Klopp's "legacy" completes its mission, and the Slote era truly begins

The reporter reported coldly 20th top-flight title, 2nd Premier League title...... It's Liverpool's success, it's Slot's success, it's Klopp's success. When bidding farewell to Liverpool last year, Klopp led the singing of "Slot's Song" to win the trust of fans for his successor; After winning the title on the afternoon of April 27, Slote paid tribute to his predecessor with his trademark "Farmer's Triple Punch". After all, it was the rich "legacy" left by Klopp that made Slote famous.

With the most generous gift, Klopp gave Slot the title of champion, and the championship trophy also allowed Slot to start his own era. Slot, who spoke at length with Jurgen Klopp last year, recognised the unique winning culture in Liverpool's dressing room, retained captain Virgil van Dijk, vice-president Trent Alexander-Arnold and the 'team committee' of Robertson, Mohamed Salah and Alisson. Aside from the gradual evolution of the coach and tactical system, this is almost Klopp's team.

Slot is also quietly building his own team culture, and he emphasizes team culture more than Klopp, requiring players to have breakfast with the coaching staff at 9:30 a.m. every morning; Instead of staying in a traditional Titanic hotel on the eve of a home game, players are allowed to go home, which Slote believes will help players enter the morning meeting of the game day in better condition. The café at the entrance to the training base restaurant, inspired by Serie A clubs, including Roma, soon became a social hub for Slote and the players. It not only cultivates the emotions between players, coaches and players, but also serves as a "transit station" for Liverpool's transition from the Klopp era to the Slott era.

The trophy means that Slote can push their football culture even more aggressively in the new season. Slot, whose parents are both teachers, attaches great importance to the "education" of the players. This season, Liverpool players have participated in far more individual and team meetings than in the Klopp era, with feedback, analysis and one-on-one coaching, which has been very popular with the players. Jurgen Klopp's tactics focus on teamwork, but Slot's approach is more about individual play based on teamwork, which is typical of Dutch football. In the new season, Kirkby Base can also see more "Dutchization" changes.

Compared to Klopp, Slot prefers the role of "coach" who is only responsible for training and games, rather than "English coach" who controls transfers. He is adjacent to the office of new sporting director Hughes, who has been trusted enough to immerse himself in the interior. He reactivated Konate, Szobosley and Dias, and after Suvimendi, who had been finalised last summer, decided that "panic buying" was pointless and that the solution was to keep Hrafenberg, who became a key nucleus of the championship team. The same goes for the contract extensions with Virgil van Dijk and Salah before winning the title, and Slot needs to build his own real era before still having a strong and consistent core of players.

Slot's less intense training and style of play than Jurgen Klopp's time has ensured a sustainable fit and a reduction in injuries, which has been a key element of Liverpool's success this season and will continue to do so next season. Slote stepped up the team's collaboration with the sports science team, with physiotherapy head Morgan and rehabilitation head Norbis even given decision-making power over whether players will be available or not. Pieters' focus on managing players to meet their training load, Liverpool's medical care is more detailed than it was in the Klopp era, and the medical team has encouraged players to do more yoga, spa and breathing exercises, all of which are the "culture shock" that Slot has brought to the team, and also herald the full start of a new era.

Slot, who beat Manchester City at the beginning of December last year and travelled alone in England, welcomed his extended family: parents Arend and Fanny, brothers Edwin and Jacques, wife Miam and children Issa and Chope. Dutch football culture places a high value on the influence of family on players, and Liverpool players naturally enjoy more time at home than they did under Jurgen Klopp. A more relaxed, relaxed Slote era is upon us, and the players have already experienced it this championship season.

Captain Van Dijk, who renewed his contract, organized a team "team building" at the Peruvian restaurant Pilana and personally selected the music playlist in the dressing room. "Sultans Of Swing" and "Walk Of Life" by the famous British rock band Dire Straits (Strait of Terror) are the most popular singles in the locker room.

On the afternoon of May 26, Liverpool will have a championship parade. And the Dutch coach who has put Liverpool back in the crown of England's most successful club needs to reintroduce himself to the fans who fill the streets: his name is not Arne, but Arend, which means eagle in Dutch. From now on, Slote, the eagle with the crown of England, is about to continue to conquer Europe under the watchful eye of the two bronze "Sharp Birds", the symbol of Liverpool.