Liverpool's Premier League challengers sent INCREDIBLE warning
Arne Slot isn't done at Liverpool - far from it. The Reds' Premier League challengers have received an incredible warning.
Arne Slot has performed a minor miracle in getting Liverpool to the Premier League title in his debut campaign. Of course, he did inherit a solid squad.
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Jurgen Klopp had this team on the brink of title contention last season, only for injuries to end their chances around March. But this was a strong squad.
It was the German's squad, though. It was built by Klopp, essentially, as he tried to find a group of players for his own playing style. Slot inherited the squad in near-entirety, with only one player added 'for him'.
That was Federico Chiesa, who signed from Juventus last August. Slot has barely used him, however, with the Italian playing just over 30 minutes across the entire campaign.
In fact, this squad is essentially a net-negative on Klopp's - Liverpool lost Joel Matip and Thiago last summer and never replaced them. The fact Slot simply picked up the same squad and marched it towards the title is extraordinary.
It tells us two things. Firstly, that Slot is an incredible head coach and Liverpool found someone special.
But it also tells us that there's a lot more to come.
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Arne Slot has more to come
Jan Everse coached Slot back at FC Zwolle in the mid-90s and supposedly helped define the now-Liverpool boss's view of football. In other words, he's been a bit of a mentor to Slot, certainly early on.
Now Everse is his protege's biggest fans, something made incredibly clear in an interview with the Daily Mail. Everse raves about Slot - and issues a warning to the rest of the Premier League.
"Liverpool play differently from Feyenoord," Everse says. "At Feyenoord, he pressed for 90 minutes. Liverpool sometimes press, sometimes defend.
"They are at their best when they counter- attack. It's the style of Klopp - use the space the opponent gives you. It was fantastic to see.
"But Arne likes to play pressing in the field of the opponent. He wants to play 90 minutes in the opponent's half. It's not possible yet but he has thought about what to do to make Liverpool succeed.
"It is unbelievable that with four games to go, they will win the title."
In other words, this is far from Slot's actual team at Liverpool. He's yet to implement his own style of play, instead merging Klopp's old system with a bit of his own.
But there's more to come - and we haven't actually seen what Slot wants to do at Liverpool. It's an exciting prospect.
Of course, we'll need to hope that Slot's ultimate system is actually an improvement on this hybrid idea. Liverpool certainly believe it will be and they intend to back their boss this summer with something of a squad overhaul.
There's the real warning to the title rivals, then. This is just the beginning of Slot at Liverpool and the Reds will be a different beast next season.
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And just about everyone expects that to be a big improvement on the title-winning side we've seen so far.
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