Liverpool's new era under Slotpublished at 07:38 16 August
Mandeep Sanghera
BBC Sport journalist
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It is a new era at Liverpool this season. Arne Slot has replaced Jurgen Klopp and the Dutchman will be holding his first Premier League news conference on Friday morning.
There will be plenty to chat about, with the club's lack of transfer activity set to be high on the agenda as the Reds go into the new season as the only top-flight side who have not made a major signing.
They have been close a couple of times with Anthony Gordon and Martin Zubimendi, but Reds fans are still waiting for a new arrival to come through the Anfield door.
Earlier in the summer, Liverpool turned down signing winger Gordon as Newcastle United, who were trying to raise money to comply with profit and sustainability rules, wanted Jarell Quansah going the other way as part of the deal.
It then emerged a deal was agreed for Gordon involving Reds defender Joe Gomez moving in the other direction but the Magpies ended up selling midfielder Elliot Anderson to Nottingham Forest and winger Yankuba Minteh to Brighton to generate funds.
Liverpool moved for Zubimendi believing he was open to joining them from Real Sociedad, only for the Spain midfielder to change his mind.
Slot has always stated the quality of the squad Klopp left him and that players need to be of a certain standard to make the Reds better, so we will see what more he has to say on the issue.
There should also be some chat about the contract situations of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah. They all have one year left on their Liverpool deals and captain Van Dijk has said there has been no change in his situation.
Plus, where does Slot plan to play Alexander-Arnold? Right-back or midfield? The 25-year-old was used in midfield for England at Euro 2024 before that "experiment" was quickly abandoned.
You can never read too much into pre-season but some decent results are always helpful when you replace a club legend at the managerial helm like Slot has.
The real test starts with a game at Ipswich at 12:30 BST on Saturday in their Premier League season opener.
All the key lines from Slot will be on this page later, and go to our live page for the best of the quotes from all of Friday's Premier League news conferences