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Arne Slot speaks to the media ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League match vs. Real Madrid on Wednesday.
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he’s already sitting there he’s been there since Su could be changed from PR I will ask the question and you can answer mine probably now any face couple yeah I think you probably expect what’s coming next um obviously there were a few quotes from Mo at the weekend saying that he hadn’t been offered the new contract and he’s more out than in at the moment so how do you see the situation and what are you being told about how contract negotiations are going uh indeed people tell me about this but I’ve said many times we don’t share this over here at least I don’t share this over here um the only thing I can say is if I look at my lineups MO is more in than out um so uh that quote I can give you that said though when a player speaks out like that on it does do it cause an issue in terms of a distraction when it comes to big games like like this and is there a genuine fear from yourself that you could lose Mo in the sum now because his numbers are obviously still up there where you would want them to be yeah definitely we want his numbers to be where they are at at the moment because those are the numbers Mo always have had and still has so that’s the positive thing I don’t think he’s extra distracted at all I haven’t seen that after United game where he had some commands I haven’t seen it after uh a post you told me about afterwards he just kept on scoring I didn’t see anything today he’s just fully focused on the game tomorrow and I think these kind of things are inside here and probably in the media and all fans talk about it which is completely normal but if you would have been at the EXA today I don’t think any any player talked about it at least not when I was there maybe they they always give each other a bit of stick uh so maybe they did this now as well but players are also are focused on the short term and that’s Madrid and that’s uh and that’s City and uh By the time most contract most contract is extended players don’t look at it that way we as a club of course do but the players don’t so I don’t think there’s any distraction at all for him or for the players and definitely not for me because I worked yesterday on uh preparing the team in the best possible way and it was not one time in my mind that I thought oh I’m sitting here tomorrow talking about more Trac what does Liverpool Real Madrid up in your your mind a big European CL what’s your feeling about this game yeah it’s a it’s it’s a big game um I think uh uh Real Madrid Manchester City dominated Europe and the league for a few years now uh combined with Liverpool because Liverpool was always up there as well competing with these two clubs so it’s a special uh week for us especially because we played two times at home but uh if this week is done again the big week is coming up with Newcastle away and the Derby side Mercy side Derby side Mercy side Derby so um if you if you are at Liverpool you always play big games but yeah these two are special because these threee clubs have dominated the league in Europe for so many years recently so that’s a special week to play English uh you’re extremely popular here the results have been amazing in the first couple of months um can you tell something about how it has been for you the first couple of months here and what is the reason you think of the great success you’re having in the first months as political man I think I’m extremely popular in Holland as well aren’t em no only in only in Rotterdam uh um no results have been really good and the results are always done by the players and if they have very good result that always is good for the manager and for the Press officer and for everyone who works at the club so um but we also know how much effort we have to put in to win these games and that’s why we always have to give credit to the players that put these efforts in to get these results um and as a result of that players are popular like you just heard because MO is quite popular over here and um and maybe the manager that is part of that results as well yes because they play City and we play City on Sunday so I definitely going to look uh City against finals you’re coming up against one of the the great managers of this era in Carlo angelotti your thoughts on facing him and what would it mean to you especially given how well you’ve started here were you to beat one of the best tomorrow that you have to ask me after the game if we were able to win from them but that that is a very difficult thing not only for Liverpool but for every club that has played them in Europe because they can win in so many different styles in so many different ways that’s the better way to uh to put it that’s why they won this competition so many times because they can win to be really dominant and outplay the opponent but if it’s a difficult game they always find a way to win the game or to go to the next round and that’s what makes them special uh also of course because they are always having great great individual players great quality but that’s the nicest thing of tomorrow that’s why it’s so busy over here because Liverpool has some great players at the moment and for recent years as well so that’s why we’re all looking forward to the game tomorrow are you able to give this game for 100% Focus given there is another huge one against Manchester City to come will that be on your mind at all in the next 24 hours I think the answer was uh Sunday against Southampton where you could argue if you if the next game is r that the next game is City or the players really ready to perform uh or are they looking at the next game no they didn’t of course I know we conceded two goals but if you look at those two goals the effort we did to prevent the other team from scoring was there we were in both situations a bit unlucky but the moment Robo made the tackle I think there were six or seven players from us around the ball the moment they scored a second one there were eight players from us inside the road 18 yard box so we are not distracted by next opponents we’re only focused on the next game and that is now Real Madrid and um yeah if you then look at the next one that I don’t think any football player would do that everybody just enjoys it to play tomorrow against Madrid especially here at anfield um this is the fourth consecutive Champions League campaign Liverpool face R and fth out the last and as I there of in that time when you’re trying to plan for this game do you go back to some of those games and maybe pick up some of the positive moments for example kante’s Performance in the 2022 final or maybe even going two up in the last time they came to anfield or do you just draw a line under it all try to get rid of all the potential emotional psychological bage and just say it’s a brand new game you’ve told me so many things that I only thought is this all your questions always an for to replace me in the future because the the knowledge you have about football and data is enormous uh I wasn’t aware of the fact that we played them so many times I was aware of the fact two years ago uh they were if I’m correct I say they because I was not part of it but we were two n up I think and uh I think I even used that game to my team at fin at the mo at that moment saying Madrid always finds a way of winning that game because the moment when it was two n up there was no one that would have expected that that game would end up being 5-2 for Madrid but that is what makes them so special that they can turn games around like that but they can also take the ball tomorrow and just dominate you from the start and yeah probably one of the reasons is that they have a great manager for years already and they have great individuals as well and that makes them one of the best maybe their best club in the last five to 10 years in Europe just check on team TR training today is he ready to start and yeah it’s funny that you talk about our injuries because most people only ask about the injuries Real Madrid have uh but we also have a few recently um Trent is in the squad but he will not be available to start he can maybe make a few minutes uh in an ideal world he maybe doesn’t uh but if it’s really necessary he can he can make a few minutes uh tomorrow tomorrow but he’s not going to start and then fedo is not in the squad yet he’s training with us then in in not not the whole session but mostly one or two parts of the session ja is in the team but hasn’t played for a long time uh competitive football uh so he’s there but of course not ready to start Allison is not there yet Joo is not there yet do I haveget anyone Costas Costas is not there yeah he’s um he’s having an injury as well so quite a list for us as well yes definitely uh we approach it differently because uh a new player is going to play for him with different qualities so we knew when when fenicia would have started I had to prepare them for him and mbappe and all the others but they are probably the main attacking threat for them now with him not playing we have to expect something else and I think he played almost every game from Madrid so it’s again quite difficult for us now to understand what we can expect but what we do know what we can expect is 11 players with great quality and we try to prepare them in the best possible way but yeah Will Bellingham play as a 10 will he play from the left will he play from the right will andri come in will cair start so they have so many options which now is a bit more difficult for us to see what they’re going to do if fishous would have been fit I think I could have come up with their lineup now it’s going to be a bit of a surprise for us maybe but um the thing we do know is that we play 11 great players and a very good team got time for a couple more those are a lot of questions about the team we face and my opinion about them the only thing I can tell you is I’m I’m not bothered about what is his best position the only thing I’m bothered about is his quality and we have to face that quality and we have to play him in the best possible way but he’s shown so many times that he’s so difficult to defend uh for his country for Paran also for Real Madrid he’s one of the best players the football has at the moment so um yeah uh if venicius would have played that would be the second one uh one of the best players the football has at the moment so now it’s mbapp who’s still there and um yeah I’m not the manager of mad so it’s not up to me what is his best position or not I think every position he plays in every position he plays he’s one of the best players in the world so we have to be ready for you’re in the shape of your life speaking perfect engage with everyone you’re winning the fans are singing Beginning to Look a slot like Christmas what do you no I didn’t no no good to know but how much do you experience that yourself and how big are the neres um like I just said I didn’t know this and I don’t follow uh how popular I am if I am or not the only thing I bother about is the next opponent and that’s Madrid and how to prepare the team in the best possible way like I’ve said many times so that’s my main focus now my family is coming over so if I H hurry up a bit I have to do some groceries for them as well uh and and then uh and then go home uh and and and that is where my my main focus is and not about the songs they sing for me uh although it sounded quite nice um but it’s nice to be in this position it’s nice to work at this club and it’s nice this week it was nice last week and it will be nice next week as long as we keep on winning just one here then the final one car I just want to ask you more about Jamie said that Salah was selfish for for speaking out and that he should have been fully focused on football club just wonder what you made of that comment and I know you said that he’s not distracted and it’s not a distraction for Liverpool but I just wonder if you have any concern as well as to whether it might develop into a distraction if Sal continues to express his disappointment publicly I focus a bit more on what else he said he said that he was one of the five best players Liverpool ever had and I completely agree with him which is not an easy thing because we had so many great players at this club so uh I don’t think it’s um it distracts Mo at all um maybe it brings even the best out of him if you look at his performances uh till now so um like I said already a few times my main focus is the next game and if we had that game another big game is coming up and if we had that game just keeps on going so uh I talk to Mo uh about what I expect from him and um and and and like I do with all the other players and uh he’s in a good place at the moment and I said before I’m not distracted at all by his commands and I don’t feel his teammates do so um it’s nice that we have a story in the media so you guys have some work now as well last one car yeah hurry up I have to do the groceries you you spoke about the way Madrid always find a way to win Madrid carry different or with the team they bring saic Advantage into European I think um I think they might do I I I I cannot talk for all the other teams they face but uh I said to my when I worked at my former Club many times that we should take the example of Madrid that they always find a way to win they can win it in different uh ways if it’s difficult for them they can still win a game and that’s what’s probably one of the reasons apart from them having so much quality that they uh won this tournament a lot um so yeah uh I think I can only speak for myself but maybe the players might feel the same if we are fortunate enough to be one a goal up or even more up we still have we still are aware of the fact especially because what we’ve experienced two years ago that the game will never be done till the referee blows his whistle in general it is like this but I think we all feel it against Real Madrid a bit more than to some other clubs we face thank you everyone Sho sorry I have to change first yeah can
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