He wrote for the Liverpool Echo: "I don't know much about Arne Slot, truth be told. I only know that he's done a good job where he is.
"He apparently passes the criteria for Liverpool in whatever way, I don't know where. He's the one to come out the pack who no-one anticipated. You've just got to trust the owners and the people in place to pick him.
"I don't know what to expect, I really don't know. Whenever you change manager, it's always a massive risk for any club. Man City when Pep Guardiola goes, see what happens there.
"We've seen it with Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson left. They dive-bombed and haven't been back since. We just have to hope that we've got the right man to take over and keep it going on.
"I think we were all surprised because he wasn't even in the running. Whether it's a good thing or not, we don't know."