May 13, 2025

53 minutes

Available for 20 days

From Shankly to Paisley, and now from Klopp to Slot – what do Liverpool get so right about their manager transitions? Kelly Cates is joined by football writer and Liverpool fan Tony Evans and Dutch football journalist Marcel van der Kraan. Hear from Arne Slot himself, as well as Cody Gakpo and tactics writer Mark Carey. And catch an interview with sport psychologist Dan Abrahams, who worked with Slot at Feyenoord.

04:00 Liverpool have a healthy history of changing managers

07:50 Arne Slot is ‘like a Swiss watchmaker’

09:35 Slot on successfully replacing Klopp

16:20 Tactics writer Mark Carey joins the pod

20:55 Gakpo’s take on the transition between managers

23:00 Has Gravenberch been a key to success?

29:20 Are Liverpool too reliant on Mo Salah?

34:40 Interview with sport psychologist Dan Abrahams

46:40 What does the future look like?

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