Arne Slot wants to and should become the new coach of Liverpool FC. Jürgen Klopp can recommend it to both sides – and finds something positive in his team’s current form crisis
It’s just a matter of the transfer arrangements, then Arne Slot is set to become Jürgen Klopp’s successor at Liverpool FC. “My decision is clear,” said the still-head coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam offensively on ESPN, which his potential predecessor has also heard.
He had not read anything, but had been made aware of it by Liverpool’s press officer, Klopp reported at his press conference on Friday. “Above all, I like the fact that he wants the job, that he is keen on it,” he explained, adding that he was not involved in the entire coaching search. And “I like the way his team plays soccer.”
Klopp would be “more than happy” with successor Slot
In his two years in Rotterdam, Slot’s excessive attacking pressing has made him a recognizable feature of Liverpool’s squad. But Klopp sees further advantages: “I don’t know him yet, but people I know know him and say he’s a really good guy.” If the 45-year-old Dutchman were to take up his inheritance, “I would be more than happy.”
The “best job and the best club in the world” with “fantastic people” awaited Slot at Liverpool, was Klopp’s message – with the bitter postscript: “It looks like I’m even helping him by not leaving at the peak. There is room for improvement. “
“I can’t remember ever being so disappointed after a game “
The Reds seem to have squandered their chances of seeing off Klopp with a league title with their 2-0 defeat at Everton FC, which is obviously still hurting two days later. “I can’t remember ever being as disappointed and frustrated after a game as I was after Everton,” admitted Klopp, “and unfortunately I’ve lost a lot of games in my life.”
While Arsenal and Man City “played very positive soccer” in the final stages, his team were so disappointing in the derby that captain Virgil van Dijk gave an incendiary speech afterwards. “I blame myself completely, I’m responsible for the mood the team is in,” emphasized Klopp.
However, he was not yet ready to “raise the white flag”. “I’m pretty sure ManCity and Arsenal see it as a duel, even if they might say otherwise publicly. I don’t think they expect to lose two more games either. I don’t either. But if they do, it would be totally stupid not to be there. “
