I’d rather play entertaining football than win trophies — Liverpool boss Slot

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has revealed that he places greater value on playing attractive football than simply winning trophies at Anfield.

Looking back on last season’s Premier League title success, Slot said he derived just as much satisfaction from his team’s style of play as he did from lifting the trophy. He made the comments during a discussion on The Reds Roundtable.

“As a manager, you can win the league, you can win the Champions League, you can win an FA Cup or a League Cup, but the biggest thing you can win is that you can play the nicest football to watch.

“Although at this moment of time, fans might argue this a little bit, but it is absolutely something I am aiming for. I always want to have the ball, I always want to be intense, I want the fans to like what they see.

“That is something I dislike the most, I would almost say even more than our results, even more than the league table, that not all of our fans are every single moment of the game seeing us as a joy to watch. The hardest thing is I even understand, because I agree with them.

“Trophies are one thing. But being a team or a club or a manager that stands for something, that stands for good football, is I think in the long term even worth more.”