22 Mar 2026 18:56:43
New interesting story from @bayernspace on Twitter (for anyone not having Twitter, which includes me, you can google "twitter viewer", there are sites where you can watch a Twitter account without having one):
"Florian Wirtz has informed German national teammates and several of his former Leverkusen teammates, including Jonathan Tah, now at Bayern, that Sebastian Parrilla, Xabi Alonso’s long-time assistant at Leverkusen and most recently part of his staff in Madrid, has very recently reached out to him.
Jeremie Frimpong is also understood to be involved in these exchanges, with direct contact even with Xabi Alonso himself never having stopped, but what elevates this beyond routine contact is the depth and tone of the conversations, Parrilla is said to have asked highly specific and unusually concrete questions about life in Liverpool, the internal dressing room dynamic, the atmosphere around the club on and off the pitch, and even which structural or sporting aspects would require adjustment.
Inside those circles, Florian is increasingly indicating that his preferred outcome would be Xabi Alonso taking over at Liverpool, and the reactivation of contact at assistant level, combined with the detail and intent behind these discussions, is not being interpreted as casual or nostalgic communication. It points far more towards something deliberate, coordinated and quietly progressing in the background, with strong indications that Alonso and his staff are at the very least seriously exploring, if not already preparing for, a potential move into that environment.".
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22 Mar 2026 19:48:01
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22 Mar 2026 15:57:30
As far as I'm aware nothing has changed since the Spurs game, people are still split on whether to let him go or not.
(IMO) I'm surprised nothing has happend because the stats are not stating and for people who love stats, not seeing that is a big concern.
22 Mar 2026 16:10:09
Absolute negligence.
We just drew at home against a team that is currently being trounced at their own ground by a team who started today in 17th place.
This club amazes me in the worst ways.
22 Mar 2026 16:12:43
When you say they are split on what to do, what do you mean specifically? Does that mean split on whether or not to make the change now, or split on making a change at all?
22 Mar 2026 16:17:32
If he doesn't go now, then I will not be supporting our club until he does. I understand this may upset the hard-core Slot fans (Florian), and some others who think loyalty should be permanent.
But he has been given ample opportunities, and still makes the same mistakes over and over. That is the sign of insanity, and I cannot take watching this dross any longer until changes are made!
22 Mar 2026 16:23:29
Thx, fields.
Maybe they forgot to press the refresh button. Or agent Arne has only gone and dropped last season's stats and overwritten this season, which begs the question: do they not watch games?!!!
Like I said, I'm resigned to it being end of the season...
but still like to get involved in all the messaging on here when there is a sniff that things may change...
22 Mar 2026 16:26:46
Looks as tho I picked a bad day to stop drinking.
22 Mar 2026 16:32:22
As93, I agree 100%. He should have been sacked after the PSV debacle, but at this point it is the very definition of negligence, in my view. How in the world can the board let this continue?
22 Mar 2026 16:36:31
That level of consistent indecision to me means he's here until the summer unfortunately, like it or not. Thanks Fields.
22 Mar 2026 16:45:55
A point against Wolves, Spurs and Brighton is simply not good enough. It was a blip, you could accept it. But it's a rot, 10 losses in a season and our form against the sides fighting relegation is abysmal.
I have no idea about him going home or anything else like that, so can only judge the results, and it just isn't good enough. We may scape 5th, because those around us are equally inept, but that would be more luck than substance.
If we want to salvage anything, we need to make a decision, get Gerrard in for the last few games only. They must not give it to him full time and get a boost until the summer.
Then we can restock, actually get the players fit and go from there.
I would say this is worse than Hodgson purely for the fact of the resources he was given. Hodgson was woeful and it is the lowest period for me as a red. But he had a pittance in comparison to Slot. We all thought we would dominate after the summer and instead we all just want the season to end sooner rather than later. And for any football fan, hope is the minimum I expect. Right now I'm not sure we could beat a U11 side.
22 Mar 2026 16:48:35
Simple solution - Slot goes, and whoever wanted to keep him goes as well.
22 Mar 2026 16:57:42
What Slot lacks this season is consistency. It's ruined the season. The board should be saying he's got the remaining games to save his job.
22 Mar 2026 17:01:44
If this is indeed true, I am not surprised one bit. I would go as far as saying that it's actually gone past negligence now. If we don't make Champions League next season (real possibility) and FSG have any sort of business acumen, they should not only sack Slot but Edwards and Hughes along with him.
22 Mar 2026 17:17:47
I don't even think he will go at the end of the season either, because even if you have never kicked a ball in your life, and your understanding of football only started when FSG took over, you still can't be dumb enough not to realise wasting a season, and then no Europe next season, is "ok" as part of a building phase. When just a simple, quick decision could have changed your fortunes!
Anyone else but Slot could have given a nice ten games left of a season boost, some energy, some fight, and we could
Have made 3rd.
But, as the posters say, pure negligence. What's the aim of this club, cos to me it's the board that, aka, show no fight. 9 out of 26, folks.
Embarrassing.
He's definitely staying.
22 Mar 2026 17:24:48
Looks like it's a bad day to stop sniffing glue.
22 Mar 2026 17:28:22
Don't waste your energy on Slot. He's not gonna get sacked before summer.
He's probably in a nightclub now, not thinking about Liverpool in the slightest.
22 Mar 2026 17:28:32
Slot has been consistent, I'll give him that.
22 Mar 2026 17:41:51
It's been a whole calendar year this Slot slump; he's not turning anything around ever.
22 Mar 2026 18:03:05
That's the best description I've heard for this season... Slot Slump.
Brilliant Kopcat. 👏
22 Mar 2026 18:07:13
We're 24 points worse off than this time last season.
'Big' teams that have changed their manager - Man Utd are much better off, Spurs 7 points worse, Chelsea 5 points worse.
22 Mar 2026 18:16:45
It's way beyond negligence, and is now self-sabotage. 1 point out of Wolves, Spurs & Brighton is unacceptable. Slot should have been sacked last year. The fact we slumped to another pathetic, insipid defeat with him still in charge is nothing less than a disgrace.
22 Mar 2026 18:19:54
1 point from 9 against struggling teams should scream of no European football, but it looks like he's here till the bitter end of the season.
22 Mar 2026 18:33:11
Is it me or does it seem that everyone at the top has just shut up shop and is watching us sink?
22 Mar 2026 18:49:23
If we don't make CL football, will Alonso, or other top managers, be interested?
Apparently Alonso and his assistant have been sounding out Wirtz and Frimpong about the club.
22 Mar 2026 19:40:26
The whole situation is messed up. It sounds like Hughes and Edwards may well be going in the summer too, so why would they worry about Slot's failure?
FSG need to step in and get rid of all 3 now, or this situation is just going to get harder and harder to recover from.
22 Mar 2026 08:18:43
Hi all, any updates on Slot getting the boot?
Saw he’s popped back to Holland so not got a meeting with the powers that be.
22 Mar 2026 08:41:50
How the actual f*** can he go back to Holland when we are so bad, and there is so much to work on! What is this crap.
22 Mar 2026 08:47:29
Who's he meant to work on it with?
22 Mar 2026 08:48:12
The fact he decided to go back to the Netherlands after another humiliating defeat, rather than demand the players come in and make the players train on a Sunday, says as much as I need to know.
It's unprofessional and shows he isn't bothered by it. That attitude comes out in the insipid half arsed performances we see week in, week out, the team are a reflection of the coach.
22 Mar 2026 08:57:38
What players? International break?
22 Mar 2026 08:58:10
Victor,
Players leave for international duty, so it is pointless for them to come in.
That is one thing I noticed about the press conference on Friday. When he talked about the international break he was laughing and joking, then as soon as the talk turned to the game on Saturday, he was already making excuses up.
So, from Thursday I bet his head was already on going home.
22 Mar 2026 09:01:49
Rumours lately that he's been jetting off home to Holland midweek when we don't have games all throughout the season, giving the players 3 days off at a time.
That's why we're so unfit and have no patterns of play, etc. He should have been sacked months ago, and the neglect goes above him. I want Slot, Hughes and Edwards removed.
22 Mar 2026 09:03:53
He should be at Anfield and work on himself.
22 Mar 2026 09:03:54
Florian Musiala. Well, he could work on something at least with Jones, Gomez, Rio, Isak, Woodman, Morrison, Nyoni, etc. Salah and Ekitike might even stay behind given their recent injuries.
Maybe he could even work with some of the academy players, you know, like Klopp used to?
I wish I'd stuck a bet on that 2-1 defeat to Brighton that I predicted on Thursday! Just as we all expected, another false dawn.
Straight back to the miserable slow build up and non-existent press.
22 Mar 2026 09:04:22
Victor, come on now, don't embarrass yourself.
Take a breath. Slot can't hurt you unless you let him.
22 Mar 2026 09:21:37
Simple question, and no need for ifs, buts and maybes in your responses:
If Slot wins one of the remaining cups and obtains Champions League football next season (whether finishing Top 5 or winning the CL itself), and then goes on to win the Premier League next season, will you all who have been moaning about him put your hands up and admit you were wrong?
Just a question.
22 Mar 2026 09:30:17
Jonny, can you actually see Slot, with this team, his coaching methods & his playing style, winning another prem title?
No chance!
22 Mar 2026 09:36:11
Jonny No6, please can I get your dealer's number, cos those are some strong drugs and a few of us could do with those rn.
22 Mar 2026 09:41:39
Jonny, if Slot grows an elephant's trunk and uses it to cosh opposing players into a coma before each game so that we win the league, Cup and CL, would you be surprised? I wouldn't even if Jogo is top scorer in the league by May. Stranger things have happened. 🐷 🪽
22 Mar 2026 09:43:32
Mk, three out of the 7 you named, Rio, Trey and Morrison, have also been called up to international duty, so unless we're gonna have Jones, Gomez and Isak practicing their freekicks on Woodman a couple of days off with our next match two weeks away, it's hardly a crime.
22 Mar 2026 09:45:32
"Petethepool", another rose-tinted optimist, are you? What was VV on?
22 Mar 2026 09:55:09
I agree with many. While our spiralling EPL season still has a chance to get something (Champions League spot), I don't think the optics Mr Slot is portraying are appropriate.
Intl break, yes. Should he stay behind with the coaching team and those not travelled to work through things...
Hell yeah!
It's negligence and demonstrates unprofessional behaviour. When things are challenging, you roll your sleeves up and push through it.
22 Mar 2026 09:58:16
If what the Inks have said is true, and he’s leaving in the summer, then he’s going to see his family any chance he can get - his head won’t be in it 100%.
More trips back home and more days off for the players.
Edwards and Hughes are to blame for allowing this to happen.
Keeping him till the summer has resulted in a drop in standards from both the manager and the players.
We have been sleepwalking the last few months, and a change is needed.
22 Mar 2026 10:01:45
We do have coaches who take the training sessions though, don't we?
It's not just Slot running all the training sessions, is it?
I only ask because it seems that some people think the club hibernates when the head coach is not there.
I agree it's a poor look. Don't get me wrong, I'm not satisfied with it, and I'm very angry about yesterday, but the players don't need the head coach present to be training.
22 Mar 2026 10:24:34
Understand what you're saying, Ron, but it's like any job.
If you're required to be in the office working 5 days a week and your boss only comes in for 3, you'll start questioning why you don't get to do the same.
The extra days off this season look to have had an effect, and the standard of fitness has dropped.
The manager leads by example.
22 Mar 2026 10:27:19
It would help if the head coach is around, you know, to help coach. In a crisis, there's all hands on deck, not shooting off when he feels like.
22 Mar 2026 10:47:40
The club should fire him by text and post him any possessions left at Melwood/Anfield.
22 Mar 2026 10:52:05
No, you won't, Bobcat, because he's the boss. You just get on with your job. Seriously, lads, there's 3 senior outfield players and a 3rd choice goalie at Kirkby. Moan when there's a reason. This is not a reason.
{Ed001's Note - so he shouldn't be taking some time to work on other things? Such as having a look at the youth teams, as he has managed to ignore them since arriving, about time he bothered. Your defence of him is becoming embarrassing and just shows how little you understand of the job he is meant to do but can't be arsed because the lazy shite is always pissing off back to Holland. Get rid now.}
22 Mar 2026 10:59:51
No excuses just bin him he is become a monkey on our back save him traveling back from Holland.
22 Mar 2026 11:25:23
Surprised he doesn't just WFH (work from Holland) and manage the games remotely.
22 Mar 2026 11:31:15
The club would have known his situation when they hired him. They hired him anyway. Also, he's gone in the summer, isn't he? Would you be concerned about the youth teams when you're leaving a club in two months? Also, most of the better prospects, like Rio, Trey and Morrison, are away on international duty.
My defense is not embarrassing. I couldn't really give a toss at this stage, I only care about 5th. It's everyone's hunger to slate the guy that is embarrassing, has been for months.
{Ed001's Note - no it is not, he is being paid millions and failing miserably to do his job. The only thing that is embarrassing is some people are too intractable to understand that they are backing a man destroying the club they support. Slot has brought all the slating on himself with his inability to do the job, his arrogance and his lack of work ethic. There are expectations that come with a job like this - putting in time and effort is the first and foremost one and he is not even doing that. If you can't see that, then you are the most blinkered person on earth.}
22 Mar 2026 11:40:37
Maybe he hasn't gone back to Holland. One poster mentioned he was spotted in Manchester airport... plenty of baldies in Manchester... just saying.
22 Mar 2026 12:00:34
Red Reaper - The chap who spotted him took a photo with Slot and uploaded it to Facebook, wsn't a case of mistaken identity.
Florian - Your defence is not just embarrassing, it's moronic. At the very least he should be in with the rest of the coaching staff doing video analysis, trying to figure out what's going on, what's not working, how it could be combated and trying to find a solution to this mess. That's what Klopp would be doing, that's what Ferguson or Mourinho would be doing, that's what any top manager in this situation would be doing. We're teetering on the edge of CL qualification with rivals in better form hot on our heels and the "man in charge" has decided to take yet another week off. He can't even give us his full attention during the single most critical period of the season.
22 Mar 2026 12:08:10
If he isn't sacked during the break, I think it is safe to say we are stuck with him until the end of the season. This is surely the last chance where they will actually make the move that may have some sort of impact and keep us in CL / Top 5.
22 Mar 2026 12:08:54
Ed01 👏 👏 👏
We need a player review type thingy on slot and don't hold back.
Much love
{Ed001's Note - ok, I am trying to do the match review but the sites are too busy to get much done!}
22 Mar 2026 12:32:05
Florian, as one of the biggest pro Slot posters on the site, what makes you think that he is the right guy & should be afforded more time?
Have we seen any signs of improvement in the style of play or results except sporadically?
Yes we've brought in new players, but we were poor from February last year - Sunderland brought in 13 new players & their manager got them up to speed quickly.
Genuinely, I'm interested in what you're seeing that most don't.
22 Mar 2026 12:52:48
If Slot isn't gone this week, then it shows where the club is at in terms of accepting mediocrity.
We are only in the race for a CL place because everyone else is awful, but instead of competing with 2 or 3 teams, we have now allowed Brentford and Everton a look in.
Even Arsenal being 21 points in front of us, they haven't been phenomenal, and have lost 3 times and drawn 7.
Adding together, we've played Palace 3 times and lost 3 times.
We took 1 point from Wolves, Spurs and Brighton.
This doesn't get better with Slot in charge; it simply doesn't. The worst thing for our season was beating Gala, as it's an excuse to give him more time.
22 Mar 2026 12:54:33
Typo: VV is spot on.
22 Mar 2026 13:14:59
I heard a rumour that Florian Musiala is Arne Slot's travel agent.
22 Mar 2026 13:17:45
In the words of Fun Boy 3 and Bananarama 'It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it'. Winning a cup or two is fine, but it won't be achieved in the way we want to see it done. Slot's days are numbered.
22 Mar 2026 13:46:13
As expected, everyone flinging abuse, not one person is prepared to admit, if, and yes a very Big if, but if Slot was somehow able to turn this around and came back with the squad he deserves next season and won the title, not one person has said they would put their hands up and admit they were wrong.
Just goes to show the mindset.
The thing that I think is most worrying is the pure lack of empathy and this blind obnoxious behaviour from some of our own fanbase. Like we have a divine right to win everything.
Klopp wasn't given half the abuse Slot has had and as much as I love Klopp, he made some terrible decisions early on, was woeful the season after winning the league and yes his passion was there, but Slot shouldn't be chastised because of it.
Give him his squad of players and summer of no heartbreak and agony and let's see what he can do. By October, no improvement, then fair enough. But he deserves more respect than he is getting. It is actually a disgrace how quickly people have turned on him. I think if I was in his position, I would jump on a plane and see my family. He is a human being!!!!
{Ed001's Note - when has that idiotic nonsense ever even came up to be admitted? What a ridiculous post, making up complete turdwash to have a dig because you have not got a single solitary good point to make in defence of Slot.}
22 Mar 2026 13:54:34
ED01. A question for you to delay you having to watch the Brighton game again. Do you think a temporary, or new permanent, coach now will have time to regain some dignity for the rest of the season? Or has the damage been done and we should get rid of on principle?
{Ed001's Note - I am writing the review after one watch, I can't sit and watch that again!
There is plenty of time for a temporary coach to give us hope. It doesn't take that long to lift morale and get effort out of players, which is the main issue we face.}
22 Mar 2026 15:02:19
"Would you be concerned about the youth teams when you're leaving a club in two months?"
Yes, I absolutely would be concerned about the youth teams, whether I had a year or a day left on my contract. It's his job. He is being paid. Therefore, he should be giving it his all until the day he leaves.
By giving his all, he should be invested in every facet of the club to eke out anything he can that may give his team the edge.
You are enduring a part-time attitude. The club has had a diabolical season, and that is on the manager.
22 Mar 2026 14:39:03
Ed001 I think you are wasting your time with Florian I don't think he is a Liverpool fan how he backs Slot is like how I backed ten Hag to United fans because I wanted him to stay.
Week after week my feelings have changed for Slot from when he first came and now I don't care about he was the manager for number 20 he has now over taken Rodger's for me as my most hated manager ever to manger the club I could not stand Rodger's but at least he put the effort in Slot is just stealing a living at Liverpool and has no principles what's so ever otherwise he would walk but he just wants that £6m a year without doing the work.
He is a scumbag and only Hughes and Edwards are worse for letting this go on for over a year. In the press conference the other week when he once more gave the players days off so he could fly back home and he admitted last march he was struggling with the job and needed a break to be with his family and he has been on holiday ever since.
{Ed001's Note - scumbag is too far.}
22 Mar 2026 14:39:04
JonnyNo6, wheres the abuse pal? Seriously?? You can share your opinion no problem but when other people respond it's abuse! You sound like somebody's deranged ex-girlfriend mate.
First you demanded everybody respond to your question with "no ifs ands buts or maybes" which was hilariously moronic because your entire question was made up of nothing but ifs ands buts and maybes. How you expected anything other than the responses you got is beyond me.
Now you're saying that from the point at which his position came under question, we'll say November, he should be given 11 months and whatever squad he want's to turn it around?! He was given £450 million worth of top top talent and he's made a complete balls of it. Exactly what part of that says he deserves more time and another half a billion pound to invest? Genuinely interested to know.
And another question for you, what do we do when come October he still fails to prove himself? After we invest a billion quid over 2 years in new players? How exactly do you justify doubling down on a losing hand?
22 Mar 2026 14:42:18
@JonnyNo6,
Like you, I held back from criticizing Slot and felt we should do more to get behind him. However, for several weeks now I've just wanted him gone. The dire football alone is reason enough to want him gone. It's like Hodgson is back in charge. So even if he does win the Champions league, I still don't want him in charge next season, so I'm not going to admit I was wrong if he wins it. I probably was wrong to think we should give him more support.
How about you admit that perhaps you are wrong?
@Ed01, Don't blame you, I wouldn't want to watch half our matches again either!
22 Mar 2026 15:11:36
Jonny No6 sees no-one gave his unhinged hypothetical post a thumbs-up, so gives it another go.
22 Mar 2026 15:15:23
The training ground won't be empty. There'd be some players around, and he could use opportunities to have a closer look at players from the younger groups, like the u23 squad, and work with them.
There are analysts there he could be breaking down match tape with, to work on what went wrong and what needs improvement.
There are coaching staff that he could be making plans with.
No. Our part-time manager gets on the first plane out.
If the team was top of the table and firing on all fronts, then it's not a big deal.
But when the s*** has hit the fan and it's all going wrong, the optics of it are not at all good, and it's that of a coach who couldn't care less.
He should have been sacked straight after the Brighton game, and no amount of handwringing from the usual suspects will change that.
22 Mar 2026 15:04:40
No6 stop talking no2 Klopp did not have much control over the season after we won the league when he was not backed in that summer and we did not add another cb then we lost all are main cb for the season when we was looking like winning the league again till that Everton game.
Then Henderson and Fabinho went out injured. Yet with no cb we still got top 4 that season. If Pickford had not made that horrendous challenge on Virgil we would have still won the league that year because he was that good then he could have carried anyone by his side.
22 Mar 2026 15:27:06
If Slot remains next season, it's more likely the drop off in performance will continue. That's why the only people I know that want Slot to remain at LFC are Utd fans.
22 Mar 2026 15:35:18
I know LFC have been bad and Slot needs to go, but I don't agree with calling him or any future or past manager names.
Also, no offence to the ITKs, I can't see LFC sacking Slot with only 7 League games and with the next rounds of the Cup and CL to play.
22 Mar 2026 15:37:55
Florian, I completely respect you and your opinion - not here to challenge it at all, my only thought is I would not mind Mr Slot slipping off to Holland, as he does, if Liverpool played good football and was having a good season - but the optics are not good, and I really think he and the coaches should be hunkering down together in the intl break to figure this out.
Also, if he knows he's gone, he should still care about results and team performance. Our situation does not reflect well for his career, nor does his ignorance towards our youth players.
I know when things get challenging and extra work is needed in my job, I put in the extra hours to get things done, and done properly.
22 Mar 2026 16:04:07
Are you Arne in disguise, Johnny?
22 Mar 2026 16:15:27
The first team coach coming in to watch the youth teams practice and/or play would give those boys a huge shot of confidence and almost undoubtedly aid in their development. Astounding comment.
I can't imagine much hope is filtering down to them, knowing their peers in the first team squad hardly get a look in. The mental swing from him not giving a toss to actually giving one is huge.
22 Mar 2026 17:30:28
Personally, seeing what damage he's caused to the first team, it's probably for the best he stays away from the youth players.
22 Mar 2026 18:46:46
Johnny No6,
Slot will be in his last season next season.
If he doesn’t get an extension this summer (and it would be negligent to give him one), then I can’t see him staying next season.
Even if he does, he won’t get a big transfer kitty, so there won’t be big squad investment.
I think the writing is on the wall for him.
The players seem to sense it too, as they’re not putting in the required effort.
Mike Gordon needs to sort the situation out. We need a manager, not a head coach, and the manager sets out the targets and the player profile for the recruitment team to work on. Then the manager makes the final call.
We have to get recruitment right.
22 Mar 2026 19:13:17
There is literally no point discussing Slot as an issue with FM chaps. He's entrenched himself so much on the making excuses side of the fence that she can't back away from it. Just don't bother.
And, for whomever it was that said it, nonsense to suggest people wouldn't admit they were wrong. Everyone here supports the club and wanted Slot to do well and turn this round.
But, as the evidence mounted and mounted, it became very clear he either couldn't or wouldn't, hence the opposition to him staying. We don't want him out because we hate him (other than scumbag comment above, that's too far), we want him out to limit the damage we can all see is being done week by week.
21 Mar 2026 21:43:56
Bayernspace posted that in the case Bayern do not go through to at least Champions League semis, they might have to sell Olise, "with Liverpool positioned as the clear priority".
And they also want to buy Gakpo, regardless of what happens with Olise, which would be so awesome to have him gone.
21 Mar 2026 22:15:32
Why would Olise want to play for a club not in the Champions League?
21 Mar 2026 22:18:14
I doubt Olise would want to join a team without CL football.
21 Mar 2026 23:17:10
I love how people are assuming we will finish top five and win the CL and the Cup. We won't do any of those things. Madness. That performance today was abject. We now have Neverton, Brighton and Brentford around us. And we have a horror list of fixtures. Good luck with that. Here we go.
22 Mar 2026 01:02:53
I agree that it's a very improbable scenario (actually pure dream material) that we win the CL or the FA Cup, but in spite of how crap we currently are we might finish in the top 5. Not because of anything we will do, but because everyone else around us is a big steaming pile of s*** as well.
Talk about results continuously being favourable for us, just for us to not take advantage, time and time again.
22 Mar 2026 07:10:00
Posting for likes.
22 Mar 2026 07:12:41
We'll get top 5, barely.
22 Mar 2026 08:15:26
We will get top 5, but purely because everyone else pushing for it is also utter trash.
22 Mar 2026 08:20:45
Florian, you're dreaming, mate. Even if we do finish 5th, EPL clubs won't get 5 places this year.
22 Mar 2026 08:39:26
Premier League is almost guaranteed to get 5 Champions League places, Chrisy. Spain are behind us, and their teams are 20 wins or so behind English teams. Not going to happen.
22 Mar 2026 08:48:30
English clubs will get 5 places.
22 Mar 2026 09:03:35
English clubs are nailed on for 5 places.
22 Mar 2026 10:04:06
Why would we want Olise?
He was a lazy player. I doubt he's changed much since he left the Premier League.
He has quality, but he's not a grafter.
We need players with a winning mentality who want to win every battle, not shirkers who look good on Match of the Day.
{Ed025's Note - Semenyo would have been perfect Ron..
22 Mar 2026 12:02:56
Why would progressing to the semis even be the measure by which he makes such a decision?
22 Mar 2026 13:05:11
It's in the tweet, Chewy:
"Internally at Sabener Strasse, a clear and definitive decision has now been reached, and the implications are significant. Failure to reach at least the Champions League semifinals will push Bayern into a financial loss for the current business year, a scenario that, for a club still positioning itself among Europe's elite, crosses into outright reputational damage.
The response has already been mapped out at board level, with the club prepared to correct this through the sale of a marquee asset, and Michael Olise has been identified, internally and without ambiguity, as the centerpiece of that strategy."
22 Mar 2026 14:41:00
Thanks, wzrd. Much appreciated. Not on twatter myself.
21 Mar 2026 20:59:55
Apparently some social media stories that Arne has been seen at Manchester airport going back to Holland.
One can only hope that it's a one way ticket and not just heading back home for the international break. If that's the case he couldn't get outta here quick enough.
21 Mar 2026 21:51:28
It's like the guy in the office who is clock-watching and springs out of his desk at 5 on the dot with his bag packed and coat already on. It just reeks of unprofessionalism. When it's someone on five figures a year, it's a bit more forgivable, but for the head coach of Liverpool Football Club on six figures a week, it's absolutely pathetic behaviour.
I'm sick of the "family man" excuse. He's had two years to move them over. Plenty of people work away from home.
I'm sorry to break it to him, but that mega-salary comes with a little bit of sacrifice. I've never seen a Liverpool manager have such a lax attitude towards the role. I would have thought the Feyenoord manager would have thought he'd won the lottery when he got the job. He's lucky Alonso turned us down, and the decision was between him and Amorim.
Let's hope the club summon him back for a meeting over the weekend to tell him his services are no longer required.
21 Mar 2026 22:50:35
At 10.50 pm I've finally come to the realisation he's not leaving tonight.
21 Mar 2026 22:57:45
Hopefully they do it over a Zoom call, we've wasted enough time this season.
22 Mar 2026 00:13:30
My thoughts exactly, Chewy. Or at least hold training over a Zoom call. Lads can hook in via their Bluetooth headsets.
22 Mar 2026 07:25:42
Someone leaving work bang on time reeks of unprofessionalism? I've heard it all now.
21 Mar 2026 23:20:07
"Four more years". We'll be stuck with Slot and STC and Edwards will go on to golden handshakes in Saudi. We become Man United and every talent leaves. But at least we AI t a sacking club. Ed001 is right. No one deserves to stay. We are soft.
22 Mar 2026 09:42:09
Gvardiol, you're supposed to do your job until time and then get ready to leave. That's what you're paid for. You should also finish any tasks that you are currently doing before leaving.
22 Mar 2026 10:18:48
ChangingoftheGvardiol, There's plenty he could be doing, at the very least, he should be in with the rest of the coaching staff doing video analysis, trying to figure out exactly why he can't figure this out.
21 Mar 2026 19:51:17.
Hi Diddly Ho,
No managerial update from me, just curious who’s smashing F5 for an official club update.
Really thought Wednesday we’d turned a corner and changed our approach to games for the remainder of the season.
Lots of speculation from a few here saying the time has come, but there’s been a lot of smoke around that whenever results haven’t gone well.
I’m curious to see whether it’s Gerrard or another interim or straight to Xabi.
Now some contract bits:
Expect Szoboszlai extension to be announced during the break, but a coach change may delay it. As far as I’m aware, it’s a deal agreed but not signed, that’s just a formality.
Jones is close, apparently Jones hasn’t ever seeker opportunities elsewhere, he’s been fully committed to staying.
Andy Robertson still has a 1+1 club option on the table, no news on what’s happening there.
Again, this is information from a new source that I’m yet to see how reliable they are, but it’s someone my old source is familiar with - this gives me reason to believe and share. And to be honest, this is a rumours site, we have to share anything and everything, right? Even if it’s my mum's uncle's great nephew's mum. But yeah, in all seriousness, all the best fellas. Think we all could do with this international break.
Diddly out.
21 Mar 2026 20:07:39
Good stuff, Robbo. And yes, agreed. Keep sharing.
21 Mar 2026 20:08:45
Im checking every 10mins myself. Gotta be it now.
21 Mar 2026 20:16:12
Time for Jones to find a new club.
Robbo has been one of our best ever buys.
But his time to leave is close.
Need a younger player to rotate with Kerkev.
21 Mar 2026 20:16:22
I think, no matter who it is, it's too little, too late in terms of top 4. Seeing the way results went for us these past couple weeks, only for us to totally blow it, is galling, and I'm starting to really resent Slot.
His terrible tactics, poor man management, and a seemingly controlled decline in fitness have destroyed everything Klopp built, including, and probably most galling of all, the mentality of both players and fans.
Slot, Hughes, and Edwards can all do one for me, ideally bringing Alonso in to give him a massive head start on next season.
Dreamland - Klopp DoF.
21 Mar 2026 20:33:53
Jones isn't and never will be good enough to be a starter. Should be sold in the summer.
21 Mar 2026 20:54:33
*Ned.
21 Mar 2026 21:09:54
Vik, I don't think anybody would argue he's a starter. But he's a good squad player, can fill a number of roles adequately, kind of like Milner, but without the grit, determination, or work rate. This is getting worse the more I argue it.
Basically, it would probably cost you twice as much as what he's worth to bring in somebody of similar experience, and if you bring in somebody of higher quality, they're not going to be happy sitting on the bench.
21 Mar 2026 21:46:20
He's not at all a "good squad player" because he's absolutely hopeless when he sets foot on the pitch. There's not one single thing he is any good at. He can't defend, he can't attack, he's rubbish in possession, he's even worse out of possession, he has no positional sense, has room temperature IQ, and has zero football intelligence.
He's nothing like Milner. Milner was competent, gave 100% and always got stuck in. Jones is not competent and does none of that, a hopeless player who should be moved on.
21 Mar 2026 23:12:23
Chewy, Jones is not a good squad player. He scores once every couple of months. Today he was walking when we were under attack. His time is up. He has not progressed and is below what the club needs. I don't want to say this, because I wanted him to succeed. May I say there are more players that need moving on ASAP.
22 Mar 2026 08:23:23
I have said from the off that our squad is not good enough to play 3 games a week. It lacks intensity and physicality.
Opinions on whether Jones coming on to replace Ekitiki and running around for 80 minutes, passing sideways and backwards without breaking sweat, deserves to be given a new contract or not, sums up my feelings in a nutshell.
Jones is a scouser, blah blah blah. To me, he is an enigma. I look at his attributes and see similar qualities to Jordan Henderson, in that he can run and pass sideways and backwards, but he lacks Jordan's desire and fight.
I remember coming on here and defending Hendo when he was a kid, and saying that the lad gives everything, and I was made up when he started achieving the rewards for his endeavour.
I watch Jones, and I don't see that same fight and desire.
Joe Gomez is the same in some ways, but he also has the unfortunate inability to stay fit.
Andy Robertson's age has caught up with him.
Chiesa has fight and desire, but his body has never recovered from the ACL injury six years ago.
At this present time, these 4 players are being asked to come on to the pitch and change the outcome of a game.
I am not blaming these players for our season, by the way. I am just saying that they are not good enough to consistently perform to the standards we need.
Paisley would have got rid of these 4 players last summer, based on what they showed last season.
22 Mar 2026 08:31:36
If you watched Jones yesterday, he does sweet f.a and it's the same.
All over the place, but I wouldn't give him a new contract. Nyoni should be given his minutes, can't be any worse.
22 Mar 2026 14:54:30
Vik, Outright saying he can't do anything is a ridiculous claim. He plays for a top tier team, you don't get that far by luck. Clearly, you're sharing an overtly biased and highly exaggerated opinion, as opposed to a fair analysis. I'll admit I've had many a gripe with Jones and his decision making at times. I think there's much the kid needs to improve on, but he still has plenty of potential for improvement. All you have to do is look at a highlight reel of him to see he has the ability.
He's shown flashes of brilliance and scored a few crackers, but he lacks consistency. He's clearly frustrated under Slot. It's a poor season to judge him on. It would have been nice to see him develop further, given the talk about him as he came through the ranks, but I do believe a new manager could get a better tune out of him, and bring some much needed consistency to his performances. If he's still here next year under a new manager, and performances haven't improved, I'll happily admit I was wrong.
21 Mar 2026 17:11:02
Afternoon gents.
A friend of a friend has told me, his time is up.
Whether this means Mr Gerrard will step in until the summer? I'm not sure.
But there has been talks. Very frequent ones.
Cheers.
21 Mar 2026 17:27:26
Nothing against you or the mate, but we are hearing it wks from all sorts! Sadly, I'll not be believing it till it's all over the news.
21 Mar 2026 17:37:22
Hughes and Edwards both need to go for letting this go on this long. They should've been sacked months ago.
21 Mar 2026 17:40:18
Didn't Gerrard recently defend Slot, saying he lacks the depth to compete in both the league and Europe? I struggle to see how he can take over with that attitude. I would be interested to hear his answer to which competition he plans to sacrifice in his first press conference.
21 Mar 2026 17:42:58
* He should've been sacked months ago. That was meant to say.
21 Mar 2026 17:43:20
"If he loses the next game he's gone." 😂😂
21 Mar 2026 17:47:31
Well, if he's gone, he can blame that dreaded Brighton low block. Oh, wait.
For a manager not wanting to offer excuses today, well, he didn't do so well in that category either.
21 Mar 2026 17:51:21
Is there any reason it's Gerrard and not Alonso if Alonso is going to be the next manager?
21 Mar 2026 17:58:45
Come on, all these rumours only start when we lose. Tumbleweeds here after the win vs Gala. It's clearly a personnel issue more than anything. Today's game made that very evident. No coaching change will make much of a difference - need a transfer window.
21 Mar 2026 17:59:57
Babbity Rabbity, Gerrard's been openly critical of many of Slot's decisions. His comments in regard to squad depth were not to defend Slot, he was simply agreeing that there's a need for squad depth when competing in multiple competitions, where you've got limited recovery time and a lengthy injury list. This is a fact, and by no means a measure of his attitude or capability.
21 Mar 2026 18:03:36
Total & utter dereliction of duty if they bomb him out now!
They should have had the balls to make the big call weeks, even months ago, when a large part of the season was still salvageable.
The very fact they didn't want to back him in January was enough reason to think they were looking to go in a different direction come the end of the season, and that's when they should have made the decision! Now all we've got is a disjointed playing squad who plainly are as much to blame, but also led by total incompetence by all above!
21 Mar 2026 18:04:23
FSG need to ease off on their sell-to-buy policy a bit, also. Season after season, they are leaving the squad short, cut to its bare bones. We need a bigger squad.
21 Mar 2026 18:04:33
IagoAspasCorners, are you Arne in disguise? ;-) Utd fans could've said the same about Amorim, before they bought in an ex-midfielder. Football is more about vibes and morale than anyone cares to admit. Never seen an LFC in such need of some short-term passion to fire them up.
21 Mar 2026 18:17:21
Chewy, I agree that depth needs to be improved, but in the hypothetical situation that Gerrard comes in as interim, I don't think he is doing himself any favours with these comments.
It's a redundant issue under Slot anyway, as he doesn't use the squad depth to its full utility.
He never has. Squad rotation and management are yet another failing of his.
People have defended Slot, saying, "we bought seven but sold nine", but of the nine we sold, he barely played the majority of them. There's no point in him having extra players he won't use.
21 Mar 2026 18:21:33
Has he gone yet?
21 Mar 2026 18:45:58
I hope you're right, but there's been too many recently about his time being up and then the fraud continues.
21 Mar 2026 18:47:05
@RedMick, We have spent £450m in the summer. What we need is a manager who can get the best out of them. Slot is not doing that.
I feel that he is sabotaging the team wilfully with his tactics because he did not get the players he wanted in the summer.
We need a new manager and another summer transfer window to get the right players in.
Slot is gone 100%.
21 Mar 2026 18:57:30
AYB, Not sure he's doing it willfully, but, on the evidence so many times this season, there are not too many other explanations in play.
21 Mar 2026 19:33:48
I think, because he knows he's gone in the summer, he's had no incentive to change his approach, instead opting to try and prove everyone wrong, and his tactics will work eventually.
21 Mar 2026 19:43:25
The delusion from some on here is almost as wild as how out of his depth Slot is.
Most people have been calling for Slot to be sacked since November, after the first three times he's managed false dawns, only to revert back to Slotball and brainless formations the next game and drop points to a relegation side.
I'm not sure how much more evidence some of you need. I think you must be Slot's PR team doing damage control.
If you're seriously blaming the squad, how did this lot win the league and manage to put in good performances once they press high, outrun the opposition, move the ball quickly, and don't have mids in defense, no shape in mid, and try to play Gakpo and Salah as our width?
It's really not hard to figure out, once you stop believing that Slot can turn this around.
He's the problem, not the solution with this team, and he's shown it over and over and over.
21 Mar 2026 19:50:38
The only thing he's changing, Kopcat, is how fans will remember him. A title-winner who ripped up a winning formula in a single season.
21 Mar 2026 19:55:09
If I recall correctly, snuggle, Klopp also played Salah wide 3-4 seasons ago and he wasn't nearly so effective. Salah and Gakpo are both very average glued to the touchline. Some, or most, would argue Gakpo is very average anywhere else on the pitch.
With reference to being the solution or the problem, Slot is very much the latter. If you are the problem, you aren't the solution.
21 Mar 2026 20:02:08
Is there enough time to get the players fit enough to properly play with a high intensity every game if an interim was appointed?
21 Mar 2026 20:10:59
We'll lose a game with 3 r 4 games to go and people will be coming on here saying he has to go. And the ITK's will be all over the place with notions of meetings and Zoom calls. 😆 Slot is here till May, there's 7 games left for Christ's sake. I don't know why people keep doing this to themselves.
21 Mar 2026 20:43:38
We'll lose more than a game. Not your point, obviously, but that much is sure.
21 Mar 2026 21:06:58
TSK, I agree on both Chiesa and Konate. Terrible today.
21 Mar 2026 21:27:02
Tsk, Chiesa is still better than Gakpo. We also saw what he did last year with Elliott, Endo, Quansah, Morton. He used Nunez and Jota slightly more, but not by much. If he won't rotate the squad properly until he's got two £50m players in each position, I'm sorry to break it to him, but football doesn't work like that.
Klopp was competing for the top trophies with Origi and Shaqiri as backup to Mane, Firmino and Salah, and Shaqiri was injured half the time.
21 Mar 2026 21:36:53
Agreed. This is a rumour site and I take all with a pinch of salt but there is too many itks now that I am at the stage now that what will be will be. Eds hope you are keeping well and hopefully we get something concrete soon as I'm sure it is driving you lot up the wall.
22 Mar 2026 04:25:04
It is almost like the Hodgson days, except 2 big differences.
Slot did win #20, and he talks much more sense than Hodgson.
Still, enough is enough.
It seems like the players are not responding to him at all.
And the performance, I just hope to fast forward the game all the time.
Jones was slated, it appeared, and I think he thoroughly deserved it. I see no purpose in his play. Bang average, and he is absolutely inviting pressure for opponents to win the ball off him with his demeanour, speed and strength.
Konate had a horror of a game.
So did Macca.
Oh, not to mention the love-son Gakpo. Macca and Gakpo, it has come to be expected of them recently.
I will be even more glad to see the back of them, even more so than Jones.
I give 1 to all of them, and perhaps a 2 to Macca.
21 Mar 2026 16:04:37
Hi all,
Big movement behind the scenes. The board seem to be leaning towards parting ways with Slot during the international break. Going to stick my neck on the line here and say I think it’s the end of the line for Arne.
21 Mar 2026 16:24:39
Sure took their time!
21 Mar 2026 16:24:50
Fingers crossed they make the right call!
21 Mar 2026 16:25:08
Victor, don't tease us.
21 Mar 2026 16:29:02
Well...
SG has been a bit extra feisty on the sidelines on the TV the last couple of weeks. Perhaps he was sending a message to the suits as well as the fans...
At the very least, hopefully, he can get these players playing again, and shake off this negative nonsense we like to play.
Even if it's just to clear the closet out, ready for the new chap...
21 Mar 2026 16:30:47
Hope you're right, Victor.
Diddly Out.
21 Mar 2026 16:35:28
I hope it's not an interim and they hire the permanent replacement. It will give him a head start on next season. I've got to believe they've already chosen the successor and have had conversations behind the scenes.
21 Mar 2026 16:35:39
No offence, but this has been said after every defeat. I fully expect Slot to be picking Gakpo for the City game.
21 Mar 2026 16:38:41
Leaning? Slot should have been sacked in November. That way, the interim manager would have had time to steady the ship until a viable option (Alonso at the start of the year) became available. Instead, we kept this manager, and look where we are.
Our club has become so poorly run it's almost comical. True leadership is decisive and proactive instead of indecisive and reactive.
21 Mar 2026 16:42:26
What I do not understand is how come they move big after every loss and sit tight when we win midweek? :) Shows how fickle the guys up there are.
21 Mar 2026 16:47:30
Really, it is time for him to go. I would have more respect for him if he was in any way self-effacing about his own shortcomings, but he is blaming everything except himself and his rubbish tactics.
Oh dear, two games in a week?
Give me a break. It is an honour to manage the club, and he has never truly gotten that.
21 Mar 2026 17:01:51
Yeah, whatever. 👍🏼
21 Mar 2026 17:04:06
Not to worry, people.... We'll have the tweets from VVD and Szlob later, saying they tried their best, and onto the next game to regroup. 🤬
21 Mar 2026 17:09:08
Probably too late.
21 Mar 2026 17:11:31
I'll believe it when I see it. I'm at the point where I have next to no faith that the leadership at this club are capable of making any kind of decision, let alone a sensible one.
That's the biggest issue for me by far. Total lack of leadership on and off the pitch.
No passion, no care, no emotion. The management needs to go, the coaches need to go, and the players need to hold their heads in shame for letting what Klopp built completely fall apart. Disgraceful.
21 Mar 2026 17:21:55
That's what has always shocked me, Cantremember. In my lifetime, every single manager has understood what a privilege and big deal it is to manage Liverpool. They might have been flawed in other ways, and overall disappointed, but they have always treated the role with enormous respect.
Rafa and Klopp both joined with incredibly impressive CVs from big clubs in Europe, at a time when we were significantly poorer, both in terms of quality on the pitch, infrastructure, reputation and finances. They both dedicated their lives to improving us, even sacrificing their health. I remember Klopp used to do silly YouTube videos on the club's YouTube channel when he first joined. He was one of the elite managers in the world spending his spare time doing YouTube videos for a Europa League club. In truth, it was beneath him, but he understood how important it was to build a connection with the fans.
Now we have this guy who joined the club on the back of Klopp's achievements. We inherited one of the best squads in the world, with a budget that is astronomical compared to those of previous managers. His entire career has been in the Netherlands, and he treats the role like any passing job. I actually thought I misread when I read that he flies back to the Netherlands midweek. He does not treat the job seriously at all. It's scandalous to think he can behave like this when he's being paid six-figures-a-week. He clearly has never been willing to make the necessary commitment. If you want to see your family so badly, maybe use that six-figures-a-week salary to hire a private jet to fly your kids out to see you? Heaven forbid they even move here after two years. That would be far too much of a commitment.
21 Mar 2026 17:32:37
Slot should go, but please not Gerrard as interim. He was a great player but an awful Premiership manager.
21 Mar 2026 18:00:47
@Red_Riding_Hood or just how much nonsense "ITKs" invent. The reality is, the club will not be reviewing his position after every single win/loss.
It has been stated many times by proper journalists from very early on that the club will review this season at the end of the season.
Now, of course, that doesn't mean that Slot can't be sacked during the season, just that it's very, very unlikely.
21 Mar 2026 18:41:12
1 point from Wolves, Spurs, Brighton. In any other season, that would be a crisis. This season, it's not surprising, but almost expected. We've all been placed in a cold pot, and slowly boiled.
Can't believe he mentioned net spend of 150m, then said take the Isak fee and he's playing with a "break-even squad." He should have started and stopped at "They were the better team."
21 Mar 2026 20:14:29
Not the family thing again.
21 Mar 2026 21:06:23
It's pure luck we are still in the running for the Champions League. I wanted Slot to do well, but in the Prem it is like watching the prelude to an accident in a 90s episode of Casualty. You know it's gonna go wrong, it's just a matter of time. To go from midweek, albeit against a team that does not travel well with no fans, to today, he has to go.
If it's Gerrard til the summer, then Xabi, I think it's got to happen now. It can't be worse. I love Milner, but a 40-year-old should not be bossing a game against the current champions. It has to come down to the manager/coaches, etc.
21 Mar 2026 23:45:41
😁 Love it Jay Dub.
21 Mar 2026 15:52:17
Bayern space reporting big announcement coming at 6.
21 Mar 2026 16:14:47
He is gone. Sacked. He has been called in and this time it's not for talks.
21 Mar 2026 16:18:05
Is there any indication it has anything to do with us?
21 Mar 2026 16:21:51
Fingers crossed.
I've resigned myself to the probability of it being season's end, but if it's true then I will get arrested as I'm running around the street naked to celebrate.
21 Mar 2026 16:41:26
That's the same 6 pm announcement to be broken by Indykaila too. These lot know us Liverpool fans are the most gullible and would bite at anything soft. :D
21 Mar 2026 16:47:12
The Bayern space thing is to do with Olise, I believe... We'll see.
He was spot on about Wirtz.
21 Mar 2026 16:52:27
Must be after the big meeting announced by Koptalk last Friday. 😁