It’s solely been two days for the reason that 2023/24 Premier League season ended, however some pundits have already been discussing Liverpool’s prospects of being in a title race subsequent time period.
It’ll be the primary time in 9 years that the Reds have begun a marketing campaign with somebody apart from Jurgen Klopp on the helm, as Arne Slot goals to duplicate the success of the person that he’s changed within the Anfield dugout.
Talking on talkSPORT Breakfast, Ally McCoist and Jeff Stelling gave their very early verdicts on whether or not the Dutchman may have his staff in competition for top-flight glory subsequent April and Could.
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The ex-Rangers striker stated: “I don’t suppose Liverpool shall be preventing for the title subsequent season. I’ve simply bought a intestine feeling. I’m simply unsure the youthful ones are prepared to come back up and seize the mantle and stick with it once more. They fell away slightly bit [this season] after a powerful effort.
“Liverpool fell away and there was that midweek defeat at Everton. There have been simply little indicators there that I’m unsure they’ve the consistency required to win the league and problem proper on the prime subsequent 12 months.”
Stelling added: “Nice squad however whether or not it’s fairly on the degree of Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis is debatable.”
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That Liverpool have been even within the title equation going into April this 12 months was a testomony to the unimaginable job that Klopp did in revitalising a squad which slumped to fifth within the earlier marketing campaign.
The harm issues which dogged the membership over February and March appeared to meet up with the Reds ultimately when it got here to the run-in, and we are able to solely wonder if we’d have stored tempo with Man Metropolis and Arsenal proper to the top had the gamers not been operating on empty over the ultimate few weeks.
One other injection of high quality and depth will possible be required if Slot is to dethrone Pep Guardiola’s aspect in his first season at Anfield, however he comes into the job with a really stable platform on which to construct.
As we’ve already highlighted, and witnessed in earlier years, accidents can play an enormous half in shaping a staff’s ambitions of really contending for the Premier League title. That unwelcome impediment definitely did Liverpool no favours in trying to defend their crown in 2020/21.
Lots can occur by way of switch exercise between now and the top of August, and it gained’t be till properly into the autumn that now we have a transparent image as as to if or not the Reds can problem for first place subsequent season.
Fingers crossed that we could be within the shake-up subsequent spring…
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