O
n the day Arne Slot was officially unveiled as the successor to Jürgen Klopp, he was asked about replacing someone who came to be regarded as much a messiah at Liverpool as a manager. There were, he acknowledged, “big shoes to fill” and conceded that many in the building were still “in love” with an iconic figure.
And then Slot went and won the Premier League at the first time of asking and, as it turns out, the more straightforward part of his job may have been following in the footsteps of an illustrious predecessor.
The upheaval that has come from a summer of change at Anfield was not 2024 and the arrival of a new face in the dugout, but 12 months later than originally advertised. The transition is now.
Slot lifted the Premier League title in his first season but is now facing the realities of steering a team in transition
