Salah: Slot affect at Liverpool stunned me

Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah has admitted the affect of Arne Slot on the membership following Jurgen Klopp’s go out stunned him.

Klopp left Liverpool on the finish of the 2023/24 season, sooner than Slot arrived from Feyenoord in the summertime. The Dutchman gained the name in his first season on the membership after after beating Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 on the finish of April.

Salah, who used to be voted the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year this previous week, published in an interview with France Football that Slot’s affect took him by way of marvel.

“I didn’t expect us to win so quickly. Who could have predicted that the transition would be successful so quickly? No one, I think. In preseason, Arne came to see me and asked me to be an example for the other players.

I told him not to worry because I’m always at my best, not to set an example, but because that’s who I am. He told me what he expected of me in the game, with a lot of responsibilities in running, which I liked.”

Salah, who has bagged 28 targets within the Premier League this season, additionally highlighted the variations between Slot and his predecessor Klopp.

“Arne is very direct, he re-established the competitive level, whereas with Jürgen, we were perhaps a little too much in our comfort zone towards the end.

Arne and his staff are more open to discussion, to sharing feelings, I think that was important in my performances. And, above all, it led us to success.”

Liverpool face Arsenal on Sunday at Anfield.