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View image in fullscreen‘The only one’: Arne Slot reveals he had to be Liverpool’s first choice to take job

Coach would have been put off by rival candidates

Jürgen Klopp back at Anfield for trophy presentation

Arne Slot has said he would not have taken the Liverpool job had he been one of several candidates to replace Jürgen Klopp and that he can envisage managing at Anfield as long as his renowned predecessor.

Klopp will return to Anfield on Sunday for the first time since stepping down, to see Liverpool lift the Premier League trophy.

Slot said it would be a proud moment to raise the trophy in front of his predecessor, who built this title-winning squad, and that he would not have left Feyenoord but for Richard Hughes, Liverpool’s sporting director, making clear he was “the only one” the club wanted.

“There was never one second of a doubt [about succeeding Klopp] and that was largely to do with the fact why they wanted me and how they tried to convince me to come,” said the head coach, who refused to be drawn on whether he expects to be offered a new contract this summer.

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“I didn’t have to open my laptop one time to show them what I did or how I worked.

My time at Feyenoord was too good.”

Hughes visited Slot at home in Zwolle last April and gave a presentation on why the Dutch coach was the ideal fit.

Slot said: “Liverpool were so clear they wanted to have me, and they knew everything about me.

Julian [Ward, Fenway Sports Group’s technical director] visited the [Feyenoord] training ground and spoke with a lot of people trying to get some knowledge for the club and how I worked.

“If Ajax would be smart they would consider him,” Slot said.