Agent already working on exit as Simeone handpicks £140k-p/w Liverpool star

Even after they were crowned Premier League champions on Sunday, Liverpool look destined to lose one particular star this summer with his agent already reportedly working on an exit.

Slot credits Klopp after Liverpool title win

Not even the most optimistic Liverpool fan could have predicted a debut title for Arne Slot. The Dutchman had an impossible act to follow in the great Jurgen Klopp, but waltzed in without welcoming any significant arrivals before completing a task only five other Premier League managers have achieved in history. Slot, like Klopp, has now become an instant part of Anfield history.

For the first time this season Slot was no longer the stern, focused tactician at Anfield when the final whistle sounded on Sunday. Instead, like his Liverpool squad, he was seen donning the champions shirt and swaying along to You’ll Never Walk Alone in front of the Kop.

The Liverpool boss took time to express the joy of becoming a Premier League champion whilst also handing credit to Klopp, telling reporters: “I am 99.9% sure that if I pick up my phone there will be a message from Jurgen.

“So many moments in the season the two of us have had contact. I think he showed last season what a wonderful human being he is by introducing me. But what mattered most is the team he left behind that was able to win the trophy. The work Jurgen and Pep [Lijnders] did – the culture, work-rate, quality – was outstanding.”

That Premier League crown is unlikely to stand in the way of a busy summer, however, with one forward seemingly destined to head for the exit door.

Darwin Nunez set to leave Liverpool

According to reports in Spain, Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has handpicked Darwin Nunez to sign this summer and the Uruguayan’s agent is already working on a Liverpool exit. The forward’s third season at the club looks set to be his last as Slot gets ruthless and Liverpool look to move on after winning the Premier League title.

It has been his third season that Nunez has arguably looked the most out of place in Liverpool’s squad, which has moved on from Klopp’s heavy-metal approach towards a more controlled style under Slot.

This season’s numbers highlight how Nunez has struggled under Slot compared to the improvements he was making under Klopp and it’s become clearer than ever that he must move on to find his best form.

Once described as “outstanding” by his Klopp, Nunez looks destined to depart Anfield as a case of what might have been rather than the player they believed they had signed in 2022. Whether that means that Atletico Madrid beckons for the £140,000-a-week forward remains to be seen, however.