Liverpool news: ‘I don’t think anyone predicted this’ – Jamie Carragher on title win

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has waxed lyrical about Arne Slot’s debut season as manager after their Premier League title win.

Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp over the summer and many predicted that this would be a year of transition, with the chances of winning the league seeming unlikely.

“I don’t think anyone predicted this, not even the biggest Liverpool supporter,” Carragher said speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside. “To win the league title is just ‘wow’. We know how hard it’s been over the last few years for Jurgen Klopp and he’s created some of the best Liverpool teams the club has ever seen.

“To win the league in the first season for Slot is out of this world.

“I like that he’s done it his way. He hasn’t tried to be Jurgen Klopp or imitate him except for the microphone after the Tottenham game. I thought that was a brilliant moment and sums up Liverpool – that no-one is bigger than the club.

“The big thing for me is going into next season as favourites to win the league, we very rarely say that, even under Klopp. But I think if Liverpool have a good summer, it’s the first time I sort of back them to win the league at the start of the season.”

Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds.