Liverpool Rumours 2

16 Mar 2026 23:07:15
Any rumours you are seeing in regard to Hoeness are false. The club had him on a list to replace Klopp two years ago. That time has came and went.

I believe Xabi is the man and Slot's time at the club is up.

Support from within the club for Arne persisted until recent weeks. Now, the club feels as though UCL qualification is in serious jeopardy. An early knockout against Galatasaray will likely see an interim step in.

17 Mar 2026 00:21:37
As I said before, I reckon he's got the next two games. Regardless of results, he should be gone after Brighton.

17 Mar 2026 03:57:08
Didn't the club have Xabi on a list to replace Klopp two years ago?

17 Mar 2026 04:30:39
I maintain that he should have gone after the League Cup defeat to Crystal Palace. Throwing that game is unbecoming of a Liverpool manager and was the last straw for me.

17 Mar 2026 05:22:50
For me, the PSV humiliation at Anfield should have done it, but the gutless duo persisted and should be held accountable. In a reasonable world, someone should resign already.

17 Mar 2026 16:37:31
Shouldn't have got the job in the first place.

16 Mar 2026 22:48:07
Reckon an announcement will be made tomo am, with Giovanni as coach for the Gala game.

17 Mar 2026 00:20:28
Isn't he part of the problem?!

17 Mar 2026 00:22:49
Why get rid of Slot if the coaches he uses are still here? Perhaps if the club allowed Heitinga to return and bin off Van Bronchorst, we could have been a bit better.

17 Mar 2026 08:00:23
Couldn't agree more. Just something I received via text, announcement first; then Gio in a follow-up text. Would have expected Gerrard.

17 Mar 2026 08:48:39
If Slot was going to be sacked it would have happened on Sunday after the Spurs farce. As it is, the senior management at the club are fiddling while Rome burns as there are no good reasons to continue Slot's tenure as head coach.

16 Mar 2026 22:31:29
Reports from Saudi that Hughes has all but agreed to join Al Hilal.

Looks like Slot and Hughes both going.

17 Mar 2026 01:12:21
All but agreed?

So, not agreed.

17 Mar 2026 18:40:28
Cheers, Carra,

I would like to offer conjugal rights to my wife for such news.

16 Mar 2026 22:11:30
Rumours coming out of Saudi that Richard Hughes is close to joining Al-Hilal as sporting director next summer.

Not an ITK, not my info, just sharing what I've seen.

That would be very interesting, considering everything we've been hearing about the backroom since he arrived.

17 Mar 2026 11:25:23
I have just read an article, and it is a Scot named Richard Hughes, not the one at our club. YNWA

16 Mar 2026 19:06:20
Apparently there is disagreement between Edwards, Hughes’s and few others as to who they want as our next manager: Xabi Alonso or Sebastian Hoeness.

16 Mar 2026 19:23:39
Xabi, please. One of our own, young, wants to play fast-flowing, energetic football.

16 Mar 2026 19:24:56
Plus, Edwards and Hughes should be following Slot out the door. Bring Klopp back as DoF, Xabi as manager, and Stevie as assistant to learn his trade.

16 Mar 2026 19:39:41
Ultimately, the decision is down to Billy Hogan, and he wants Alonso.
He wanted him before Slot.

16 Mar 2026 19:46:30
If that's true, then it tells me that it's not going to be Alonso coming in the summer.

After all these months of shocking form & performances, they can't even decide their next manager in what could well be the most defining appointment since Klopp took over!

Clown show.

16 Mar 2026 19:46:59
Let's hope Billy gets his way and soon.

16 Mar 2026 19:51:12
Either will do.

16 Mar 2026 19:53:16
Got to be honest ... would be happy with either.

Mmmmh, wonder if we wait too long XA ends up at City ... There was some talk about that happening a few weeks back.

16 Mar 2026 19:58:58
I thought Pep was staying for another season.

16 Mar 2026 20:00:45
Edwards, Hughes and Slot need to go. It's a collective failure.

Hulk Hogan can go as well. Kane. Xpac. And Rakishi.

And that's the bottom line, coz LFC8 said so!

16 Mar 2026 20:01:01
Doesn't take much to get the panic going, does it, lads. 😁

16 Mar 2026 20:28:52
You're probably right, Florian, but even you must admit it's an absolute s*** show from top to bottom at the moment!

The total lack of accountability is bringing the club down, mate.

16 Mar 2026 20:55:50
Probably, but then probably not. For all we know, Alonso or whoever the club want is already more r less signed up nd sorted for next season. They're not gonna come out publicly, are they? It only takes for someone who's probably just buzzing off everyone to put up a post and people go into meltdown. 😆

16 Mar 2026 20:57:23
I know a lot of Liverpool fans are caught up in this romantic fantasy of Alonso coming home and reigniting this "deep bond" between him and Liverpool (the same man who has already turned down the chance to manage Liverpool at least once btw).

But, looking at this from a purely footballing perspective, Hoeness would be a superb choice and, in reality, a better fit for the club than Alonso.

I'd also throw Nagelsmann's name into that mix too. Both play a brand of football much closer to the style Liverpool fans want/expect.

16 Mar 2026 21:06:02
Edwards should stay. I get the impression that he's the progressive leaner, and some continuity is essential. The problem is on the football decision making side; Hughes has no place at our club. He has failed, and failure requires dismissal in this game.

The sooner, the better, because some swift rethinking and redirecting needs doing asap in preparation for day 1 of preseason. If it sounds like I have written this season off, maybe.

16 Mar 2026 21:18:10
I think people on here have a fantasy version of what Alonso's style is. He and Arne would agree on a lot, I'm afraid. Is he a better man manager? Maybe, but Xabi is also reserved/stoic. Is he a better tactician? The head to heads vs Slot say no, but who knows.

16 Mar 2026 21:20:02
I don't know if any of this is true.
However, it should not be a committee decision.

Whose job is going to be on the line if the next manager fails? There needs to be clear lines of accountability. If Hughes is accountable, he makes the call.

Too many cooks, I'm afraid.

16 Mar 2026 21:38:57
I'd get Ian Rush in as CEO, Jason McAteer as his deputy, and appoint Steve Nicol as defensive coach. Yep, I think we'd be good to go then.

16 Mar 2026 22:07:30
I'd get Nana Moon as conditioning coach, Keith Moon as set piece coach, Daphne Moon as assistant coach and the whole of Button Moon as tactical pain advisors. Done deal. Ring the bell. Here we go!

16 Mar 2026 22:17:57
A selection of great minds there, Rome.

16 Mar 2026 22:30:03
I want what's best for "my" club, Florian. I'm contacting all 3 of them at the earliest opportunity. Our current state cannot and must not carry on.

16 Mar 2026 22:45:58
Sebastian Hoeness?

I'd take Bob Holness right now.

16 Mar 2026 22:54:05
I'll have a p please, Bob.

16 Mar 2026 21:28:50
Edwards and Hughes don't get to make that call anyway. If we don't make CL I don't expect either of them to be there come September anyway.

Viva - A progressive learner? He's 46 years old and been with the club for nearly 15 years, if he hasn't learned everything he needs to know by now he's definitely the wrong man for the job.

17 Mar 2026 06:12:49
@Bazzinga, Wow that would be the perfect setup!

17 Mar 2026 10:42:30
I don't see Edwards getting the chop.

17 Mar 2026 14:53:06
What about 'God' as an interim instead of Stevie, then? Earned his stripes abroad, gets the club inside and out, and, considering he knew where the net was with his eyes closed, might get a tune out of our misfiring frontline. Not seen enough of his mgt to figuratively judge, but a discussion point nevertheless, or maybe the two as an interim old boys dream team to get us past.

Two legends, one dream. I can see it written across the Kop!!
Plus, after all, he is God; he could call in a few angels to help. 🙂

16 Mar 2026 14:51:05
I’m not ITK and rarely post rumours, however, a work colleague based near our Berlin offices told me this morning that there’s a strong rumour that LFC had contacted Jurgen Klopp’s agent about JK being interim manager until the summer. Just passing on what I was told and hoping it may be true.

16 Mar 2026 15:55:20
I doubt Klopp would want to come out of retirement for 8 games, mate. He would be having a hard enough time seeing this utter trash from his villa in Spain as it is.

16 Mar 2026 15:57:41
Would have happened by midday today.

16 Mar 2026 15:58:17
Hopefully your colleague can follow up on that. Re: JK's interest.

16 Mar 2026 16:05:58
Classic rumour, love it.

16 Mar 2026 17:14:06
The players aren't fit enough to play JK's style of football anyway, and they wouldn't get up to speed by the end of the season.

16 Mar 2026 17:34:20
Now this is a rumor... Absolutely love it.

20 out of 10... but only because it mentioned Klopp.

16 Mar 2026 17:39:36
Please be true and have a permanent option too!

16 Mar 2026 17:47:13
Really don't think it would make any difference.

16 Mar 2026 18:50:56
Sorry, Tosh1966, for the bad pun... That is a load of old tosh!

No way JK is coming back. It is common knowledge in the footballing world that the only job he will take is the German national team, be it later this year or next year, depending on what Nagelsmann does at this year's World Cup in the USA.



Red Bull are also considering extending Klopp's contract until 2029.

16 Mar 2026 18:58:21
More chance of Florian Musula getting the gig, where he would blame the players for his faults.

16 Mar 2026 19:49:28
Don't want JK back, he left a great legacy.

Arne Slot needs to go.
Wirtz missing his ideal partner in Ekitike, Szob missing his ideal partner Salah, and, even worse, playing at RB and Frimpong ahead of him.


Does he want to ruin LFC's chances?
Also, why was Gakpo on the pitch? Rio was a good choice by LFC fans to see more of him.
But, other than that, everyone.

16 Mar 2026 21:10:26
You're on fire, Endo.

16 Mar 2026 12:54:55
Well I got it wrong yesterday saying that Slot will be here till the end of the season. I know that there is definite interest from Ajax to hire Slot from this summer and it maybe that Slot's head has been turned.

I believe from what Thefields has said that there is a battle going on behind the scenes. My guess is Mike Gordon and Michael Edwards want Slot gone asap, but Billy Hogan and Richard Hughes want him to stay till season end.

Probably why there is a stalemate.

I genuinely think that no matter the result on Wednesday against Galatassary, he will be gone Thursday morning and Gerrard will takeover as Interim with the priority (damage limitation) being finishing in top 4, regardless of the results in the cup competitions and getting LFC playing decent football again.

16 Mar 2026 13:06:10
It's downright depressing that all the relatively easy fixtures were wasted on Slot, and now the interim coach will have to face United, Chelsea, Villa, Palace, and Everton. The remaining 3 are Brentford, Fulham, and Brighton. All challenging fixtures.

16 Mar 2026 13:09:22
Well, surely there is a decision maker. Can't have 4 people agreeing on a decision to be made. There should always be 3, 5, 7, etc., so there is never a stalemate!

16 Mar 2026 13:13:39
Wasted all the relatively easy fixtures on Slot, and now the interim coach will have to face United, Chelsea, Villa, Everton, and Palace. The remaining clubs are Fulham, Brentford, and Brighton. So, 8 proper challenging games for the incoming manager.

16 Mar 2026 13:16:06
If Hogan and Hughes want Slot to stay, even just till the end of season, then they should be shown the door too.

16 Mar 2026 13:21:21
Apologies for repeating my comment. The first one wasn't posted so I had to retype.

16 Mar 2026 13:47:36
If that's the case, it's too many cooks, not enough accountability. They must think they can just dither and that doing nothing is ok, unless, of course, they all accept joint accountability. If so, it's an FSG issue to resolve.

16 Mar 2026 13:53:52
Surely the disagreement isn't about Slot, but getting a short term alternative. While Gerrard is rightly a Liverpool legend, his record in management is not good. So, the question becomes, is it worth a punt.

16 Mar 2026 14:04:57
Jojo, worth a punt? How on earth is it going to get worse? We are heading out of the CL at present, outside the top 4, and have City in the FA Cup. We literally could not be in a worse place right now.

16 Mar 2026 14:57:32
Any views on Rob Page as interim, then get the new manager in, and he goes back to the U21s in the summer. Might be less hassle than Stevie G.

16 Mar 2026 15:03:38
Kpm, that's not the worst shout in the world.

16 Mar 2026 15:36:32
Following on from earlier... What I have been told is that the final decision has been made by Henry & Werner. John W. Henry wants what is best for LFC, and he is a results man with a deep analytical mind.

The decision will be made to pay Arne Slot off with compo, and bring in Steven Gerrard until the end of the season.

Xabi Alonso is waiting in the wings, so to speak, as all the ITKs have confirmed.

Sticking my neck on the line here, but I will be very surprised if Arne Slot is still here for the Brighton game at the weekend.

16 Mar 2026 15:45:22
Agree with KPM, Rob Page would be the better option. ED001 said SG wants the job on a permanent basis. Don't mind him as the interim though.

16 Mar 2026 17:22:11
I hope that's true, AYB. I'm sticking my neck out here also, but I'll say that, due to Slot's utterly mind-boggling refusal (or inability) to make tactical changes, improve intensity and fitness levels, persist with out-of-form players, and put our most influential player consistently out of position, it's almost as tho he wanted the sack to get the pay-off and return home.

It's the only thing that makes sense to me when it comes to this man's commitment to a recipe that has failed over and over again.

16 Mar 2026 18:14:55
Gerrard over Page any day for me. If Arne is gonna go before May (which I doubt), it has to be for someone who will inspire them short term. Someone they will have no choice but to run through a brick wall for. Gerrard's not stupid, if he's told the job would only be as interim he'd accept that.

16 Mar 2026 18:56:15
Florian, there is no chance that Slot stays now till the end of the season. I thought they might do, but after yesterday... it was the final straw for the upper echelons.

Win, lose or draw on Wednesday, he is gone by Thursday morning.



Remember Brendan Rodgers last game? Macca told us he would be gone no matter the result.

Same applies here to Slot. He is gone.

Gerrard will be in by the weekend, and Alonso will be announced by May.

16 Mar 2026 20:46:19
Arne, Edwards won't go against his mate.

16 Mar 2026 21:44:39
From an executive perspective, even if we do make moves, bring in Gerrard and make top 4/5. It's too little, too late. The amount of easy games we've drawn or lost that could have been saved by bringing in Stevie is completely unforgivable.

Slot, Hughes, and Edwards all have to go, no exceptions.

Florian, I seem to remember you saying there's no way you'd have Stevie as manager in any capacity not too long ago. I wonder if you'll change your tune about Slot once he's gone too.

16 Mar 2026 12:15:38
A little bit of a battle going on behind the scenes, I wouldn't expect anything happen prior to the Gala game. I suspect anything but us going through will be pretty much curtains.

I'm also told that Gordon, didn't want to do the round table b****** the other month, as he knows it was a PR stunt.

16 Mar 2026 12:38:41
Hope you're wrong on this one, Fields, but I respect you're sharing what you know, even if it goes against most of our wants.

16 Mar 2026 12:50:27
He should've been gone a long time ago, I don't know what they think is going to change by keeping him.

16 Mar 2026 12:59:18
Sounds like they're confident we will beat Gala, so in a way we don't actually have to do anything. Maybe, regardless, something may happen during the upcoming painful and pointless International break.

16 Mar 2026 12:59:55
😂 "If he loses his next game he's gone."

16 Mar 2026 13:01:45
Well, I'm actually glad there's some kind of battle going on ... it's just a shame it's not on the pitch!

Be interesting to see who the battle is between. How many are saying bye bye Slot, and who are saying, this is great stuff... our XG for number of passes is awesome ... let's keep him.

16 Mar 2026 13:02:28
Didn't want to take an 'L'. Any ambitious club would've sacked him in November to salvage the season.

His contract is only until 2027, so the compensation package couldn't have been massive either.

Absolutely egotistical men in the upper management!

16 Mar 2026 13:06:50
If the players find this out, put a tenner on us going out, cause they are not having him.

16 Mar 2026 13:17:56
If I hear "If he loses his next game he's gone" or anything along those lines one more time, I very well might lose my, you know what.

How many "next games" do you know? Like, the majority of us knew at the time, and have been saying for a while now, that they should have sacked him in November.

What a mess the club has made out of this!

16 Mar 2026 14:37:15
Probably optimism bias. Even some data geeks will have that every so often. They probably all thought things could only get better, so without making a change of coach, we'd work our way back into the CL places, and things could be reviewed in the summer.



Each week there's been some sort of justification for our failings, some of which, like key injuries, had credence. Eventually, though, you run out of games, and it's too late to make a change. We'd be at that point now if Chelsea and Villa weren't so poor.

16 Mar 2026 15:37:56
In fairness I'd doubt anyone sitting around that table last month wanted to be there. They all would have known it was a publicity stunt.

16 Mar 2026 17:37:49
Thanks, TheFields.

My apologies, but who is the Gordon that you mentioned in your post?

16 Mar 2026 18:58:18
Probably Mike Gordon.

16 Mar 2026 20:13:30
Noele Gordon.

16 Mar 2026 20:50:48
Mike JLC.

Alonso. I don't think it's necessarily a "one more game thing" but an "we don't make quick decisions" thing.

Ned, so do I, but you know how we operate. 😂

16 Mar 2026 23:34:58
Pickfordsaurus..... Love it. The Crossroads jingle enters my head!

16 Mar 2026 11:26:35
Morning Gents,

Adam Wharton is wanted by Liverpool in the summer, I've heard they're going to put an offer in for around £70m.

There has been a lot of chat recently regarding this transfer.

Cheers.

16 Mar 2026 11:39:37
Any more on Slot this morning, Robbo?

16 Mar 2026 11:47:15
Am not sure he is what we need. Good passer of the ball, but does not seem to get round the pitch well enough. Only thing is, he does seem to sit in his position, which is something Gravenberch is not doing.


He does remind me of Michael Carrick, who was vastly underrated, and did help make Utd tick, and players who played with him all speak about how good he was.

16 Mar 2026 11:49:48
In the minority here, but I don't think this is the profile of the midfielder we really need. What we need is someone to come in and break up the play, be defensively-minded first and foremost, to provide necessary balance to the midfield. Wharton just strikes me as another ball carrier / progressor. Someone to keep the play ticking along, without ever really threatening, which we already have in abundance in the squad.



Elliott Anderson or Stiller would be my preferred move. But, I guess with Jones and Macca linked away, perhaps we do need this profile. I only hope we get a more defensive-minded midfielder at some point soon. Endo was clearly bought as a stop-gap, when Fabinho left, and yet we never did more after the fact.

16 Mar 2026 12:02:38
We need English players badly. I'd take him.

16 Mar 2026 12:04:28
I disagree, I think we really need a player like Wharton to replace what Trent did for us. It's true that we also need a ball winner in midfield, somebody more tenacious like a Joao Gomes who can be all action and rotate with Grav, but a passer from deep like Wharton or Stiller is absolutely absolutely crucial for us.

We've seen this season that when Grav and Macca need to make a crucial pass to split the defense, they can't do it. It's not their fault, it's not really their game, but without Trent we need somebody who can do that.

16 Mar 2026 12:12:22
I disagree, I've seen loads of defence-splitting passes from our players this season.

Unfortunately, it's our defence we are splitting as we pass the ball backwards and side to side.

16 Mar 2026 12:37:06
Now we miss Trent?
Actually, I didn't think we would miss him when he left, but I think we do. We simply can't initiate attacks from deep, and we are moving the ball way too slowly up front. Then again, even with Trent, we will be screwed. We totally lack the pace now. Only Frimpong is fast enough.
Gakpo is useless, Wirtz is slow, Salah has slowed down, and is seemingly losing his ability to beat any player. I thought Frimpong and Rio on the other flank was a good line up.
Once they are gone, Spurs have nothing to fear...

On the point of Grav not sitting to protect the defence, I wouldn't think it is his problem. He must have been told to do what he is doing, else, if he is supposed to sit and yet he is not, he will probably be replaced by now.

16 Mar 2026 12:54:31
I, for one, do not want any transfer decisions taken by the trifecta of Slot-Hughes-Richards. Get these lot out and then start rebuilding. A defensive midfielder should be the priority this summer. If no one is available, give a 1-year contract to Claude Makelele. I am sure he would do a better job of shielding our defence than the current lot.

16 Mar 2026 12:58:01
I think we need both, we need a good passer who can open up defences and speed up our transition, but we also need more energy and more competitiveness in midfield.
We need someone who's going to win the battles for us. Someone like Guimaraes.
We're too soft at the minute.

16 Mar 2026 13:04:21
Maybe a Jones replacement?
And still looking at a pro top level DM?

Anyone know if this fallout between Jones and Slot is affecting contract talks? Would Jones be happy to stay more so if Slot goes? Or is it regardless and about playing time etc?

16 Mar 2026 14:08:23
He is definitely an upgrade on McAllister. Damn, he was embarrassing in last night's debacle.

16 Mar 2026 14:25:52
Letstalkabout6baby, nothing new, mate, but everything is pointing to a Slot "sacking" and an interim, more of a when, not if situation.

16 Mar 2026 15:07:26
Great player and would add creativity, but not the midfield priority, unless Gravenberch is going to be told to play CDM again.
If he's not, then the midfield priority should be a Fabinho, Caicedo, Rodri, and, dare I say it, an Alonso-type player. Someone built like a CB that can destroy in the centre and offload the ball quickly when attacking.

16 Mar 2026 15:37:44
Why would we want Wharton we have Wirtz same sort of players i would rather have Elliot Anderson YNWA

16 Mar 2026 17:11:33
Wharton, Macca, Wirtz, all lightweight, slow players of the same kinda profile.

I agree with the majority, we badly need some physical, pacey type players. For me, this would be terrible news and would yet again show they don't have a clue, yet all the fans do.

My money is on Anderson going to United for Casemiro, and United will do a full 360 while LFC are trying to buy players so we pass the ball 1000 times and try to walk the ball in the net.

16 Mar 2026 18:42:57
Wharton is a quiche. We need a steak baguette.