Slot confirms Salah absence; England name penultimate squad | OneFootball

Stay up-to-date as Premier League coaches speak ahead of the weekend and England name their squad for the March friendlies.

Some interesting Premier League-adjacent news here with Spurs goalkeeper Vicario not in the Italy squad ...

From earlier, here's a piece on Newcastle boss Eddie Howe slamming reports about Bruno Guimarares joining Manchester United. Read more here.

Here's a nice summary of Slot's press conference earlier. The headline being that Salah will miss the game against Brighton ...

More from Tuchel on the returning Man Utd duo ...

Now we know the reason for that huge squad ...

And here's some more from Tuchel on why he decided to omit Trent from the 35-man squad ...

Do you agree with this take on Trent being excluded from the England squad?

Here's a bit more from Slot on Salah's positioning and his relative poor form this term ...

In case you were wondering, here are the timings for this week's press conferences in GMT ...

The Liverpool has also been asked about the quick turnaround from Gala to Brighton ...

"Can the PL make it easier on the schedule? It is so difficult, so many things they have to be aware of. Television, we are a popular team, TV want to broadcast us, they told us what they need to do and every season gets complicated every season with more teams in Europe. A 12.30KO after a Weds game and playing on Sunday, it is already difficult.

"When we come back PSG, Fulham, PSG again, that is far from ideal. But we also have to accept this because we want this programme, it is what we want but if you want the best outcome, players in the best form, best shape then 1230KO is not ideal, Sunday would be better. TV have chosen..."

Slot has been asked about his contract at Liverpool ...

"Is this how football works? We win one and talk about a new contract?! We didn't win just one by the way, we won more than everyone thinks last few months. You surprise me with this question, my focus is on Brighton and before then it was getting something positive from this season. We have to fight in this season until the end, my focus is totally on that. We don't talk about contracts here."

Here's Tuchel on why he's decided to pick 35 players for the upcoming friendlies against Uruguay and Japan ...

More from Slot, this time on Brighton and their style of play ...

"Styles make fights and that is everything I should say. We faced a Gala team that maybe tried to kill momentum but wanted to press and bring the ball out, they wanted to fight with us. I said it 150 times, it will never be about us if a game is not entertaining. Every team that wants to fight, we gave them a fight and a great game.

"But if we want to fight a team who only want to cover up then it is less atttractive, that is all I can say. We faced a Gala team who are used to being the better team in their league, you cannot compare with that most of the teams we faced this season.

"We now face an attractive and interesting style v Brighton, which makes it complicated. We put in an enormous shift, so tell me what is smart? Frimpong, for example, made so many sprints this season, when games come fast he has got injured [in the past]. Joe being out, so you can already understand which questions we have to answer. Brighton has always been a team who want to play, make it intense, they have seen how intense our game was. We have played them twice, both were fascinating, high tempo, high pace."

From on Salah's absence from Slot ...

And some more breaking news, this time from Liverpool ...

Thomas Tuchel has named his squad with the German tactician handing chances to 35 players for the games against Uruguay and Japan later this month ...

In some more international news, adidas released their kits for the World Cup overnight. Here's a rundown of some absolute beauties from the German giant.

We'll also be hearing from Thomas Tuchel in an hour as he names his penultimate squad before the World Cup. Who's in? Who's out? You'll find out here.

Good morning everyone and welcome to Friday's press conference blog where we'll be keeping you abreast as all the Premier League coaches speak ahead of the weekend.