Robin van Persie sends Liverpool a clear message to Arne Slot after working with him

Robin van Persie has backed Arne Slot to be a success at Liverpool in an encouraging prediction for the club’s supporters.

Slot has now been confirmed as Liverpool’s new head coach and will officially start work at Anfield on June 1. He takes over from Jürgen Klopp, who bid a final farewell to the club on Sunday.

The Dutchman will arrive on Merseyside following a successful spell in charge of Feyenoord. Slot led the Rotterdam club to the Eredivisie title last season before adding the KNVB Cup this year.

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The pressure will be on though as a very tough act follows in Klopp. Along with new sporting director Richard Hughes, Slot will begin his plans for his debut season at Anfield in the next two months.

While Slot may have been a relatively unknown name before being linked with the Liverpool job to many Reds fans, Van Persie knows the 45-year-old well. The former Arsenal and Manchester United striker has worked as a youth coach at Feyenoord in recent years and was also an assistant at Slot and will become Heerenveen’s head coach this summer.

Van Persie believes the former Feyenoord boss has what it takes to fill the void left by Klopp at Liverpool. Asked by ESPN NL how he thought Slot would fare at Anfield, Van Persie replied (via Voetbal Nieuws): “I think very well.

“How he wants to play is in line with Klopp’s style of play and what they are used to there. I expect him to do very well.

“Liverpool is one of the most beautiful clubs in England. I was able to play for two other very nice clubs.

“Slot has already managed to train well at Feyenoord at this pace. But there (England) it goes really hard and fast for 11 to 11.5 months a year. It’s a very nice, new opportunity for him. I think it will go very well.”

Liverpool.com says: Liverpool fans are stepping into the unknown somewhat, and Slot is taking over this summer. This is still a very encouraging prediction from Van Persie.

The former United striker will know exactly how Slot works, having worked alongside him at Feyenoord. If he says his style is in line with Klopp’s then that will do us a lot of good.