Liverpool manager Arne Slot spoke of a change for Milos Kerkez after his team’s 2-0 win against Bournemouth.
The Reds successfully navigated their opponents on Saturday and, thanks to Mohamed Salah’s 20th and 21st Premier League goals of the season, went away with all three points from the vitality stadium.
Victory has clear Slots Liverpool nine points at the top of the table and continued the extraordinary form in which they climb to the summit of the revised Champions League, and they are now many people to win the title in the first season of Dutchman Great.
While Liverpool’s form was great as a whole, there are questions about the future of a series of players. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah are all from the contract in summer, with the extensions still being agreed, and Andrew Robertson’s performances at left-backs were occasionally checked under the high standards that he had previously defined.
Kerkez was an outstanding personality in Bournemouth’s great season with speculation that he is heading for a big transfer goal in the summer. In a conversation with the media after the match, the slot dampened over a potential step while recognizing how well the 21-year-old, who was signed by AZ Alkmaar in 2023, achieved.
“He plays here, he has a great season because many other players are here,” said Slot. “It probably shows you how well you have a manager and what a great sports director you have or still have, I don’t know how to do it now, he has brought very good players with you and this manager works with you in Incredibly because he gets the best out of every single player, including the one you just mentioned.
“But I’m not talking about one person, they all bring the best out of their game at the moment.”
The former head of Feyenoord added: “If you want to win against such a competitive team, you need a team performance and a work rate.
“We have this and you need some high quality people who make the difference for you and this goal of Mo [Salah] Was absolute quality and the parades that Alisson also made. But it was not just her, the way our central defenders were defended again today was also impressive. “