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Arne Slot on Florian Wirtz’s Impact on Liverpool & How Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dijk Stay So Good: Men in Blazers 08/09/25

Men In Blazers

Men In Blazers | Wondery

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football, Soccer, Mib

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Liverpool Manager Arne Slot joins Rog to talk about the club's latest splashy signing Florian Wirtz, what it takes to repeat as Premier League Champions, and what it means to be enshrined in the Kop end with Bill Shankly and Jurgen Klopp. Then, Slot delves into the thinking behind some of Liverpool’s transfer moves this summer, why they didn't spend as much money as you think, and what we can expect from wunderkind Rio Ngumoha this season.

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0:00.0

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0:08.8

You're listening to the Meninblazers Media Network, Suboptimal Radio.

0:26.7

A question of the meninblazers media network. A quick word before we welcome on a slot.

0:29.5

It's obviously an emotional time at the club as all of global football mourns the late Diego Jota.

0:33.2

And the club asked us not to directly ask about his passing.

0:36.8

We of course honoured that request.

0:38.9

In the time of grief, we wanted to be completely respectful of the club's wishes. Here's the

0:43.5

interview with honour, number 20 forever. My guest today spent his first year in England, performing

0:50.9

and field alchemy, instantly transforming his Liverpool side, overseeing a calmly potent saunter to a 20th league title.

1:00.3

Season so dominant, the celebrations started when there were still an entire month left to play.

1:05.6

He's back with some serious reinforcements to see if he can become the first Liverpool manager in over 40 years to win back-to-back lead titles.

1:15.1

It's a joy to welcome the Ibiza Ora Farmer himself.

1:18.7

It's Mr Arna Slot.

1:20.1

Hello, Roch. All good.

1:21.6

For you, it's amazing.

1:22.8

I mean, I'm going back to the first time we spoke, Ar Anna, when you were barely four months into the job.

1:28.8

Liverpool, though, already top of the Premier League table.

1:31.9

And you lost just one of your first 30 games.

1:35.1

You made something very difficult on the inside look very, very effortless on the outside.

1:41.0

Can you pinpoint the exact moment, Anna, the game, where you let yourself start to believe

1:46.4

that the title was Liverpool's? That was quite late into the season, I suppose, because you know

1:52.5

how difficult this league is, you know how strong our competitors were and are. But the first time

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