Liverpool manager Arne Slot has impressed almost everyone since joining the club in the summer. His team sit at the top of the Premier League table this season and they have not dropped a point in the Champions League. The Dutchman has seamlessly moved the Reds from the Jurgen Klopp without carrying out major changes to the personnel and he is now a major reason why the club could hold on to Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Slot’s team scored a 1-0 win at Girona on Tuesday night to keep their perfect record in the Champions League going and are now major contenders to go all the way in the competition.
The Dutchman has had to deal with a poor summer transfer window and the noise around the contract negotiations of Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Salah all season.
However, he has masterfully navigated the choppy waters and has said nothing in the media to jeopardise things behind the scenes, which has kept the players on board with him.
Alexander-Arnold has yet to decide on what he wants to do amidst Real Madrid trying to lure him away from Anfield on a free transfer next summer.
Liverpool have offered him a contract that would make him the best-paid player in the Premier League but more importantly, he has bought into Slot’s style of football.
He claimed that his mind had been blown by the Liverpool manager’s tactics. Tt is clear he is enjoying working under Slot.
“The style in which he coaches and the style in which he has us playing and the identity we’ve got as a team is something that is there to see”, he said on TNT Sports.
“And I think the lads have bought into it from day one. Of course, his tactics are mind-blowing, if I’m honest.”
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Slot was given the tough gig of replacing a cult hero like Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool and he has taken to it like a duck to water. It is clear that players like him and the fans have also taken to the Dutchman.
Of course, it helps that Liverpool sit at the top of the Premier League table and are looking like the team to beat in the Champions League this season.
Results have allowed Slot to get the players on his side and the harmony inside the squad has allowed him to go about his business seamlessly.
Alexander-Arnold’s words suggest that he is loving life under the Liverpool manager despite the interest from Real Madrid.
There is no guarantee on who will be in the Real Madrid dugout next season and there is considerable upheaval inside the club this season.
Slot and the serene atmosphere he has created at Liverpool could go a long way in convincing him that staying at Anfield would be best for his career.
