Incoming Liverpool manager Arne Slot admitted the Reds were not in his top three Premier League teams to watch
Incoming Liverpool manager Arne Slot once did not consider the Reds among his top three Premier League teams to watch.
The slot is ready to go Feyenoord and become the new boss of Liverpool to replace Jurgen Kloppwhich will leave at the end of the season.
The Dutchman was a highly sought-after coach last year, Rejecting Tottenham last summer, and media attention focused on him.
This led to an interview with Dutch outlet Voetbal International where they asked him who his favorite Premier League teams were, with Liverpool not in his top three.
“There is no team in the world I would rather see than city of manchesterfollowed by Naples, Arsenal and Brighton,” he explained in August 2023, quoted by the daily star.
“But City, and again it is not my intention to compare ourselves with them, have a similar style of play to the one we want to play with Feyenoord: 4-3-3, building from the back, wanting to press quickly. “
With Slot's arrival at Liverpool in the summer, you may want to start watching some games to get a feel for the job.
And fans might be happy to hear from the City boss. pep guardiola is one of the inspirations for Slot.
“I certainly don't want to compare myself to Pep, but he's a control freak like me,” he added.
“If I look at myself, I try to win a match the week before, conveying training, pre-match talks and tactics to the players as perfectly as possible.”
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talkSPORT understands Liverpool have agreed a compensation package with Feyenoord worth more than £9.4m (€11m).
It came days after he admitted he was desperate to take charge at Anfield following Feyenoord's win over Go Ahead Eagles last week.
“I know for sure that I would like to work there,” says the 45-year-old.
“All I can say about it is that the clubs are in negotiations. “I'm in the waiting room.”
Liverpool had undertaken a data-driven approach in their search for a replacement for Klopp.
sports boss Ruben Amorim He had been a name linked to the Reds before Slot became the preferred candidate.
