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Arne Slot is willing to let the January window pass without Liverpool making a new signing as he has trusted his current team to achieve glory.
Liverpool have only made two major deals since Slot became their new head coach last summer – signing Federico Chiesa for £10m and securing a £33m deal for Georgia international goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili. reach the end of this campaign.
There is a thirst among fans to see Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's owners, financially back Slot to give the team a boost as they head into the decisive point of the season, when the goal will be to win the Premier League.
But Slot, who is preparing for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final with Tottenham, is not actively looking for new blood and, above all, believes the current squad has enough depth and talent to help achieve his goals. .
“It would be a bit strange, after what I told you in the summer, if I said we are very happy with the team and told you something different now,” said Slot, who hopes key midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has recovered from his illness to travel to London.
“But this club has always looked at the market. We did it with the goalkeeper that we don't have now (Mamardashvili) but the team is in a good place. Unfortunately, Joe Gómez is injured so we went from four center backs to three but, for Other than that, I'm very happy with the team.”
Arne Slot suggested Liverpool may not make any additions to the squad in January
His team have already agreed a £33m deal for Giorgi Mamardashvili, who will join next summer.
Slot remained diplomatic when asked once again about Trent Alexander-Arnold's future.
Slot is likely to play against a strong team in Tottenham as Liverpool continue their quest to retain the trophy they have won a record 10 times, but it remains to be seen whether it will be Conor Bradley or Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back.
Alexander-Arnold's performance in Sunday's 2-2 draw against Manchester United has been heavily scrutinized, a situation exacerbated by Real Madrid's pursuit of him and the fact that he has not committed to signing a new deal. Slot, again, was asked about the future of his right-back and showed great diplomacy.
“I think we were all disappointed, not just Trent, with the way we played,” Slot said. “First of all, because of the result: in some parts of the match we could be quite satisfied, in others we were not.
“It wasn't just Trent, he didn't play the best he could, but it's not the first time in his life that he didn't play the best game of his career. He's played a lot of good games.
“These players know that if you play 50 or 60 games in a season from time to time you don't achieve your best performance.”
'Apart from the team not being the best, it was again an eventful game for Liverpool. I got a lot of texts from people saying what a game, amazing, the last 10 minutes both teams played to win and that's part of our job to make it an eventful game.