Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has revealed his predecessor Jürgen Klopp reached out to congratulate him after his team won the Premier League title on Sunday.
Slot’s side beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 to clinch the club’s 20th league title at Anfield.
The Dutchman has described Sunday as “one of the best days of [his] life,” with Klopp — who won the Premier League with Liverpool in 2019-20 — among the people to message him after the game.
“A lot of messages and they are nine out of 10 times the same, but they come for a good heart,” Slot said on Friday.
“I’ve tried to answer all of them. It’s been amazing. Especially on Sunday, especially for Liverpool fans, it was probably one of the best days of their lives and it was the same for me. Seeing how much it meant to the fans and the players was really special to be a part of.
“The most famous person who messaged me? I assume it was Jürgen! What did he say? Congratulations, now I know what a special club it is, I am part of history, this type of stuff, he was really happy for fans and the club.”
Slot added: “I think the main advantage of winning the league is that until now, if I spoke to new players that we wanted to bring in, I always told them that our fans are really special, that it’s special to play at this club. I think that was maybe not even necessary to tell them in the past, but after Sunday I don’t think I ever have to tell anyone again how special our fans are because that was unbelievable.
“Not only because of how much emotion there was but them not coming onto the pitch. The amount of times I see teams winning the league and there’s a pitch invasion but they all stayed in the stands which was incredible. So winning the league, having these fans, I think this is a big attraction to every player we want to bring in.”
Liverpool will contest their first game as Premier League champions when they take on Chelsea on Sunday. Looking ahead to the rest of the season, Slot said: “It’s nice that we play some very strong teams with Chelsea, Arsenal and Crystal Palace, so that gives immediately a challenge to those games.
“It’s the end of the season but we also have to look at this at the start of next season already. It’s Chelsea away first. We played them earlier on in the season and I’m completely surprised at the gap we have at the moment because at that point in time we had to suffer more than any other game.”