Arne Slot during the Premier League match between Brighton

Arne Slot during the Premier League match between Brighton

As Arne Slot prepares to chat before Sunday's crowning glory at Anfield, it feels fitting the Liverpool boss is clutching an encyclopedia about the club he has just guided to its 20th league title.

It's unclear if the book, which was given as a gift at the AXA Training Centre on Friday, charts the progress made during his wildly spectacular 24/25 campaign on Merseyside.

But what is obvious, on the eve of Slot and his players picking up their Premier League winners' medals in front of 60,000 fans, is that the comprehensive read - given to him by LFCHistory's Arnie Baldursson - will need some Slot-centric chapters adding to it in the coming years.

In a world where it has become increasingly rare for managers to become long-serving stalwarts at the clubs that employ them

Slot can see a world where he emulates the likes of Pep Guardiola, whose new contract will take him past a decade of service at Manchester City.

Or, dare it be said, like his predecessor Jurgen Klopp, whose nine-year stint in the Anfield hotseat saw him lift every major trophy available while establishing an almost unbreakable bond with supporters along the way.

Slot says

"That's hard to say [but] I could see it, yes,"

"But I think in general the football world has changed.

“There are not many managers that stay at a club for nine years because nine out of 10 times the board or someone at the club isn't happy at a certain moment anymore.

"That has changed a lot over the course of the last few years, in England especially. This club has a history of having managers for a long time and we also saw that with Arsene Wenger at Arsenal and Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

"But I think in general, in football and in life, there is not so much patience. Maybe England is an exception. So I could see myself working here for a long time because it's a great club to work for and I'm really happy over here.

“That is probably true (that winning the league helps). It is definitely true that I am working at a club where managers work for a long time.

And not only this club, but also with regards ownership, because I'm now watching a documentary about the Boston Red Sox, and FSG is also in the Boston Red Sox.

"There, Alex Cora is the name, I’m not too sure, but I think he finished last in the first two seasons and he is still there. It is a combination of the history of the club and how the ownership works.

"So yes, it is a different time, but if there is ever a club where you can work for multiple years, it will probably be Liverpool.

“I could see [myself staying a long time like Guardiola], but it is kind of arrogant to say it if you have only been here a year that you will be here for nine years.

“I don’t think it will be enough if after five years I say: ‘Do remember that in my first year I won the league title.’

“Maybe it is different in the modern era and compared to other clubs, but the reason Pep is there for nine years and Jurgen was here for nine years is that they both won a lot as well.

"Maybe that is not the [main] reason, but it is a reason. This club might be an exception to the new world we are living in.”