Wow: Damning journalist claim regarding Arne Slot's methods at Liverpool revealed

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Last season, a lack of fitness was evident on the pitch, with the Reds far too often outrun by opponents, looking a far cry from Jurgen Klopp’s time in charge. According to a damning claim from The Times‘ Northcroft, training sessions often started well into the day, and not at acceptable intensity levels for a Premier League team.

He states that “preparation for sessions was so painstaking Liverpool’s players could arrive at the training ground at 10am but not be out on the grass until 12.30pm”, adding that they had “first undergone meetings, gym work and time in a dedicated pre-training gathering space called the “Green Room”, which might involve light exercises some viewed as fripperies, like throwing a basketball about.” The report goes on to add that “training could be significantly below match intensity”, whereas Klopp’s approach was to “train at 95-100 per cent every day and then perform at 80 per cent – or rather play against opponents who could only reach 80 per cent of the levels his team had pushed themselves to on the training pitch.” A damning indictment of Arne Slot’s time at Liverpool As mentioned, Slot will always deserve praise for the title win, but in his second year at Liverpool, he and his backroom team looked increasingly out of their depth, and this new claim is eye-watering. Slot clearly felt it was the right way to go about things, but it didn’t work at all in the end, and Iraola’s high-octane style is far more in line with Klopp’s.

Here’s hoping we are watching Liverpool outrun opponents all season long and beyond, and not the other way round. He is also a main contributor for This Is Anfield, one of the world's biggest Reds-related sites, where he writes features and news, and covers matchday content.