A look at Liverpool’s next manager in charge as the emergence of Arne Slot as the front runner to take charge at Anfield took the footballing world by surprise. The aims for the new boss are set to ensure more success at the club but the job will not be easy.
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00:00This season marks an incredible end to Jürgen Klopp's time at the club. It started slow
00:10but it was a plan that the owners invested in and it seemed to work eventually with the
00:16success they had. Reaching those Champions League finals, for example, sometimes you
00:21may look at it and think that it was a few missed opportunities. Obviously, an incredible
00:25run in that Premier League season to come second was unbelievable and they were hard
00:32done by there. How do you summarise Jürgen Klopp's era and how difficult will it actually
00:38be to replace him? We saw it with Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, it's so hard
00:44to replace an all-time great.
00:47I don't think it could have gone much better because he was competing with a Manchester
00:51City side who have a lot of wealth and have the best manager in the world. Even in recent
00:58seasons we've seen Arsenal splash the cash as well. I know they've mounted a title charge
01:03in the past two seasons but they've brought players in to do that. Liverpool have spent
01:09money, let's not say that they haven't, because they have. Some of it has been funded by player
01:14sales. Obviously, Leite Coutinho was the real catalyst for that. As I say, when Jürgen
01:22Klopp came into the club in 2015, Liverpool were in the doldrums somewhat. Some clubs
01:30would obviously love to be in that position but in terms of what Liverpool expected, what
01:33are you? They haven't won the league for, at that point, 25 years and Jürgen Klopp's
01:40done now. He's won the Champions League, he's got two finals and there will be some
01:44missed opportunities. Definitely, that final in Paris where Liverpool were the better side
01:51but they just couldn't find their way past Courtois and Real Madrid goal. What he's done
01:57is he's transformed Liverpool back to the European elite. Even when Liverpool were in
02:02the Champions League in 2005 and they were in the Champions League consistency, would
02:06you have said they were a real powerhouse in Europe? No, they weren't. They weren't
02:09challenging for titles. They got to the Champions League final twice but they wouldn't attract
02:17the best of the best players. You would say that Liverpool have got that pull now and
02:22Arnie Slott, who is going to come in, he's got a massive challenge ahead to replace the
02:26boys of Jürgen Klopp. Not just as a manager but as a whole order around the club because
02:30what he's done to galvanise and rejuvenate the club. There wouldn't have been many, if
02:37anyone, who could have done it like he has. He needs to stay at the top level really because
02:42that's what Jürgen Klopp has built and Liverpool won't be wanting to go back to the derriere
02:49of Hodgson, Brendan Rodgers. They're at the top of the European ladder now and they won't
02:56want to lose the position.