Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold told to be more like Gary Neville after Fulham draw

“Great additions,” Silva told BT Sport. “We have to be optimistic with the signings we’ve made. Some experienced Premier League players, that is important for us. They add something good for us, the players did fantastic last year, different level.

“I was clear in that moment [discussing his unhappiness about transfers, it will never be an excuse for us. I’m not the man to make excuses, I’m here for solutions, but I was honest in that moment.

“In weeks before I said it to the board, the players are fully ready, it’s a great test, we need to put more numbers inside because it’s clear we don’t have but it’s not a moment to talk about it – we are ready. The players we have had a good pre-season ,we are in a better position than we were from the start of pre-season, we worked the last five, six years for this game.”