Tom Werner, the Liverpool chairman, has paid tribute to Arne Slot and indicated the head coach will be backed in the transfer market
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 25: (L-R) Jennifer Ashton, Tom Werner, Chairman of Liverpool, and John Henry, Principle Owner of Liverpool, Linda Pizzuti Henry, Michael Gordon, President of Fenway Sports Group, and Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool 2pose for a photograph with the Premier League trophy, as Liverpool are crowned the Champions of the Premier League for the 2024/25 Season, following the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC at Anfield on May 25, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images/Getty Images For The Premier League)
Chairman Tom Werner paid tribute to the job performed by Arne Slot in guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title. And he said: "We owe it to all of our supporters to bring back a team even better next season."
The Fenway Sports Group chief was at Anfield on Sunday alongside the club's principal owner John W Henry and Mike Gordon as the Reds marked their 20th league title with a spectacular trophy ceremony after a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.
The event completed a remarkable 12 months for Slot at Anfield having succeeded Jurgen Klopp last year and Werner was fulsome in his praise for the head coach.
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And the FSG official hinted the club will look to consolidate their position with a big summer transfer window as a £30m Jeremie Frimpong move edges ever closer and talks continue over signing his £125m-rated Bayer Leverkusen team-mate Florian Wirtz.
“It's extraordinary," Werner said. "We obviously had high hopes for this season but he has been an extraordinary coach. I think there have been three coaches who have won the Premier League in their first season and Arne is one of them. He is just an extraordinary leader.
“Great compliment to Arne, he's authentic, he's not trying to be anyone else. The team was an extraordinarily good team but he brought the best out of them.
“We go again. It never gets old, winning. We owe it to all of our supporters to bring back a team even better next season. It's already (a) busy (summer)."
Werner added: “It's a very emotional day, a great day to be a Liverpool supporter and I'm so happy Mo (Mohamed Salah) scored that goal as it made a perfect ending for what was a magical season.
“It's true (I was tearing up). You hear the song You'll Never Walk Alone at Anfield and it's hard to describe.
“I tell my friends around the world you have to hear the connection between the supporters and the team. It was just a beautiful moment."
Werner also expressed a word of gratitude for Trent Alexander-Arnold, who leaves the club at the age of 26 as a free agent to join Real Madrid having won two Premier League titles with his boyhood club alongside a string of additional honours including the 2019 Champions League.
“He did get the send-off," Werner said. "We were with him a couple of days ago and we thanked him. He showed me a picture of him at the training centre when he was seven years old.
"He's been with the club 20 years and I am sure it was an emotional day for Trent and I'm glad the supporters gave him the send off he deserves."