After nine years of Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool with so much success he decided he would leave and someone had to take the mantle as manager and be the successor to the German head coach.
After month of the Liverpool board looking for the right man they landed on Arne Slot, a Dutch manager for Feyenoord.
He snapped at the opportunity to join the Reds.
Arne Slot says the opportunity to work at one of the "biggest clubs in the world" was "difficult to ignore".
The final season of Klopp's reign would be a successful one winning the Carabao cup and making it far in the FA cup, Europa League while also challenging for the Premier League title until the last couple of months of the season.
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Pre-Season
With questions surrounding the manager, the fans wondered whether he was the right fit and ready to manage a big club like Liverpool based on his previous job, so it was key for Arne Slot to impress in pre-season and show the fans what he can do.
Their pre-season tour in America started with a match against Real Betis which ended in a 1-0 win were Liverpool looked really comfortable.
In there next game they played Arsenal which was an opportunity to test themselves against good opposition
Liverpool won the game 2-1 showing signs of good defensive stability which seemed to be lacking in the final season of Klopp's Liverpool career only keeping 8 clean sheets compared to the season before in which he had 14.
Then for the final game in the US Liverpool faced rivals Manchester United with Slot impressing again securing a 3-0 win.
The last game of pre season was at Anfield in preparation for the Premier league season close approaching with Slot fielding a full strength side for the first time in pre-season to face Sevilla and winning the game 4-1.
This gave fans hope for the upcoming season winning every pre season game in front of fans.
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Transfer market
With a new manager fans were expecting a lot of movement in the transfer market with some crying out for a left winger, left sided defender and a number six.
But the fans did not get what they wanted as through out the transfer window the club were only seeming to look at one man and that was Martin Zubimendi a number six.
But unfortunately for the Kopites the player rejected their proposal and chose to stay at Real Sociedad which upset a lot of the Liverpool fan base as they were after the player for five days and they felt the deal had been dragged on for too long.
They did make two signings late in the window though, one of them being Giorgi Marmardashvilli who is a Georgian 23-year-old keeper who plays for Valencia CF but he is being sent straight back on loan to Valencia for a year while Liverpool still have Alisson Becker.
But the signing of Federico Chiesa is very exciting and the fans seemed to have already fell in love with him.
"It's a dream that has become a reality," he said. "When I hear the word Liverpool, I think of trophies, of victories and the great nights in the Champions League at Anfield.
"It is really emotional for me. I can't wait to hear the anthem and all the 60,000 Liverpool fans singing You'll Never Walk Alone. I will give everything for this shirt, for the fans. Forza Liverpool."
He's a forward from Italy who can play off the right and the left but his favoured position is on the right.
Fans have speculated he could be the Mohamed Salah replacement with Salah admitting it it his last year at the club in an interview with Sky Sports "This is my last year at the club".
What has excited fans most is the price that the club go him for which was £12 million for a 26-year-old who has proven he can shine at the top level, some major doubt have been had about his injury record though as he has had long term injuries in the past.
- Premier League season
In their first Premier League game of the season Liverpool were away to Ipswich Town who have just come of back to back promotions so momentum would be with them.
Slot knew it would be a tough game for his players which is the reason the first half was a bit shaky for his team but ultimately when the second half came his players showed their quality and they were too good for the opposition winning 2-0.
The first game at Anfield for Slot, saw them face Brentford in which his team impressed with another comfortable 2-0 victory over a good Brentford side.
The first challenge came in their third game where they faced rivals Manchester United away at Old Trafford but in the game it was men vs boys where Liverpool bullied United and looked better in every single way winning 3-0.
Something fans of not just Liverpool were impressed with was the tactical know how that Slot showed in his press conference after the game.
‘Last season, they were man-marking in the midfield and they had a press with the No.7 and the No.11, so with the striker and one of the wingers jumped with him.
‘This season they are more with a No.9 and a No.10 press, so they are more in a 4-4-2, so that’s different of course.
‘I see them, in my opinion, working harder if the ball is being played through them, so they run more. That’s at least what I saw in their first games".
Fans loved this as he picked apart Erik Ten Hag's system in minutes on live television which managers and players usually don't do so people respected him for and admired it.
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What could they achieve this season?
In the Premier League so far Slot and Liverpool are three for three in games and have the maximum 9 points.
Despite the questions when he was appointed from all fan bases on whether Slot had the management to carry on what Klopp did.
His team are in the Champions League this season and with the squad that he has at his disposal with bundles of talent in the starting 11 and on the bench, the sky is the limit for this team but it is only early into the season and things could change.
So Liverpool fans will need to patient despite really impressing so far in the Premier League. So they could be looking at challenging for the title again and they will certainly want to make it far in the Champions League.
