Arne Slot has revealed new Liverpool vice-captain

Liverpool Head Coach Arne Slot has confirmed Andy Robertson because the membership’s new vice-captain, with the Scotland worldwide moving into the position vacated by Trent Alexander-Arnold following his summer time transfer to Actual Madrid

The 30-year-old full-back, now in his ninth season at Anfield, will function deputy to captain Virgil van Dijk. Robertson has already established himself as a frontrunner at worldwide stage, carrying the armband for Scotland, and Slot believes his expertise and affect make him the pure option to tackle the accountability at Liverpool.

Talking at his press convention on Friday, Slot mentioned:

“It’s Robbo. He has performed right here so a few years, gained the league twice. It was Virgil, Trent, Robbo and Mo [Salah] final season. Trent left, so there are quite a lot of logical causes for [the decision].

“He’s an excellent participant, performs many video games, is aware of what it takes, is aware of the tradition, but in addition is aware of the tradition of the membership and the dressing room.

“Other than all the standard he reveals on the pitch, he performs additionally an enormous position within the tradition now we have right here at this membership. Which is, [as] I mentioned many instances final season, the largest present I might get from Jürgen [Klopp].

“That’s additionally one thing we positively need to maintain for my successor to have, this identical tradition, if I’m ever leaving this membership.”

Robertson has been a mainstay in Liverpool’s success since becoming a member of from Hull Metropolis in 2017. He performed a key position within the membership’s Champions League triumph in 2019 and their long-awaited Premier League title win the next yr. His consistency, work price, and management qualities have made him probably the most influential figures within the dressing room.

Slot underlined that the choice to nominate Robertson was not solely about footballing means but in addition about sustaining the sturdy tradition that former supervisor Jürgen Klopp instilled throughout his time at Anfield.

“He’s performed right here so a few years, gained the league twice. He’s an excellent participant, performs many video games, is aware of what it takes, but in addition is aware of the tradition of the membership and the dressing room,” Slot defined.

Robertson’s rise to Liverpool vice-captain is one other milestone in what has been probably the most outstanding profession journeys in trendy soccer. Launched by Celtic as an adolescent and dealing part-time jobs whereas taking part in for beginner aspect Queen’s Park, he was famously as soon as described as being “too small” to make it as knowledgeable.

However after climbing the leagues with Dundee United after which incomes his transfer to Hull Metropolis, Robertson’s relentless work ethic and high quality at left-back caught Liverpool’s consideration. Jürgen Klopp signed him in the summertime of 2017 for simply £8m a deal now thought to be probably the greatest bargains in Premier League historical past.

Since then, Robertson has been central to Liverpool’s trendy period of success. He shaped one among Europe’s most feared full-back pairings alongside Alexander-Arnold, driving Klopp’s high-intensity fashion. He lifted the Champions League in 2019, adopted by the membership’s first league title in 30 years in 2020, in addition to the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Tremendous Cup, and FIFA Membership World Cup.

Now, having taken over the captaincy for Scotland in 2018, Robertson provides the Liverpool vice-captaincy to his management roles. His popularity as a vocal presence within the dressing room and his dedication to the values of the membership made him Slot’s clear alternative.

Robertson’s appointment ensures continuity inside the management group at Liverpool, as he now formally steps into the position of van Dijk’s right-hand man each on and off the pitch.