Arne Slot has dropped a little hint at his team selection ahead of Liverpool vs West Ham United in the EFL Cup on Wednesday. The Reds will kick-off their campaign in the domestic cups and we get our first taste of how the new head coach will handle them.

Following the thrashing of United at Old Trafford, when quizzed about Salah’s future, Arne Slot appeared unruffled, telling Sky Sports: “It’s a lot of ‘if.’ At this moment, he is one of ours, and I am really happy that he played really well. I don’t talk about contracts from players, but I can talk for hours about how Mo played today.”

Liverpool manager Arne Slot previews the Reds' game against Bournemouth at Anfield, gives an update on the fitness of Alisson Becker and talks about Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo