{"id":526069,"date":"2025-10-25T02:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/526069\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:38:33","slug":"sepp-van-den-berg-reveals-surprising-thing-arne-slot-told-him-before-liverpool-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/526069\/","title":{"rendered":"Sepp van den Berg reveals surprising thing Arne Slot told him before Liverpool exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Liverpool return to Premier League action on Saturday with a late game against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot\u2019s men recorded a much-needed 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek, with the Champions League victory in Germany ending a run of four straight defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> champions were expected to be even better this season than last, especially after <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/alexander-isaks-first-words-as-a-liverpool-player-as-newcastle-star-completes-record-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool signed Alexander Isak<\/a> to boost their striking options.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, defensive frailties have been exposed and the Reds have conceded 11 Premier League goals this season so far.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/brentford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brentford<\/a> clash, one former <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> defender has stated that Slot asked him not to leave Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2164732235-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool FC v Real Betis - Pre-Season Friendly\" class=\"wp-image-854397\" \/>Photo by Justin Berl\/Getty ImagesVan den Berg makes Slot admission<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/sepp-van-den-berg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sepp van den Berg<\/a> left Liverpool last summer to join Brentford, with the Dutch defender moving in search of regular first-team football.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has become an important player for the Bees and has featured in all eight of his side\u2019s Premier League games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of a reunion with his old club this weekend, Van den Berg has revealed Slot tried to convince him to stay at Liverpool last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe years before, I never had this feeling of me having a proper chance,\u201d the Dutchman told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/oct\/24\/brentfords-sepp-van-den-berg-at-points-at-liverpool-i-was-going-home-crying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few weeks down the line, he was saying: \u2018You\u2019re doing very well. I want you to stay.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me: \u2018You\u2019re not going to start but I believe if you stay you will get a chance in the future to start.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool central defensive issues<\/p>\n<p>Given Liverpool\u2019s issues at the back this season, Slot\u2019s decree around Van den Berg getting an opportunity at Anfield may well have come to pass.<\/p>\n<p>However, given that he is a regular starter for Brentford, the former Mainz loanee has most likely made the correct decision to depart Anfield.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2237333143-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool's Dutch manager Arne Slot arrives ahead of kick-off in the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Liverpool at Selhurst Park.\" class=\"wp-image-990169\" \/>Photo by BEN STANSALL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Van den Berg will be keen to show his former employers what they are missing on Saturday, with the Netherlands under-21 international set to be tasked with stopping either Isak or Hugo Ekitike in the visiting attack.<\/p>\n<p>For Liverpool, solving their defensive issues and becoming harder to beat must be Slot\u2019s priority as the Reds look to retain their Premier League title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool return to Premier League action on Saturday with a late game against Brentford at the Gtech Community&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1121,9310,748,393,162,4884,179,158842,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-526069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-arne-slot","9":"tag-brentford","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-english-premier-league","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-sepp-van-den-berg","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115432489465985677","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}