18 May 2026 13:36:21
I honestly believe Slot thinks he is going to be sacked but the payoff for leaving because you have been sacked will probably be greater than leaving by mutual consent. So Slot is giving out the vibes that he will be here next year purely on a financial basis.
18 May 2026 14:07:30
I think the plan genuinely was to keep him for next season, but I think Salah's post changes things drastically. Or, more importantly, how many of the squad have liked his post is what changes things. It feels like a final throw of the dice from Mo Salah to send a message to the people running the club that all is not well in the dressing room, and that the standards being set/tactics being deployed are taking the club backwards.
Salah may just have given us the ultimate parting gift. In fact, if Slot does leave, I wouldn't even be that shocked if Salah saw out the final year of his contract.
18 May 2026 14:08:18
I am not a big Slot fan, but I would expect they would pay up the full value of his contract regardless of whether he quits or is sacked, given they have made him the face of the shambles while they hide in the shadows.
18 May 2026 14:48:28
It shouldn't take a social media post to tell the world what is wrong at the club, and he does have history. He should have gone about it quietly, or at least waited. There are still match going fans paying their hard earned money for the last games, and this just puts a dent in morale, as bad as things are. If anything, the Captain should be doing his bit behind the scenes, but none of us know, therefore it's still all hearsay.
To suggest that the owners or the team don't understand makes a mockery of the decent, legitimate posters on here, who have all suggested that potential new managers have been approached, therefore it's common knowledge that it's been addressed.
18 May 2026 15:18:18
I think people underestimate the way the board work. It doesn't take a social media post by a departing player to make them act.
Act in haste, repent at leisure.
18 May 2026 15:19:54
Alwaysred, you're overthinking it, mate. How does "vibes" affect his paypacket? If the club sacks him, they sack him. It will only be portrayed as a mutual parting as a professional courtesy. A club will always back a manager right up until the very moment they sack him. Slot will find out he's been sacked the same day we do.
The Lid, with all due respect, mate, f*** that. The truth hurts; get over it. The integrity of the club is more important than a dent to morale. Mo is standing up for the club, for what it represents, for what he believes in, and he's dead right.
He clearly has the club's best interest at heart, unlike many of the fools in the hierarchy. He's leaving; he gains nothing from speaking out whatsoever. If anything, it damages his image and reduces his chances of being signed by other clubs. I only wish he spoke more bluntly, and sooner. He's done the club a great service by speaking out and anyone who thinks otherwise is incredibly short-sighted.
18 May 2026 15:30:32
I think it has been mutually agreed for a while. Slot will get a pay off to go with the narrative being family and wanting a return to Holland. LFC save face for not sacking a title winning manager.
18 May 2026 15:44:48
I think the Salah post is spot on but there's an element of richness from some of the players who have liked the post.
They don't have to f*** off on holiday at every opportunity given by Slot and Peters. They could say f*** that, let's do more training with or without you.
It's wild that the hierarchy don't see the correlation between our apparent demise and the change in culture towards more holidays and less training, and they've done nothing to address this.
18 May 2026 15:45:22
The Lid,
Morale couldn't be any lower than what it is, and the hierarchy at the club have actively failed in their duty of care to it by not taking the correct decisions regarding the manager.
Van Dijk shows no leadership whatsoever on the pitch - what makes you think it is any different off the pitch?
As for Salah, now there is someone who adores Liverpool, the fans, and the city.
I would trust him over every single member of the management without thinking twice.
If the suits were genuinely planning to stick with Slot, then Salah's parting gift to the fans may just ensure that doesn't happen, and that is as valuable as any goal he's scored in his 9 years of remarkable service.
18 May 2026 16:09:52
Is he actually playing for the sack...
The big wigs, knowing it, holding him out!?
That's how f-ing bad my paranoia has got.
Just get him gone!
18 May 2026 16:22:48
Does it really surprise you though, Changing? When you consider who's in charge? Laptop gurus who spend more time looking at spreadsheets than football. When the suits aren't actually at the Axa, when they themselves are not part of the club's culture...
I would like to agree with you, and say the players should take more responsibility, and 20 years ago I definitely would have, but in this day and age, unfortunately, there's a huge amount of decisive power in "computer says no".
It's very difficult for them to push back. I imagine any extra training outside of personal fitness, rehab or set piece work would have to be approved; can't exactly see the full squad playing shirts v skins down the Axa on a scheduled rest day without it causing serious trouble, to be honest.
18 May 2026 16:50:35
Let's be honest here. Neither Mo nor Slot have been good enough this season. Mo has struggled to control a pack of cement, relentlessly passed to the opposition, and been wayward in his shot selection.
He's just not the player he was, and his comments to the press this season have not exactly helped. Calling for heavy metal football (which we haven't played since 2019) is unrealistic, when he can no longer press, nor outrun defenders.
I love him to bits, but it would have been a much happier story if he had left after winning the title.
So, Mo has not exactly helped, but Slot ultimately has to take the blame for so many of our players being so flat this season. He can't win back the fans, and needs to move on.
18 May 2026 17:03:10
Personally, think Salah has earned the right to air his grievances. Even if Klopp toned down the "heavy metal", the principles were there, hard work, pressing, closing space, fitness, working harder than the opposition and not leaving anything on the pitch.
None of those are true now. We're like traffic, comes at best. Passive, no movement, unfit.
As it is, rumour has it that Slot has treated himself to a few days sunning himself in Spain whilst this bin fire is ongoing. Talk about Nero fiddling while Rome burns.
18 May 2026 17:48:37
Disagree, VV. Players on the payroll should never throw their toys out of a public pram. I am old school, and disliked Mo's public complaints about not having a new contract. Mo has behaved like a Real Madrid player - it's just poor ego driven behaviour.
He will always be a legend, but he has behaved and played poorly all season.
I think Slot has been awful this year, but Mo is in no position to be throwing stones.