After this weekend the Jurgen Klopp era at Liverpool will be over, and an official announcement will then be expected to announce the arrival of Arne Slot.
The Dutch coach has garnered a reputation for playing bright, attacking football and that could be said to be ostensibly why the Reds targeted him in the first place.
Klopp has enjoyed a fine period of success with the Anfield based outfit by playing the style of football that he classed as ‘heavy metal football,’ or Gegenpressing to give it it’s proper name.
If Liverpool are attempting to have a ‘Klopp lite’ in the dugout thanks to their hiring of Slot, whilst understandable, it’s not necessarily the best move.
Slot will suffer from being the first after Klopp
Former Reds striker, Stan Collymore, believes that the Dutchman is on a hiding to nothing in any event.
“Arne Slot can speak English in the dressing room – big tick. A coach in a Dutch league that’s far from vintage – big red cross,” he said in his exclusive column for CaughtOffside.
“Slot’s perspective will be to look at things and go ‘if I do half as well and keep these in the top four…’ and his ambition will likely be to win a League Cup or FA Cup and that’s it. Then in season two, he’ll look for Liverpool to be more competitive.
“I think Liverpool Football Club have taken a pragmatic approach and decided that they’ll never get anyone like Jurgen Klopp and gone ‘let’s get somebody in that is at least competent and confident enough to be able to maintain the status quo and keep the club competitive.’
“Slot really believes he can do the job or else he wouldn’t say yes, but just like when Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United, David Moyes came in and everybody thought he’d do well. Moyes was very capable too but quickly realised that he couldn’t quite hit those high notes. I don’t think Slot will necessarily hit those high notes either. Why? Because it’s difficult following a Sir Alex, a Frank…
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Author : Jason Pettigrove
Publish date : 2024-05-17 10:12:03
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