Liverpool manager Arne Slot said that it is completely normal for his side to be considered to retain his Premier League crown, with reference to the success of the last campaign instead of the transfer activity of the season in the close season.
Liverpool, which won the Premier League last season to secure a record-similar 20th English title, has strengthened his team with the arrivals of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and others.
However, the Merseyside club also had Trent Alexander-Arnold leave for Real Madrid, Luis Diaz moving to Bayern Munich and Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen, while the Portuguese attacker Diogo Jota died in an autos accident good luck.
«It is completely normal that we are one of the favorites because we won it last season,» Slot reported reporters prior to the FA Community Shield -Showdown on Sunday to Crystal Palace.
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«And we brought in good players. Like all other teams, this is what makes this competition so fun.»
Last year, Liverpool had only signed Federico Chiesa of the Italian side-side Juventus.
«Every team in the Premier League issues money. So if we are only favorites because we have spent a bit, I would see that strange because we also lost a lot. But that we are favorites because we won it last season and we played so well, that is clear,» said Slot.
«And the ambitions have not changed because the ambition of this club is always to compete for every trophy.»
Liverpool, who looks at a 17th Community Shield title, is confronted with FA Cup winners Palace in Wembley.
