At 3:00 am on August 26, in the second round of the 2025-26 Premier League, Liverpool will play away against Newcastle. Before the game, Reds coach Slott attended the press conference and talked about some of the current situation of the team.

About Isaac and Gey

- I can tell you very much, and if others ask this question, the answer will be the same. So, like I've said and demonstrated many times, I can influence the game through the players on our bench, so it's better to talk about the players we have, but I can understand.

About Newcastle

- This has nothing to do with media coverage, and when you go to Newcastle to play, you know what will happen. We played against them three times last season, and two of them outweighed us. I don't think they can keep it high in intensity at St James Park Stadium without any extra measures. They are a very good team that can put you in a fight. They have players with excellent ball skills, they are one of the best teams in the league and one of the hardest teams to deal with.

About Heraffenberg

—If he can keep the same form last season, that will help us a lot. Look at Bournemouth's second goal, they can move from one side to the other, and last season, Herafenberg will be in that position. If he can perform normally, then his return will be of great help to us.

About Flynnon will miss international match day

- Bradley trained with us for a few minutes today. The team doctor is completely right, Flynnon should be out because he will miss until the end of international match day. We think there is something wrong with Flynnpon’s hamstrings, and the team doctor confirmed this. They were right, their judgment was correct, otherwise he might have been out of the room for a longer time.

About Leoni

-He is a handsome young man! I think, like most Italians. Now he has trained three times, and the transfer fee is what you can expect. He is much more mature than his peers. I have witnessed this with my own eyes. An 18-year-old player plays ball like he has been here for a long time. He is very fast and he is very comfortable to take the ball. He has had three good training sessions, which illustrates the situation of this team and will make you feel relaxed from the beginning.

The choice of right back

- Flynnon's injury record is optimistic, and Bradley missed only one or two times last season. This happens from time to time, we only have two players injured at the same time, but they are in the same position. Endo Hok, Soboszlai. (We only have two injuries at the same moment but they are in the same position. Wata, Dominik Szoboszlai.).

About Joe Gomez

- Joe Gomez has not suffered any setbacks, but he has not trained for three consecutive days, and we will see if he can start on Monday. You can't prepare for injuries in one position, you can't prepare five right backs, but now we have three left backs!

About Chiesa Jr.

-If he can play more, he can already have more opportunities to affect our record or give him more time to play by himself. But the key to the next thing is whether he can maintain his current form. The little Chiesa I see now is completely different from him most of last season.

About the final stage of the transfer window

- I think the transfer window will not be very busy at this stage. If I get busy, it means I'm not satisfied with the roster, but I'm very satisfied now. It is ideal to have two players per position, but I would rather have less than more because that would disappoint many people. But if there are players that can make us better, the club has proven to be able to bring in them. But the premise is that everything is right - the right player, the right transfer fee and the right position.

About Training

- We have time to train, you can see this against Bournemouth. If you look at the data, then the training on weekends is the most stressful. We have reached the state we want, and we need this state to meet Newcastle.

Questions about Newcastle

- I don't think they are a problematic club, they started well against Villa. This game is difficult mainly because of their roster, the atmosphere there is great and it will be a challenge. This always helps, we mainly need to prepare for their midfield, for their strikers. I don't expect Isaac to play, but they also have players like Gordon, Ellanga, Barnes and Jacob Murphy. This is the Premier League and each of our teams has many choices.

About counterattack

—We are sometimes too open to find the right balance. This balance would be better in the presence of Heraffenberg. We're going to play against Newcastle and Arsenal next, and in the league, they usually rank higher than Bournemouth. With McAllister and Herafenberg, who is in the regular position, I expect we will perform better. If this leads to conceding the ball, it will be a big problem. For us, it was too many to concede two goals at home (the last game)!