Liverpool’s new manager Arne Slot could have his first issue to deal with upon immediately taking the job with one player keen to leave.
Slot is now officially in charge of proceedings at Anfield and he has plenty of work to do to ensure he hits the ground running.
The Dutchman is looking forward to working with a number of players and on top of that, also wants a few signings to supplement things.
However, there are also players leaving and those who could still leave.
And one 22-year-old Liverpool player has admitted he is far from happy with the club right now and wants to move on.
Sepp van den Berg unhappy with Liverpool
Speaking to Telegraaf, Van den Berg admitted he wasn’t overly happy with how Liverpool had gone about things.
“I knew that I couldn’t get from PEC Zwolle to Liverpool’s first team. I could have been at Liverpool for one or two more years, but I wanted to play with all my might. I demanded to be rented out,” Van den Berg said.
“I had had a good conversation with the management. He said he had received good reports. I understood that I wasn’t going to play Van Dijk, Matip or Konaté out. But I thought I could be right behind it. When I didn’t get a chance again, I said: figure it out, I want to leave.”
Adding further comment, Van den Berg admitted he is now unhappy at the apparent £20m Liverpool want to sell him.
“You didn’t show confidence in me all this time, but you do want to hinder my future. I want to keep playing every week and develop myself further.”
Liverpool have to look after themselves
While you can be empathetic towards Van den Berg here, the fact remains that Liverpool are his club and they will do what’s right by them.
If they feel he is worth £20m to them, then so be it and he’ll have to deal with it.
Clearly, the defender wants to play and has done well with Mainz this season out on loan.
But the step up to Liverpool is another matter and as he says above, he’s not dislodging Virgil van Dijk and with Liverpool looking at another centre-back as well, he’s not going to be first choice again.
Hopefully, Van den Berg can strike some sort of agreement with the Reds which sees him force a smoother exit.