Buying 'weapons' crucial in bid to rule home and abroad

AS SOMEONE who spent the best part of last week partying in Ibiza, celebrating a Premier League title win that was sealed before the beginning of May, Arne Slot does not seem like a manager of many regrets.

- By Andy Dunn

And, of course, he is not. Slot could not have hoped for a more impressive first season in one of football’s biggest jobs.

But when the Liverpool head coach reflects, the one bump in the road that will shape his plans for next season came via the last-16 Champions League exit,

Firstly, he believes the Reds were unlucky to meet Paris Saint-Germain at that stage, considering they finished top of the league phase.

But Slot also concedes his side might not have been at their peak for the tie in early March because he had not rotated his players enough.