In the middle of a discussion about Liverpool’s European ambitions on Sky SportsJamie Carragher recounted a striking scene he experienced last summer: during a family vacation, Arne Slot introduced him to his wife and children as a “Champions League winner”. A formula that struck the former Reds legend: “I almost felt like he was suggesting this was his next step, I could feel it in the way he said it. We won the Premier League, but now we want the Champions League and that stuck with me. You feel he wants this. »
Carragher also underlined the particular attraction of Slot for the European scene, and in particular for PSG, who eliminated Liverpool last season before winning the competition. “I think Slot has a little obsession with the Champions League”he explained. “He talked a lot about PSG last season, after losing to them. He talks about it so well that he almost admired this defeat and the fact that they won. And the way they won it, the way they played the final, I think he loves coaches whose teams play like that. » Clearly, after a 2024-2025 financial year marked by a victory in the Premier League, for Slot, the next hoped-for milestone is European.
