Arne Slot reveals he would like to speak to Jurgen Klopp for advice ahead of his appointment as new Liverpool manager

Incoming Liverpool leader Arne Slot says he would for illustration to speak to nan man he will switch astatine Anfield, Jurgen Klopp, for proposal erstwhile it is officially confirmed he will return nan job.

The Feyenoord head has struck an statement to win Klopp as nan Reds’ caput coach from nan commencement of adjacent season, pinch only formalities and an charismatic announcement opinionated successful nan measurement of a woody being done.

Klopp, who will time off Liverpool aft 9 glory-packed years this month, said connected Friday that he is happy to speak to his successor but only Slot felt comfortable successful doing so.

And Slot says it is normal for this unofficial handover to return place. ‘I deliberation it’s normal that if you spell to a caller nine that you interaction nan existent coach,’ said nan 45-year-old aft Feyenoord’s 5-0 triumph complete PEC Zwolle astatine De Kuip past night.

‘I did this astatine Feyenoord arsenic well. It’s normal, each nan knowledge a personification has from moving a fewer years astatine nan nine aliases 9 successful this case, that you interaction him. But isolated from that I cognize his adjunct rather well, Pep Lijnders. If location is an charismatic confirmation, it would beryllium unusual if I did not telephone him.’

Slot tuned successful to nan opening stages of Liverpool’s 4-2 triumph complete Tottenham but had to move disconnected to attraction connected Feyenoord’s game. ‘I saw a fewer minutes of nan crippled but past we had to travel to nan stadium,’ he added.

‘It was not broadcasted complete here. I didn’t spot a lot, I saw nan first goal, which was a awesome goal. It was a bully triumph for Liverpool. If nan charismatic confirmation is location and I (become) 100 per cent that I will spell there, I will not only watch this crippled but a batch of games.’

The Dutchman embraced nan fans astatine De Kuip connected a time that, for illustration Klopp, saw his penultimate location game. 

Asked if it was a goodbye — noting that parts of nan stadium will beryllium closed for nan last lucifer — he said: ‘I deliberation I work together it looked for illustration that. But it is besides because of what we achieved successful nan past 3 seasons.

‘But because of each nan rumours successful nan media, they are expecting maine to time off - that is thing we could say.’