Jurgen Klopp offers view on potential Arne Slot arrival at Liverpool

Klopp will officially stand down from his role as manager of the Merseyside giants at the end of the 2023-24 campaign, and Slot, who is currently in charge of Feyenoord, is the firm favourite to replace him.

Discussions between Liverpool and Feyenoord are believed to have been positive, with a compenation fee of around £9m potentially being agreed between the two clubs.

Klopp has insisted that he 'does not know anything about' the finer details of the negotiations, but the German said that he 'likes the way Slot's team plays football' and also branded the Dutchman «a good guy».

«I don't know anything about it. I'm not involved in the process. What I like is that, if he is the one, he wants the job. He is excited. I like the way his team plays football. All the things I hear about him are that he's a good guy,» Klopp told reporters during Friday's press conference.

«I'm looking forward for the club if he is the solution. It all sounds really good. It's the best job in the world. It will help that we're not finishing on a high so there's space for improvement.»

Liverpool will be aiming to bounce back from Wednesday's 2-0 defeat to Everton in the Merseyside derby when they head to West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

The Reds are third in the table, three points behind the leaders Arsenal, while they are two points behind second-placed Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Klopp has claimed that both Arsenal and Man City would have discounted his side from the title race following the damaging defeat at Goodison Park last time out.

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