Sobering up with Klopp's legacy

Salah cannot carry Liverpool forever - Photo: REUTERS

It's fun, but the lack of anything worth watching the home team play in the final month of the season also brings a sense of disappointment to Liverpool fans.

Feeling of regret

Indeed, the remaining 19 Premier League representatives still have many goals to pursue this season. For Arsenal, it is the Champions League. For Man United and Tottenham, it is the Europa League. For Man City, Chelsea, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, it is the top 5 race to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

The teams below and even the relegation zone still have a financial incentive to compete. Each step up the rankings brings a significant change in prize money. Therefore, every team tries to be as high as possible. Only Liverpool has no way to... change its ranking.

Winning the championship was only a matter of time for coach Arne Slot and his team. Liverpool's Premier League title win was predicted as early as January. In a season where Man City was in a deep crisis, and Arsenal was no better than previous seasons, stability helped Liverpool quickly become superior.

But because of such superiority, Liverpool fans now feel regretful for being too... idle at the end of the season. They could have gone further in the Champions League, or won one of the two domestic cups, the FA and the League Cup.

In short, in the most brilliant season of Salah's career, the spectacular revival of Van Dijk, the brilliant seasons of Gravenberch, Gakpo, Konate, Liverpool still has more than enough in one place but lacks in another.

Liverpool had plenty of consistency and sublimation for much of the season, but then they lacked it all in March when they lost the Champions League and the League Cup final.

Liverpool need just 1 point to win the Premier League this season - Photo: Reuters

Liverpool's busy summer

That defeat was actually expected. Salah was in decline when entering the fasting month of Ramadan. Gakpo and Konate were also injured after a long period of continuous playing. Gravenberch and Mac Allister were "out of breath" because of the tireless fighting.

Liverpool is the smallest team in the Premier League with only 24 players, including 3 goalkeepers. They are also the team that spent the least in the summer transfer market. Liverpool's board of directors manages the team very well. Among them is absolute faith in the legacy left by coach Jurgen Klopp. Jurgen Klopp is a rare coach in the world who creates the feeling that he is always right in judging people.

Indeed, the only new signing Liverpool brought in after Klopp left was Federico Chiesa. But the Italian midfielder has not contributed anything to Liverpool this season. All the remaining players have scored more or less (including Darwin Nunez).

Next season, Klopp’s legacy will be diminished as Salah and Van Dijk age. Both have been given new contracts, more as a reward for their years of top form than a future one. Endo, Kelleher, Nunez and especially Arnold are all but certain to leave, making Liverpool’s already thin squad even thinner.

And this is really the time for coach Arne Slot to show his ability. Both experts and fans are still hesitant to recognize Mr. Slot's talent, when Klopp's legacy is so perfect. Although buying and selling players is not the responsibility of coach Arne Slot, but with a squad revolution sure to take place next summer, Slot's work will be very busy.

It is rare for a manager to win the Premier League in his first season in charge. Slot did, thanks in no small part to Klopp’s legacy. But Liverpool cannot rely on that legacy forever.

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HUY DANG

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