JURGEN KLOPP got it spookily spot-on when he departed Liverpool last summer with an enticing prediction.
The German bowed out of Anfield after nine iconic years with a hot take that has aged perfectly.
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Klopp won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup as he restored the Reds to the top table at home and abroad.
But few believed his replacement Arne Slot could achieve instant success in his first season at Liverpool.
However, Sunday’s 5-1 victory over Tottenham sealed title glory with four games to spare.
And many more might have backed Slot if they’d listened closely to a ‘Klopp-timistic’ clairvoyant last year.
Klopp said then: “I will be fine. And more importantly the club as well, because you saw the team now, that’s a bunch of really good people, and they will be fine, or even more.
“Somebody will come in, full of dreams, full of energy, full of excitement and full of new ideas, rightly so, and lead the club into that future. It’s great.”
Yet even Slot might have struggled to imagine how magical his first campaign in England would be.
Liverpool are 15 points clear of Arsenal, 20 above Newcastle and 21 ahead of deposed champions Manchester City.
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And when asked about the apparent ease of his achievement, the Dutchman referenced Klopp.
Slot told Sky Sports: “That’s not only my job, it’s the job of the players and the staff members standing over there and the work Jurgen (Klopp) and Pepijn (Lijnders) left behind over here.
“The culture of the team, the work rate, the quality was outstanding.
“We all knew that. We started off really well and it maybe helped a bit that (Manchester) City had a difficult spell, which they hadn’t had in five years.
“When the season started everyone would have been happy if we were in the top four for Champions League again but I don’t think that was fair to our players.
“They are much better than that and that’s what they have showed this season.”
Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk told the same broadcaster: “It’s special and it’s something that we don’t take for granted. It’s amazing.
“We got the job done and we (are) truly deserved champions of England.”