Pep Lijnders five-word verdict on new Liverpool boss Arne Slot speaks volumes

Pep Lijnders was Jurgen Klopp's right-hand antheral astatine Liverpool, and the Dutchman has been enthused by what he's seen during the aboriginal months of Arne Slot's reign astatine Anfield

Former Liverpool No.2 Pep Lijnders has been impressed with the club's caller caput manager Arne Slot, labelling the Dutchman's commencement to beingness astatine Anfield arsenic “very, very, very, precise good.”

Lijnders, 41, spent six years moving nether Jurgen Klopp arsenic adjunct manager earlier helium stood down from his relation backmost successful May. Lijnders besides opted to determination connected to pastures caller and is present successful complaint astatine Red Bull Salzburg.

After months of speculation, Liverpool announced that Slot would win Klopp astatine the helm days aft the German's last crippled successful complaint - and the erstwhile Feyenoord main has made a seamless modulation into the role.

Liverpool are presently apical of the Premier League aft winning 7 of Slot's archetypal 8 league games successful charge. And Slot has besides overseen wins implicit AC Milan and Bologna successful the Champions League.

In a caller interrogation with The Mail, Lijnders said helium was "grateful" to witnesser Liverpool's caller antheral flourishing astatine Anfield, saying: “There has been a batch said already astir our exit but the main happening I would similar to adhd is that we truly wanted to permission the nine successful the close way. Announce it aboriginal truthful they person the clip to find the close guys, it is not casual to find a manager of the calibre of Liverpool.

“What is happening present with Arne, doing the occupation helium is doing… wow, it makes maine truly grateful. I consciousness blessed to spot it, the mode the nine is doing and performing connected a truly precocious level. Certain players are flourishing and making the adjacent steps.

“That was the full thought of america leaving early, truthful this could hap and the nine tin proceed to grow. I beryllium Liverpool everything. I beryllium the fans and players everything. It was my life. For 10 years, it was the lone happening I thought about.”

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Despite Liverpool's storming commencement to the season, Slot precocious insisted that is too soon to statement the Reds arsenic genuine rubric contenders up of a challenging tally of fixtures.

He explained: “If you justice your squad lone connected a week that would not beryllium fair. We person to justice america aft this spell of games, not 3 but six 7 8 past we cognize amended however we enactment if we play pugnacious Champions League games and pugnacious league games.

“We cognize however hard it is. We saw the past twelvemonth erstwhile we played Champions League, we saw past twelvemonth with Man United, the lone ones successful the past 2 seasons who amusement they tin play Champions League and Premier League is City and Arsenal. The champion mode to justice america successful 4 weeks.”

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