Only focused on teams around us! | Arne Slot | Everton v Liverpool

Football

Year2026

Duration17m

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Arne Slot confirms: No surgery yet for Hugo Ekitike, but the road to recovery is underway. Despite the heartbreak of missing the World Cup, Slot believes this setback will serve as the ultimate inspiration for the Frenchman to "come back stronger" than ever before. 00:00 intro 00:15 Slot on Ekitike: He hasn't been operated on yet. Devastasting for him coming to a new club having so much impact straight away. Playing agianst your former club in CL quarter-final with so much to come for him in the summer. FIrst thoughts are with him being out for such along time. 1:11 Arne Slot on players coming and going : “For those who watched PSG game, the home one, fair to say the future does look bright This team has already shown in other moments they can compete with best in Europe. We beat three other quarter-finalists here, that tells you this is already a very strong team. “ 3:10 Slot on Merseyside Derby: “Always a very special game, doesn't matter if it's the 60th. But if it's the last and then the first one at a stadium that makes it even more special if possible” 4:44 No more slip ups: “We didn't want to lose to City or PSG. It's always the aim. If you go into a game you don't want slip-ups.” 6:47 on Isak: First of all it's a good thing we signed two No.9s. A lot of people were saying we shouldn't have. Someone said to me you cannot write the script that on Alex's first start in four months, (Ekitike) is out with a long term injury 8:11 Slot on fixture ahead: It feels a bit like a mini-league. Every team is focused on team around them. Our focus now is not on Arsenal but on the teams around us. Our main focus is on the first game at hand and that's Everton. 9:00 Slot on selling players comments: Last year we made quite a lot of signings and that's why we traded that much.In four windows had net spend of £150m. That says what kind of club we are.We know we are changing at least two players, but Kostas is coming back. 10:20 On away record: It's important to know when you play and when. I know we have lost a