Even after they have been topped Premier League champions on Sunday, Liverpool look destined to lose one specific star this summer time together with his agent already reportedly engaged on an exit.
Slot credit Klopp after Liverpool title win
Not even essentially the most optimistic Liverpool fan may have predicted a debut title for Arne Slot. The Dutchman had an inconceivable act to comply with within the nice Jurgen Klopp, however waltzed in with out welcoming any vital arrivals earlier than finishing a activity solely 5 different Premier League managers have achieved in historical past. Slot, like Klopp, has now turn out to be an instantaneous a part of Anfield historical past.
For the primary time this season Slot was not the strict, centered tactician at Anfield when the ultimate whistle sounded on Sunday. As an alternative, like his Liverpool squad, he was seen donning the champions shirt and swaying alongside to You will By no means Stroll Alone in entrance of the Kop.
The Liverpool boss took time to specific the enjoyment of turning into a Premier League champion while additionally handing credit score to Klopp, telling reporters: “I’m 99.9% certain that if I decide up my telephone there will likely be a message from Jurgen.
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“So many moments within the season the 2 of us have had contact. I feel he confirmed final season what an exquisite human being he’s by introducing me. However what mattered most is the staff he left behind that was capable of win the trophy. The work Jurgen and Pep [Lijnders] did – the tradition, work-rate, high quality – was excellent.”
That Premier League crown is unlikely to face in the way in which of a busy summer time, nevertheless, with one ahead seemingly destined to go for the exit door.
Darwin Nunez set to depart Liverpool
In line with experiences in Spain, Atletico Madrid supervisor Diego Simeone has handpicked Darwin Nunez to signal this summer time and the Uruguayan’s agent is already engaged on a Liverpool exit. The ahead’s third season on the membership seems set to be his final as Slot will get ruthless and Liverpool look to maneuver on after profitable the Premier League title.
It has been his third season that Nunez has arguably appeared essentially the most misplaced in Liverpool’s squad, which has moved on from Klopp’s heavy-metal method in the direction of a extra managed model underneath Slot.
Darwin Nunez at Liverpool (by way of Transfermarkt) | Appearances | Targets | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
2022/23 | 42 | 15 | 4 |
2023/24 | 54 | 18 | 15 |
2024/25 | 43 | 7 | 7 |
This season’s numbers spotlight how Nunez has struggled underneath Slot in comparison with the enhancements he was making underneath Klopp and it is turn out to be clearer than ever that he should transfer on to seek out his greatest kind.
As soon as described as “excellent” by his Klopp, Nunez seems destined to depart Anfield as a case of what may need been reasonably than the participant they believed that they had signed in 2022. Whether or not that implies that Atletico Madrid beckons for the £140,000-a-week ahead stays to be seen, nevertheless.
