Jürgen Klopp spoke publicly for the first time since it was strongly rumored in England that the Liverpool board has a pre-agreement with the Dutch coach of Feyenoord Arne Slot. The German, who already announced his departure from the Reds at the end of this season, appreciated the work of his Dutch colleague and made a clarification at a press conference.
“I really like it if he is the one and wants to take the job. Come on, let’s go for it. Enthusiastic. I like the way his team plays football. All I hear about him as a guy is that he’s a good guy. Some people I know know about it, but I don’t yet. “Some tell me that he is a very good guy and I like that,” Klopp said.
At the same time, the current Liverpool strategist stressed that He is not involved in the election of his replacement. Meanwhile, Mail Sport reported this morning that Slot’s hiring for the 2024/2025 campaign could be sealed in the next 48 hours. “I look forward to the club if it is the solution, I am more than happy. It’s not my place to judge these things, but it all sounds very good to me,” Klopp expanded on his verdict.
The German also expressed: “This is the best job in the world and the best club in the world. Obviously now, even if we didn’t finish at the top. There is room for improvement. Great job, great team, fantastic people. “I would take a really interesting job.”
Who is Arne Slot? He is 45 years old, he worked as a midfielder in four modest clubs in the Dutch league and managed AZ Alkmaar (two seasons) and Feyenoord (three, including the current one). He comes from being champion of the Eredivisie (Netherlands league) with his current club and his second star came days ago with the conquest of the Netherlands Cup against Nijmegen. Furthermore, in 2022 he lost the Conference League final against José Mourinho’s Roma, who have just eliminated Feyenoord in the Europa League quarterfinals.
On the other hand, Klopp regretted the last defeat against Everton in the Premier League that seriously complicated Liverpool’s chances of fighting for the title: “I don’t remember ever being so disappointed or frustrated after a game like this. I lost a lot of games in my life, but it was special that we weren’t there. You see the other two, Arsenal and Manchester City, playing very positive football and with high results. “We are where we are because we also did it, but we couldn’t.”
“I blame myself 100% because we weren’t in good shape. We lost almost all the decisive battles, that was really bad. In general, there were one or two weeks in which we did not play good football,” was another of the German’s considerations, who almost resigned himself to the difference that the Gunners (77 points) and Citizens (76, with one game less) over his team (74).
Although Liverpool will not give up, their coach stated: “I’m pretty sure Arsenal and City now see it as a two-horse race, I don’t expect them to lose two games.”. The Reds will visit West Ham tomorrow (8th in the table), while Arsenal will visit Tottenham (5th) in the classic on Sunday. Meanwhile, City will play away from home against Nottingham Forest (17th), also on Sunday.
