Slot on Kelleher wanting first team football

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot on Ciaomhin Kelleher's want of first team football and the difficulty of getting players into the eleven. Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00During the international break there's obviously been those quotes from Kelleher

00:03saying that he wants first-team football and we'll have to look elsewhere.

00:08How do you deal with a situation like that,

00:10where a member of the squad is effectively unsettled

00:13because he wants that opportunity for first-team football?

00:17I would be really worried if a player comes out saying,

00:19I don't care about playing first-team football,

00:22I like it so much on the bench, I want to stay there for the rest of my life,

00:26that would be a bigger worry for me,

00:28so it's normal that they want to play, but it's also normal that a club like this,

00:33that tries to compete for trophies, has more than 11 players that can play,

00:38and as long as they accept their situation, not accepting it in a way,

00:43I don't care that I'm not playing, but accepting it by helping the team whenever they have to,

00:48then it's a good place to be in, and I think Kweef has shown many times in the past few years,

00:54and even in pre-season, that he's every time ready when we need him.

00:58So it's a good thing that he wants to play,

01:02and who knows, he's going to play for us in the future.

01:06At this moment I think it's also quite clear that Alisson is the number one,

01:10but last season he played many games, so it's a normal situation for a player to be in,

01:16if you're not playing that you want to play, but he handles the situation really well.

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