It’s thought Arne Slot was partly targeted by Liverpool for his ability to squeeze the most out of a squad and over-achieve.
His Eredivisie title win of last season was revered in the Netherlands due to the fact he essentially had to rebuild a side that had lost a number of key stars, including their top scorer. Most of his signings have been a success.
As per The Times, Slot will assume the role of ‘head coach’ rather than ‘manager’ at Anfield, meaning he will have less sway over transfers although will still have some influence. Given his track record, his nous should be utilised, albeit with a little bit of guidance.
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Liverpool operated on the smallest net spend out of the big six Premier League clubs by several hundreds of millions during Jurgen Klopp’s reign. Feyenoord are one of the big-hitters in Holland but have raindrop revenues compared to Liverpool.
In fact, all of Slot's 10 most expensive signings cost a combined sum of £53.32m - just two-thirds of a Virgil van Dijk. The ECHO has looked at these 10 recruits and rated them either a success, a failure or neither.
Fee: £2.77m in January 2022 (from Hacken, in Sweden)
Position: Right winger
Age when bought: 20
Walemark tallied two goals in 21 appearances last season before he required major surgery on a muscle injury in February 2023 that wiped him out for the second half of the season. He is currently on loan at Heerenveen and is getting back up to speed with three goals and four assists in 21 league matches.
Fee: £3.41m in July 2022 (from Hertha
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