Jurgen Klopp has issued a verdict on Arne Slot’s start at Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp hailed his Liverpool successor Arne Slot as a ‘very good coach’ and is confident his former side will thrive under the Dutchman.
Slot made the move to Anfield this summer to replace Klopp after the German called time on his nine-year spell in charge of Liverpool.
The former Feyenoord boss got off to a winning Premier League start last weekend with a 2-0 victory against Ipswich Town and has already left Klopp impressed.
‘Arne, yeah. Really good coach,’ Klopp said in an interview with ESPN. ‘I was really happy when I heard that Liverpool was going for Arne Slot. A lot of things changed since we left.
‘But the only concern for me was, will they get a good coach? Liverpool was early and Liverpool got a top, top, top solution in Arne Slot.
‘I like his football a lot [how he] played it with, with [Feyenoord], so that’s really good. I saw the Sevilla game, the preseason friendly at Anfield – big parts of it were really good. And the league game [against Ipswich], the second half was obviously really good.
‘But it’s not important that I like it, you can see he is a very good coach and the team, I know now better than most, is a really good squad, is a really good team. So it’ll work out really well.’
Arne Slot won on opening weekend in the Premier League (Picture: Getty)
Klopp revealed that he had been in contact with Slot during the early days of his tenure but it pleased to see that his successor has put his own spin on this Liverpool side.
‘We spoke one or two times [at the start]. I think we texted a few more times. But there is nothing I can tell him what he couldn’t know himself,’ Klopp added.
‘Right now from my side, just to give positive feedback in the beginning because we are all human beings and he worked his socks off.
‘When I saw the games, that’s why I watched it, not to think, oh, how does it look? The work he did was obvious, the ideas obvious. And that’s the best you can say about the coach.’
The Reds will look to make it two wins from two on Sunday when they host the visit of Brentford at Anfield.
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