One former Liverpool participant has warned Arne Slot that he solely has ‘4 weeks’ to win the respect of the Reds squad that he’ll be inheriting, or else it might quickly be ‘over’ for him at Anfield.
The 45-year-old has but to be formally confirmed as our new head coach, however Fabrizio Romano has indicated that the appointment might be finalised within the coming days.
Talking to Squawka Soccer, Glen Johnson claimed that the Feyenoord boss must get the gamers ‘on facet’ inside his first month on Merseyside if he’s to be revered by a gaggle who’ve labored underneath the long-serving and deified Jurgen Klopp.
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The ex-Liverpool defender stated: “It’s vital that he will get the boys on his facet. He must get their consideration, get their perception as quickly as doable. As a result of if he hasn’t acquired that in 4 weeks, it isn’t going to work, perhaps even much less, perhaps two weeks.
“They’re huge characters. If he loses the dressing room within the first 4 weeks, it’s over. The gamers need to respect him and naturally they may do, they’re all good guys.
“What I imply by respect, I imply do they imagine that he could make them win, or assist them to win? He must make them imagine within the coaching, within the philosophy, no matter it’s that he’s going to deliver. The idea of how they’re going to dissect different groups. The gamers have to purchase into all the pieces you say; in any other case it’s over.”
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We’re positive that Slot is absolutely conscious of how huge an ask it’ll be for him to copy the influence that Klopp has made at Liverpool and wouldn’t go anyplace close to the job if he feels that the problem can be overly intimidating.
After all he’ll need to strike the proper notes as quickly as he walks within the door at Anfield, and it’s encouraging to listen to that he plans to take a seat down for a dialog with captain Virgil van Dijk as a matter of precedence (Romano).
The 45-year-old mightn’t be essentially the most illustrious managerial identify in European soccer, however he’d nonetheless arrive on Merseyside as a league title winner, and a coach who guided his Feyenoord group to the ultimate of a continental event, each up to now two years.
Whereas Johnson has thrown down the gauntlet to Slot along with his projected timeline, he rightly acknowledges that the Dutchman is ready to take over a gaggle of gamers who’ve proven great professionalism all through their time at Liverpool, with no apparent ‘unhealthy apples’ to elicit concern.
The incoming boss may have a full pre-season to make his mark behind the scenes earlier than the acid check of his work commences in August when the 2024/25 marketing campaign begins in earnest.
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