Liverpool sit at the summit of both the Premier League and the Champions League, yet Arne Slot is already focused on the improvements yet to come.
There is no indication that the Dutchman is resting on his laurels after an incredible start to life on Merseyside.
Nor will his players be allowed to do so.
Liverpool are four points clear at the top of the Premier League, advancing toward the last 16 of the Champions League, and set to face Southampton in a Carabao Cup quarter-final later this month
Mohamed Salah has been a driving force for the Reds this season, scoring 16 goals – 13 of them in the league – and providing 12 assists.
Virgil van Dijk has been outstanding in defence, while Ryan Gravenberch has been a revelation in midfield, thriving in the No. 6 role.
Alexis Mac Allister and Curtis Jones have also excelled, but Slot believes there is even more to come.
Players like Dominik Szoboszlai are yet to reach their full potential, and with Harvey Elliott now fit and back in the squad, along with the returning Diogo Jota, there is plenty of promise for the future.
Additionally, Slot is eager to see what Federico Chiesa will bring once he’s fully integrated into the team.
“We’re not flying but we are doing well.” said Slot.
“I think there is more to come from the players into the team than we have showed until now. But I think that is something every manager feels.
“The longer you work with a team the more the better you start to play and the more they are used to playing together.
“But that is not only for us that is probably the same for a couple of other teams as well that there is more to come from them as well.
“We truly believe that we can… OK there are a few that maybe it is not so easy to get more out of them individually – but as a team we can do better and there is is definitely more to come from a few individuals, also because of their age.
“And that is the positive thing about the squad I inherited, most of them are still quite young and the best years normally are still to come.”
He added: “Although these players have done really well and sometimes that is the challenge we have now that if all the players are available they also still have to accept their roles.
“And that is something we talk about a lot with the players. But I have no complaints at all about that up till now.
“So everyone is very positive trying to get the best out of the team but the more players available the more difficult choices there are.
“But in a season where it has been Harvey, it has been Alisson, it has been Jota [injured] so hopefully they are all available now for the rest of the season but probably that [a fully fit squad] is never going to happen so that is why we need players like Harvey and Wataru [Endo], all these players, for the second half of the season because there will become a moment when we are definitely going to need them.”
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