12 Apr 2026 08:36:07
Slot is leaving at the end of the season, even if Liverpool win the Champions League.
The KNVB (Dutch Football Association) have spoken to Slot regarding taking over from Ronald Koeman after the World Cup. Slot is leaning towards international management over a return to club football. Ajax are hoping to convince him to change his mind.
Ignore the media briefings.
12 Apr 2026 09:26:48
He should be leaning towards pub football. He is a one trick pony with zero leadership skills.
12 Apr 2026 10:08:01
A bit excessive, FSW. A cup and league win with Feyenoord and a Premier League title. It's been a bad season all round for us, but I wouldn't think he would have trouble getting another job when he leaves.
For the record I'm in the Slot out camp.
12 Apr 2026 11:04:02
I think Slot is/would be a good manager at a smaller club but can't transfer that to the top level. There are loads of cases like that. It takes a little bit extra to succeed at bigger clubs - like Moyes, Nuno, or even Hodgson, for example, very good managers but just can't show at top level.
Slot was very lucky that he had a ready made team that knew exactly how to play & was well drilled. Slowly that style was coached out of them the longer Slot was here, so by the end of last season the fluid offensive/defensive pressing unit had been changed into something far less successful & entertaining.
Yesterday showed two things. 1. We can play the old way when we want (some of the first half) & 2. We can't play it for long because we are not fit enough (due to training changes) to keep it up for very long.
A new manager coming in with a truncated summer due to WC will have to work hard to get our fitness levels back to where they should be.
12 Apr 2026 11:28:45
Unfortunately, you are totally incorrect. If Slot wins the CL, he will stay. It's extremely unlikely, but he will stay. We won't sack a manager who has won the PL and CL back to back.
12 Apr 2026 12:01:01
Slot thinks he can play Dutch football in the Premier League.
He can't. He had a great first season but has been found out.
The only reason he starts next season as LFC manager is if the number one replacement is unavailable - like Rodgers and Klopp.
12 Apr 2026 12:55:55
@Skezza,
This isn't the club sacking Slot. This is a mutual agreement between Liverpool and Slot to separate, based on Slot's decision to be with his family.
Slot doesn't want to stay in England, and his family don't want to move abroad. Despite staying for education reasons, Slot's family are settled, and he doesn't want to stay a third season without them.
He's also not convinced on the long-term stability of staying on Merseyside.
He wants to move back home. It's nothing to do with whether the Liverpool board wish to sack him or not. It's his decision. He's communicated his decision to depart at the end of the season, regardless of what success we achieve.
12 Apr 2026 13:07:19
Ok that makes a bit more sense, thanks for clarifying.
If true, it completely changes the scope of his options when he leaves Liverpool. International management, even if it is for the Dutch national team, would involve a hell of a lot of travelling away from the country to watch players in different countries, etc. so it's not exactly the perfect scenario for him either.
12 Apr 2026 13:22:43
Nutter, we played more like the old way yesterday because we had a centre forward willing to put in a shift and start the press. Ekitike has started 21 league games for us and Isak has started 5. Isak has had his excuses for not being 100% fit, but Ekitike, although having a good season, is non-existent when it comes to pressing. It's half-hearted at best. Now, is it just coincidence that when someone else is up there, willing or able to put the work in, we look better? Do we really think the players are only told to press when neither of the two guys starts up front? Next season, under whatever manager, I would expect a lot more workrate outa Ekitike up there, he should be more used to English football then.
Isak too should be fully fit. It all starts from the front.
12 Apr 2026 13:59:07
@Rocky, if you don't mind me asking what is making you say this with such certainty?
Ken.
12 Apr 2026 15:06:26
He's got the eye of the Tiger.
12 Apr 2026 15:14:56
Sounds like Slot is trying to make out it's mutual as a way to cover his failings. He was happy to talk of a new contract when he was in the ascendency.
I'm in complete agreement re Eki and Isak. Neither are LFC type players, because we press from the front and they don't.
Edwards and Hughes got those two very wrong, but if we sell Eki soon enough, we can still make a bit. Isak is going to lose a tonne of money.
Xabi will not accept slouches.
12 Apr 2026 15:16:41
Silly question, @KingKen77, it's obvious @RockyBalboa gets his inside info from our ex keeper Adrian!
12 Apr 2026 16:54:03
@Ken,
All I can say is that my information has not come from anyone within Liverpool circles, so with regard to the next manager, and what FSG/Edwards/Hughes are thinking, I have no idea. I also have no idea what players are thinking, and if any of them dislike him. The only thing is that his communication to FSG/Edwards/Hughes was accepted.
What I know is that shortly after contract talks were put on hold, Slot and family had long discussions about the future, about life on Merseyside, and the conclusion was that neither Arne Slot nor his wife and children could see a future for themselves in the city of Liverpool. They don't want to have their privacy invaded, and Slot privately admits he just didn't grasp the size and scale of Liverpool Football Club. He'd read, heard about it, and spoke to some people, but he never truly understood it until he took on the role.
His family are more than aware of criticisms online and in the press, as the Dutch media have also covered this when discussing the Premier League. They've never experienced this before, as there wasn't the level of scrutiny with AZ or Feyenoord. However, he is on good terms with Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards, and while he was aware there were major concerns in the winter over the number of losses accumulating, Slot appreciates the support he's had from above.
Now, Slot feels international management may suit him more, and still leave the door open to return to club football in the future. Yes, there's travelling to games, but it won't take him long to return home, and for games abroad, he can travel back the same or next day. However, Slot also knows that Ajax could be a holding job for him, winning a few titles and then moving elsewhere in the future.
12 Apr 2026 17:06:50
Hollywood are missing a trick..undiscovered script writers multiplying on here by the week. ?
12 Apr 2026 19:27:24
It's a rumours site, not a "bang the same drum for months and offer up anything" site.
12 Apr 2026 19:31:42
The rumours draw people to this site.
12 Apr 2026 20:58:38
Florian, would love the ITK's on here who say he's leaving to be wrong.
Just out of interest, what can you see that nearly all of the fan base can't, that shows he's improving (given we've been poor for over a year now), but should remain next season.
I'd be absolutely shocked if you've enjoyed the playing style that's brought us this season's awful results/performances.
Convince us why you think he should stay.
12 Apr 2026 21:16:08
Been saying for months he'll be gone in May, Nutter.
12 Apr 2026 22:12:50
Ekitike and Isak can be taught to press though,..... especially if we have new fast, direct, and pressing wingers.
13 Apr 2026 07:33:43
Family first, professional success second. That is character.
13 Apr 2026 09:37:41
Interesting with the criticism of Slot, as that suggests 99% of us fans got it completely wrong. I see Enrique arriving, particularly if PSG win the big one this season.