Just like much of the country, there is a new man in office at Liverpool – but although the overall tone of Arne Slot’s first speech as Liverpool head coach on Friday saw him vow to build on Jurgen Klopp’s ideologies, the Dutchman admitted he is ‘not a clone’ of his predecessor.
Slot faced the media for the first time since his move from Feyenoord and was flanked by fellow new face Richard Hughes, the sporting director, and shot down suggestions he had trepidation about filling the sizable shoes of Klopp.
Asked about this, he said: ‘Not at all.