Arne Slot refused to be drawn on Liverpool’s interest in Alexander Isak as he addressed Darwin Núñez’s imminent departure from the club.
The Reds have agreed a £46.3million deal with Al Hilal for the Uruguayan striker. Liverpool saw a £110million bid for Isak rejected by Newcastle United last Friday.
Despite this, Isak is understood to be keen on leaving Newcastle, with Liverpool his preferred destination.
The Swedish forward was instructed to train alone this week as speculation over his future intensifies.
Slot declined to comment directly on Isak, stressing instead that he is content with his current attacking options, even if Nunez completes his move to Saudi Arabia.
“As you know, from me and I think every manager works like this, you never talk about players that are not yours,” he said of the Swede.
“I can talk about Hugo (Ekitike), who we have signed and done really well until now.
“We are very happy with the squad and have every reason to be happy because we won the league last season.
“Okay, players left but we brought players in as well and youngsters are doing good.
“At this moment of time, Darwin might leave, indeed, but things are not signed so we need to wait a few days until that is completely done but there is indeed a chance he is going to leave.”
Slot added: “We think we already have a lot of attacking power in our team. I think about Cody Gakpo, Federico Chiesa, Hugo Ekitike, Mo Salah, Jeremie Frimpong who can play as a right-winger, Florian Wirtz who can play as a left-winger.
“I already feel I have a lot of attacking options in my squad, but always as a club we are looking at the chances in the market but that can also be in the midfield and the last line.”
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