Liverpool are set to lock horns with Southampton this weekend however Arne Slot’s newest feedback suggest that we could also be in for a tricky time because of an enormous variety of lacking gamers.
After first confirming 5 males would miss the sport injured, our head coach then mentioned the affect of worldwide soccer by stating: “That’s not totally different to another recreation. The one distinction there may be now that you just all the time marvel the gamers who’ve performed in South America how they arrive again.
“[They] usually [have] jet lag as effectively. That’s the one distinction possibly between group choice for now than for all the opposite video games as a result of in all the opposite video games you additionally take a look at the gamers and get the knowledge out of your workers members and take a look at the opponent.”
Arne Slot’s South American gamers may trigger complications
Seeing as Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister had been all enjoying soccer in South America this week, we will learn into this that they too are a doubt for motion this weekend due to attainable jet lag and fatigue.
If that was to be the case then the Reds may very well be with out as much as eight gamers for the journey to St.Mary’s which is much from best, particularly with the match towards the newly promoted facet being adopted by clashes with Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis.
Add on that our No.9 was withdrawn at half time for Uruguay, there could also be questions over his well being on prime of the mileage he’s travelled this week and thus he’s even much less more likely to function.
It’s a variety dilema that our new boss has but needed to take care of and let’s hope this large determine of gamers is one thing that solely decreases earlier than our subsequent recreation and for the remainder of the marketing campaign.
You may watch Slot’s feedback on the Liverpool squad (from 7:00) through Liverpool FC on YouTube:
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