The era of Jurgen Klopp at Anfield is over and the Dutch expert Arne Slot is coming to the bench. Why could he be a good fit for Liverpool?
Arne Slot has the same philosophy as Klopp
Arne Slot could be a great solution for Liverpool as he has the same style of football as Klopp and he will be expected to take Liverpool to the next level after the German coach brought the fans what they have been waiting for, the Premier League title. In the end, Klopp got fed up and made much-needed changes. He wanted Liverpool to bring the great Xabi Alonso, who wrote history with Bayer Leverkusen, but he was in no hurry to advance in his career, so the choice fell on Arne Slot.
When choosing a new coach, Liverpool used the advice of physicists. You may wonder what physics has to do with football. Doctor of physics from Harvard, William Spearman, the creator of the analytical system, helped Liverpool in choosing a new coach. No club has ever used so much math when selecting a new specialist. By the way, Spearman was involved in a project in which physicists were investigating the Higgs boson, and according to his calculations, Arne Slot is the best choice for Liverpool.
The unexpected departure of Klopp caused a real earthquake in the club the German coach left after nine years and eight trophies. In the past season, Liverpool was at one point in the game for all four trophies, and in the end, only one was won. After Klopp announced his departure from Anfield, Liverpool made several moves.
Michael Edwards was returned to the position of sports director, who, cooperating with Klopp, managed to win the much-desired trophy in the Premier League. Richard Hughes also came, who was supposed to work with Edwards on finding a new coach, and in the end, the choice fell on Arne Slot.
They were looking for a coach who would suit Liverpool best. Since there is no other Jurgen Klopp, the club turned to the search for a young and promising expert who would be ready for a step forward in his career, which in this case is Arne Slott. Liverpool first wanted to bring former player Xabi Alonso, but he decided to stay in Leverkusen. As an option, Ruben Amorim, who has been leading Sporting from Lisbon for several years in a great way, also dropped out. Liverpool had to pay 20,000,000 euros for him, which was too much at the moment.
In the end, they turned their eyes to Arne Slott, who probably a solid number of Liverpool fans haven’t even heard of, and his biggest success so far is winning the Dutch championship, and he has managed only six games in the Champions League so far. Klopp once came to England after winning the Bundesliga and the Champions League final. You can’t compare Feyenoord and Liverpool, but Slott and Klopp are very similar because of the style of play they cultivate.
One of the reasons why Arne Slott was brought in is that it is believed that he will not change the existing team too much. He should be a coach and not a traditional manager like Pep Guardiola has in Manchester City. What adorns the Dutch coach is control and an attractive and attacking style. Liverpool puts pressure on the opponent perhaps the best of all the teams in the Premier League, they are very aggressive without the ball and this is something that Arne Slot cultivated in Feyenoord as well.
This will be a big leap for Arne Slott who has not worked outside the Netherlands until now. He started his career in Cambur and very quickly moved to AZ Alkmaar he didn’t stay there too long and after one season he moved to Feyenoord, which is behind Ajax and PSV in terms of financial investments, but that was enough for Arne Slott to win in the previous three seasons one title, one cup as well as reaching the final of the UEFA Conference League. Now he is waiting for a transition to a higher level.
Liverpool fans hope that Arne Slott could be much more successful than his compatriots who did not make a name for themselves in previous years such as Erik Ten Hag, Louis Van Gaal, and Ronald Koeman. Moving to the Premier League is a big step forward for him, and he has a very difficult task of breaking the dominance of Manchester City, who tied four titles and Arsenal rose. We will see what will happen with Chelsea and Manchester United who have invested a lot of money and the results have not been there. Liverpool made a brave move and it’s up to Arne Slott to show the management that they didn’t make the wrong choice.
