Arne Slot told Liverpool CAN win Premier League - as Arsenal issued damning warning

Arne Slot has enjoyed a imagination commencement to beingness astatine Liverpool and erstwhile Reds midfielder Didi Hamann believes his aged nine tin spell each the mode successful the Premier League rubric contention this year

Didi Hamann is adamant that Liverpool person a "great chance" of winning the Premier League nether Arne Slot this year.

Not galore radical tipped the Reds to situation for the rubric pursuing the departure of Jurgen Klopp successful the summertime but Slot has enjoyed a good commencement to beingness astatine Anfield with Liverpool presently apical of the table.

Slot's squad beat Chelsea 2-1 connected Sunday to laic down a marker to their rivals astatine the apical of the table, portion Arsenal - who person been touted arsenic Manchester City's superior rubric rivals - slipped up distant astatine Bournemouth pursuing different reddish card.

And portion it's inactive precise aboriginal connected successful the Slot premiership, Hamann has already seen capable of Liverpool to beryllium convinced that a rubric propulsion is connected the mode nether their caller caput coach.

"I deliberation Liverpool person shown they tin triumph the Premier League, isolated from the Nottingham Forest game, they've been brilliant," Hamann told FlashScore. "The squad functions well, everyone is blessed and psychologically, and the triumph against Chelsea is huge. It was an adjacent crippled but Liverpool came retired connected top, which is simply a monolithic motion of intent.

"Manchester City person mislaid Rodri, helium can't beryllium replaced and Arsenal dropped points, I deliberation Liverpool person a large accidental to triumph the Premier League and spell acold successful the Champions League."

Liverpool were expected to endure a transitional play nether Slot contempt moving Manchester City adjacent successful the rubric implicit the past fewer twelvemonth years nether Klopp.

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But that hasn't deterred Hamann, who doubled down connected his prediction and adjacent went 1 further by calling what the apical 4 volition look similar travel May. Despite Arsenal's renaissance nether Mikel Arteta, Hamann reckons they'll decorativeness down City and Liverpool astatine the top, portion he's besides tipping their bitter rivals, Tottenham, to decorativeness successful fourth.

Hamann has concerns implicit Arsenal owed to the information that Kai Havertz, their first-choice No.9, is not an out-and-out striker - thing helium thinks that volition travel backmost to haunt them aft they opted against signing different centre guardant successful the summer.

He added: "I've ever thought that Kai Havertz is not a striker, helium needs to play deeper but Arsenal person Martin Odegaard there. Havertz is simply a hugely talented player, his numbers are a batch amended than what astir radical would predict. But, I deliberation helium has a batch much to offer. I anticipation helium tin travel retired of his shell, helium tin instrumentality games by the scruff of the neck.

"I don't cognize wherefore Havertz is not playing down Gabriel Jesus arsenic a striker portion Odegaard is injured. I deliberation the Arsenal squad could beryllium overmuch better, a large crushed wherefore they won't triumph the league this play is due to the fact that they did not bargain a centre guardant successful the summer."

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