The day's Premier League press conferences have been getting under way and in the last hour Liverpool boss Arne Slot spoke to the media. Here's what he had to say.

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on Sky Sports

Ten years is remarkable. He's pleased, and it gets rid of any doubt, and now he can focus on his football. Hopefully, it sets a real positivity around the place. The manager is signing a new contract, and so is your star striker.

I was actually with his dad on the day he signed, and his dad said to me I can't believe how relaxed and calm he is, I would be so nervous. If you're at that top level, you must have that ice in your veins. You deliver on the pitch. I watched him at Brentford and he's always a threat.

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Here's some more from Erling Haaland, speaking to Sky Sports on what makes Manchester City so appealing: "First of all, they are a really welcoming club where you are going to feel at home and get taken care of. Second of all, speaking to Pep, the best manager in the world is a great thing because he is the best, you're going to always learn and improve and you're here to win trophies."

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Arsenal's director of women’s football Clare Wheatley added: “We have undertaken a thorough recruitment process aimed at identifying the best candidate to lead our women’s first team at this exciting time.

"Renee was the stand-out candidate throughout the process and we’re thrilled to be continuing our journey with her as our permanent head coach.

“Renee understands the values and ambitions of our club, with experience of representing Arsenal both as a young player and now in a coaching capacity. We have every confidence that she is the best person to take us forward as we compete for trophies this season and beyond.”

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Renee Slegers was Jonas Eidevall's assistant coach which earned her the interim position when he resigned in October after the club's loss to Chelsea.

Since then, Arsenal have won 10 games and drawn one across all competitions. In that time they have scored 31 goals and only conceded five.

Slegers won Women's Super League manager for December but her most impressive win so far came in the Women's Champions League against Bayern Munich.

Part of Eidevall's downfall was a 5-2 loss to the German club earlier in the season but with Slegers in charge the Gunners edged out Bayern 3-2 to ensure they topped their group.

New Arsenal boss Renee Slegers said: “I’m so excited to be continuing our journey together. It’s a wonderful honour to represent this club as head coach and I have so much belief in what we can all achieve together.

“Over the past few months, I’ve felt such a powerful sense of collective ownership and responsibility across our players and staff – that has been our strength and I know we will make sure we drive and nurture this feeling as we all move forward.

“It has meant the world to me to feel the closeness and passion of our supporters during this process, and I want to thank you all for that. We want to deliver something beautiful that’s inspiring and leads to winning trophies. We all have a big part to play in achieving that.”

Arsenal have named interim boss Renee Slegers as the new permanent manager of the Women's Super League club.

Slegers has been at the helm since Jonas Eidevall resigned in October. The club have not lost a game since she has been in charge.

She has signed a contract until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland's new deal has set tongues wagging on when or if he could break the Premier League's all-time goal scoring record. It is currently held by Newcastle legend Alan Shearer, who scored 260 in his career.

Our colleagues at Opta have said Shearer scored 0.59 goals per game. He played 441 games in his career.

They also say if Haaland now makes 200 consecutive Premier League appearances then he would break the record in the 2029/30 season.

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Erling Haaland speaking to Sky Sports after signing a new deal: "It has gone really quickly. It feels like I signed a moment ago, which is a good thing because I'm enjoying it.

"I have been winning a lot of trophies, and having good moments with the fans. One of the best moments was the rainy parade because it was typical Manchester."

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There are so many statistics around Erling Haaland's scoring ability and some provided from Opta standout - his goals to minutes ratio in particular.

Haaland has the best goals to minutes ratio of any Premier League player who has played 5,000 minutes or more.

He has scored every 91 minutes of the 7,215 he has played. In total he has scored 79 top-flight goals.

Coming in second behind him is another Manchester City legend in Sergio Aguero. He scored an average of one goal every 108 minutes in the 19,857 minutes of his Premier League career, during which he scored a total of 184 goals.

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Striker Erling Haaland has won six trophies with Manchester City since joining in 2022.

His first season, the 2022/23 campaign, saw him aid the club to the treble with City winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.

City and Haaland added the Super Cup in 2023 and in the 2023/24 season they claimed the English top-flight title once again.

In 2024 they also picked up the Community Shield.

Individually, Haaland has won two Premier League Golden Boots and has been named the top-flight's young player of the season and player of the season.

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on Sky Sports

You look at what he's brought to the football club. He's an elite player who's taken them to the next level. He deserves a lengthy contract, and he's even still learning.

You see with other clubs how players are getting down to the last few months of their contracts and you wouldn't want that with a player who's your top striker. It's a wonderful decision for both him and the club and I'm absolutely delighted.

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There it is!

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Come on Erling, give us a smile.

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on Sky Sports

Alan Shearer is looking over his shoulder now.

But It's important that Haaland continues to develop and bring more trophies to the football club and if he can set any more individual records then the more for it.

Manchester City have hit a surprising slump this season with their form seeing the worst spell in manager Pep Guardiola's career.

The club are sixth in the top-flight and 12 points behind leaders Liverpool.

Though Haaland has been less consistent than he has been in previous seasons for City, the stats tell fans he is still performing despite tricky club form.

The striker is currently second in the Premier League Golden Boot race with 16 goals and one assist. He trails Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, who has scored 18 goals and made 13 assists.