The Slot Machine: How Liverpool hit the managerial jackpot

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

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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0:42.7	The Football Daily Podcast.
0:44.2	With Kelly Kitts.
0:54.2	This is The Slot Machine, how Liverpool hit the managerial jackpot.
0:56.5	It was too obvious we couldn't not do it.
0:58.8	We will hear from the man himself on a slot.
1:01.4	Liverpool forward and fellow Dutchman Cody Gakpo plus the sports psychologist who worked alongside Slot at Firenord.
1:05.4	We will crunch the data, look at the tactics,
1:07.8	work out what's changed for Liverpool on the pitch,
1:10.4	and we'll discuss what slot might yet need to change going forward into next season.
1:15.5	Joining us, football writer and Liverpool fan Tony Evans and Dutch football journalist Marcel van de Kran.
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