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And there will be plenty of more of that sort of stuff as the title celebrations get stretched out until the end of the Premier League season.

But while the emotion of managing a club such as Liverpool inevitably gets to everyone, Slot is no Klopp, and the club and team has been none the worse for that.

Understandably, it seems there is not one Liverpool player who has even a vaguely negative word to say about Klopp and you would struggle to come up with a reason why any of them possibly would.



Essentially, he pretty much ignored the contract talk, but he always came across as a manager who had a plan no matter who signed and who didn’t.

The one time Slot has perhaps been a little tetchy has been when people suggest the 2024-25 edition of the Premier League has not been a great one.

He is only the fifth person to win the Premier League in his first season of management in English football, the other four being Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Antonio Conte and Manuel Pellegrini.

In fact, the German’s one Premier League title did not come until the fifth year of his tenure.

To be fair, though, Klopp was not left the same sort of squad that he left to Slot

To his credit, Klopp left a squad that was re-energised by new midfield arrivals in particular, and was very much fit for purpose.

But by taking it from a third-placed squad to champions, Slot has still defied expectations and the sorrow over Klopp’s departure seems like a distant memory