Liverpool’s players are enjoying a few days off between fixtures, with the Reds not back in action until next Monday’s game away to Brighton. Arne Slot‘s side wrapped up the Premier League title over a fortnight ago, and he and his players have spent a decent amount of time celebrating in the time since.
After spending a couple of days celebrating following the title-clinching 5-1 victory over Tottenham, Slot and his players have also taken a few days off ahead of next week’s trip to the South Coast.
Eight days separate the 2-2 draw with Arsenal and the game against Brighton, and with nothing left to play for this season, Slot decided that he could afford to give his players some more down time.
Slot himself took the opportunity to head to Ibiza, where he was pictured spending time with Wayne Lineker, the Ocean Beach co-owner and brother of England legend Gary Lineker.
Drinks can cost thousands of dollars at the famous Balearic Islands club, with the priciest item on the menu a six-liter bottle of Armand de Brignac brut, which costs €9,500 ($10,500).
A 15-liter bottle of Veuve Clicquot Nebuchadnezzar will set customers back €4,900 ($5,450), while a three-liter bottle of Dom Perignon is priced at €3,750 ($4,150).
Other outlandishly pricey items — although ones which most people could still stretch to — include a glass of fresh fruit juice, which costs a whopping €10 ($11), and a can of Red Bull, which costs €7 ($8).
Wayne Lineker shared a picture of himself alongside Slot, accompanied by the caption “Caption this #ynwa”, while he also shared a video of Slot being serenaded to the tune of We Are the Champions by Queen.
Liverpool’s players, meanwhile, are believed to have jetted off to Dubai to spend some time celebrating the title win together. A video circulated on social media showed a number of players on a yacht off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, with the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Dominik Szoboszlai clearly identifiable on the boat.
Liverpool is winless in its two games since winning the league, after allowing a two-goal lead to slip against Arsenal. Speaking after the game, Arne Slot said of the Reds’ failure to close the game out: “Unfortunately, we had 15 to 20 minutes where we played with the same intensity [to the previous weekend at Chelsea, when Liverpool lost 3-1]. It is not completely bad, but I miss a little bit – and the first 15 or 20 minutes of the second half were similar to what we saw last week, where we played really good with the ball, came into so many promising positions but in the final third we were not that decisive. And defending last week, the few goals we conceded were – let’s put it positively – not so good. That I saw in the first 15 minutes after half-time, but the first half was great.”
