The Premier League trophy is unlikely to be the last piece of silverware heading to Liverpool before the curtain falls on Arne Slot’s debut season in charge of the Anfield giants.

Mo Salah is six goals ahead of Erling Haaland in the Golden Boot race.

And considering that Haaland may not feature again for Manchester City this term due to an ankle injury, Salah is seemingly destined to claim the top scorer award outright for the first time since 2018 having shared the gong on two separate occasions with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang/Sadio Mane and Heung-Min Son.

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The Egyptian King should also celebrate a new contract – Liverpool are close to tying down Salah and Virgil van Dijk to new deals after months of uncertainty – with the 2024/25 Premier League Player of the Year award too.

And, in terms of the Team of the Season, Salah, Van Dijk, Alisson Becker, Ibrahim Konate, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch will all fancy their chances of being included.

Liverpool, meanwhile, have just one more Manager of the Year award in their Premier League history than they have league titles.



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Despite losing at Fulham last time out, Liverpool can still claim the Premier League title as early as April 20th away at Leicester City.

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Yet, speaking to the Daily Mail, former Chelsea, Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton feels there is another manager who’s success this term was arguably even more unexpected.

They are all deserving winners,” Sutton said when picking his selection for this season’s Manager of the Month gong.

“For me, people could have envisaged Liverpool winning the league, or Newcastle winning a trophy.

Nobody saw it coming, so Nuno would be my Manager of the Season.”

Alongside Marco Silva’s Fulham, Nottingham Forest are one of only two teams to defeat Liverpool so far in the current Premier League campaign.

The two-time European Champions are the only side to triumph at Anfield, meanwhile; Callum Hudson-Odoi curling home a dramatic winner on Merseyside back in September.

Yet, while Sutton may say otherwise, it’s fair to say Liverpool were expected to suffer a bit of a drop-off in their first season without the talismanic presence of Jurgen Klopp.

The legendary Fabio Capello knows just how difficult a job Arne Slot inherited at Anfield, having experienced something similar all those years ago at AC Milan.

“To [put Liverpool on the brink of the title] after Jurgen Klopp, who I liked, is incredible,” Capello told The Mail.
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