Arne Slot's text messages from Jurgen Klopp and ex-Liverpool manager's opinion of him

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Arne Slot is under increasing pressure at Liverpool following a dismal run of form, but the Dutchman was given the seal of approval by Jurgen Klopp following his appointmentJurgen Klopp backed Liverpool successor Arne Slot long before the Dutchman's current struggles at Anfield. Really good coach," he told ESPN last year following Slot's appointment.

"I was really happy when I heard that Liverpool was going for Arne Slot. Like I don't want that.

When quizzed about any communication he'd had with his successor, Klopp revealed he'd sent Slot texts after his appointment was announced, though he didn't divulge the specifics of their chat."We spoke one or two times [at the start]. But there is nothing I can tell him what he couldn't know himself," he added.