(Football news) Now that Slot has taken over as manager in lieu of Jurgen Klopp, his job is to try to put together a team that can contend for the Premier League championship. Some players have left Anfield on free transfers, and the fates of some important players are still uncertain, despite the fact that there haven’t been any noteworthy arrivals thus far.
Naturally, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, and Mohamed Salah’s problems must be resolved first, but Slot also needs to make decisions about a number of prospects and squad members. It appears that defender Sepp van den Berg is drawing attention in advance of a possible departure, but not much has been said on Carvalho’s development.
Slot takes Carvalho stance
The playmaker spent 2023-24 away from Liverpool, first representing Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig before switching to Championship side Hull City mid-season.
Having contributed nine goals and two assists from 20 league starts for the Tigers, the 21-year-old did his chances of being reintegrated into the Liverpool senior ranks no harm at all.
It is the view taken by Slot who is happy for Carvalho to spend pre-season with Liverpool. While it is stated that Slot is yet to decide whether to keep the Portuguese in his squad in the long term, he is eager to see how he performs over the coming weeks.
Carvalho has already made an appearance in a behind-closed-doors friendly versus Preston North End and will now travel with the rest of the group to the United States.
The first of three games takes place against Real Betis on July 27, before showdowns with Premier League rivals Arsenal and Manchester United at the start of August.
What is Carvalho’s previous Liverpool pedigree?
During the 2022-23 campaign, Carvalho was provided with 21 appearances in all competitions, with three goals being scored during that time.
Two of those came during the opening month of the campaign against Bournemouth and Newcastle United, his other in a EFL Cup tie at Manchester City.
However, the former Fulham starlet would barely feature during the second half of the season and accumulated just 640 minutes in total.
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