, even with a turnover of players, as he said that being in transition is not an excuse for failure. Liverpool are yet to qualify for the Champions League this season as, despite being defending champions and spending £450m in the summer , they are only fifth with a game to go. And there will be further upheaval with Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson definitely going and doubts surrounding the future of players like Alisson, Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones.
But Slot is adamant they cannot use that as a reason not to compete for honours. Arne Slot is not accepting that Liverpool’s period of transition can be used as an excuse for their underperformance (PA Wire) He said: “When I say we are in a transition I don’t mean to not expect anything from us. I hope nobody feels that.
I was expecting, just as you all here, that we were more able to compete for things than we were this season. “Although we lost in the FA Cup to the team that won the FA Cup [Manchester City] and we lost in the Champions League to a team that not one team could beat over two legs [Paris Saint-Germain]. “Then of course there was the Premier League where we had no chance to win it, that was clear after 10 or 15 games.
It is not saying, ‘Oh, don’t expect anything from this team’. Definitely not. This team has showed that we were able already to be at a certain level and we can only evolve this team.