We see it every single year. Sports stars who have been at the top for several years and will only take one last season before they give up. This “last season” could get ugly. In the world of football, it’s exactly the same. There was collective mourning in the red part of Liverpool when Jürgen Klopp announced this winter that he was retiring one year early. Now it turns out that Mester Klopp realized “one last season” could have negative consequences, both for the club and himself.
We don’t know what Liverpool would have looked like with Klopp at the helm this season, but there is no doubt that players like Mo Salah and several others have received a real vitamin injection from the change of manager and Arne Slot’s management and football.
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When Liverpool sent Pep Guardiola home with a loss at Anfield on Sunday, it is in a position in the Premier League the club has not held since the 2019/20 season. That was the last time Liverpool could bus the PL trophy through the city’s streets. Then the club won with 18 points ahead of Manchester City.
With Arne Slot at the helm, Liverpool lead by 9 points after 13 games, with 26 goals and a measly 8 backwards. Last season ended in third place, the season before a tenacious fifth place.
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Jürgen Klopp probably knew this winter that he had achieved what he could for Liverpool. Four months into the season without Klopp as manager, it is clear that the German legend made a very right choice. For themselves and for Liverpool.
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