After initial doubts, Arne Slot is showing that his coaching talent is no less than Jurgen Klopp’s. Liverpool shows no signs of collapse and is even ready to compete for titles from the Premier League to the Champions League.

When Klopp left after 9 years with Liverpool, everyone was worried that it would be the beginning of the collapse of an empire that had become Man City’s top rival from the Premier League to the Champions League. It was completely understandable for those concerns, not only because the “monster” Man City was still too strong through each season, but Arsenal was emerging and ready to be a new rival with 2 consecutive second-place finishes in the Premier League.

The voice from history pointed out that many teams to find themselves after a successful era. Man United after Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 was only a shadow of the past despite having gone through 8 different coaches (including interim cases). Arsenal after the era of Arsene Wenger also had to for a few years to start finding themselves again with Mikel Arteta when the Spanish coach was given enough trust and dared to accept the first failures to rebuild the image of a giant.

Instead of choosing a famous coach, Liverpool appointed Slot as Klopp’s successor. Although he won the Dutch championship in the 2022-23 season with Feyenoord, Slot’s ability to succeed at Liverpool is in question because the 46-year-old coach has never worked for any team outside the Netherlands. The three teams he previously coached, Cambuur, AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord, were all domestic clubs.

In addition, Slot only had one new player, Federico Chiesa, from Juventus in the summer transfer window. On the other hand, many important players of Liverpool have left, such as Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara. Everyone is worried that Slot will have a difficult start, even facing the of causing Liverpool to fall further behind in the Premier League title race, which is shaping up to be a two-horse race between Man City and Arsenal.