With Liverpool gamers beginning their return to the AXA Coaching Centre on Tuesday, Arne Slot has himself travelled again to Merseyside following a visit to the Netherlands.
Slot welcomed the primary of his gamers again for classes in Kirkby on Tuesday, forward of the go to of Chelsea within the Premier League on Sunday night.
It comes after a busy worldwide break for his first-team squad, with nearly all of his senior gamers referred to as up for responsibility world wide.
For Slot and his employees, the pause of home soccer gave a chance to recharge with one other busy run of fixtures to return.
Liverpool’s head coach took the chance to return to his dwelling within the Netherlands, with The Athletic‘s James Pearce reporting that Slot travelled along with his household to Zwolle.
Slot was born within the village of Bergentheim however has for a few years been primarily based round 40 minutes away within the metropolis of Zwolle – till making the transfer to England.
Whereas he has now discovered a home within the north-west, he was again in additional acquainted environment in the course of the break.
That included a visit to look at native facet VV Heino face ONS Sneek within the Vierde Divisie, which is the fifth-tier of soccer within the Netherlands.
The 46-year-old took in a 3-2 loss for the hosts on the Sports activities Park De Kampen on Saturday evening and is unlikely to have taken many pointers from their efficiency.
Although the break afforded Slot some much-needed downtime, there may also have been a deal with what has already unfolded for the Reds this season and what’s but to return.
Specifically, that may have seen the top coach start evaluation of Sunday’s opponents, desirous to keep away from one other defeat on the again of a global break.
Liverpool’s solely loss thus far below Slot got here towards Nottingham Forest within the first recreation after the September break, with the Reds producing a drained show at Anfield.
This time round, although, not solely is there extra time to arrange with kickoff towards Chelsea not till 4.30pm on Sunday, however the likes of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk have been capable of return early after leaving their nationwide groups over the weekend.
In different information, Slot has efficiently poached one other former Feyenoord colleague, with the top coach so as to add a well-recognized video analyst to his staff.