Liverpool rumours 6

28 Jan 2026 13:12:38
Liverpool have interest in Upamecano. Any itks heard that?

28 Jan 2026 13:45:29
Is that a Delorean I see?

28 Jan 2026 14:14:26
Hope not. He's awful. Hopefully he'll join that open sewer in Madrid.

28 Jan 2026 15:04:50
Clumsy and chaotic defender.
Don't need any more of them.
Run a mile from that.

28 Jan 2026 15:54:43
Wish people would stop banging on about Upamecano. He's bang average, literally a discount Konate.

28 Jan 2026 15:56:12
Imagine him and Konate next to each other.
Oh my!

28 Jan 2026 16:33:08
been reported by sky sports. Not LFC related, but Sterling departs chelsea.

28 Jan 2026 17:17:21
He will make Konate look like prime Baresi. More holes in his game than 10 pounds of swiss cheese.

29 Jan 2026 01:15:55
Starseeker. Early ceiling mate, he's done.

28 Jan 2026 13:11:21
Just passing on what I've read - Valentijn Driessen, a respected journalist in The Netherlands and who has been historically critical of many Dutch managers working abroad, has hinted at a decision having already been made around Slot's future.

He's compared it to Van Gaal's final few months at United when rumours of his sacking were circulating in Dec/ Jan and he was replaced by Mourinho in the Summer despite winning the F. A cup.

28 Jan 2026 13:53:31
Something will get leaked, and we have so many Dutch connections this is probably as likely a route as any for something to break.

28 Jan 2026 14:03:41
I that the same rumour that said that Alonso is taking over and is ready to axe 5 first team players?

28 Jan 2026 14:38:13
Did it say which five Shipley? Guessing Konate, Mo, Cody, Macca, maybe even VVD.
If that's the case it would have to be summer as we've no one to bring in to drop one of them now, never mind five.

28 Jan 2026 15:06:14
Slot is talking so much nonsense, he lost the room long ago. Plod ball is not suited to the prem and we need to move on from Dutch managers, period.

Why do we have to put up with it until the end of the season though? Stevie Me would bring a bit of energy and could nurture dom. He can go down as another pub quiz anomoly (like Slot).

28 Jan 2026 15:10:54
@Shipley, no. Think that one was based on some Spanish outlet, didn't seem too reputable.

27 Jan 2026 17:11:58
Is everyone nailed on for xabi, who else anyone thinking de zerbi anyone personally like the attacking football.

{Ed025's Note - not for me Mj, his teams can get beat by some very average teams 3-0 mate.. :)

27 Jan 2026 17:41:16
Rather have zebadee.

27 Jan 2026 18:04:12
I'd rather keep Slot than De Zerbi an utter fraud.

27 Jan 2026 18:15:17
Prefer a Zebra.

27 Jan 2026 18:23:25
Brilliant Ed25 😂.

{Ed025's Note - cheers mate..

27 Jan 2026 18:25:16
99% of time it's a horse.

27 Jan 2026 18:46:57
Iraola at the moment.
Worked with Hughes before, seem comfortable managing a lot of regular squad changes.

Both are big gambles unfortunately. There isn't the slam-dunk talent out there like there was with Klopp. I don't know, maybe Enrique comes close to that.

27 Jan 2026 18:55:20
We'd be better off hiring DeVito.

27 Jan 2026 19:06:46
Xabi all day. Im really hoping we move Slot on and employ Alonso as manager/ head coach. I think we will enjoy his style of play. YNWA.

27 Jan 2026 19:15:14
No way he dezerbes the Liverpool job.

27 Jan 2026 20:22:40
Rafael as interim.

XA for next season.

I'm mega biast though.

27 Jan 2026 20:29:46
Hold your hand out fatwallet let's see how old you are.

27 Jan 2026 20:54:59
Agreed Ron.

27 Jan 2026 21:15:56
Why don't we just go and get a proven trophy winner with good Premier League experience who can work well without money, organise teams and get te players playing for him?

Ooh You Are Awful Emery.

27 Jan 2026 21:49:26
Brilliant queen of scotty road.

27 Jan 2026 23:43:58
Xabi has it all, least not the conection with L4.
He is a deeply intelligent man with fantastic man management skills, and plays football that will suit the league.

Slot got lucky during a perfect storm - he's just another average Dutch manager who is incapable of running a giant club like ours.

28 Jan 2026 00:02:33
Ron Keague - Hughes is on his way out mate, and Iraola has no experience winning trophies. He's never done anything to prove he can handle a club like Liverpool.

28 Jan 2026 01:08:02
Alonso hasn't done anything to prove he can handle a club like Liverpool.
In fact Alonso turned the Liverpool job down previously and then got his chance at a big club and failed miserably.

Iraola hasn't had a chance at a club which challenges for trophies.
Alonso blew his big chance because his man management skills weren't up to the job.
Alonso has one one league title in Germany.
Slot has a league title in Holland and England.

If you think Hughes is going then that's news to me. Edwards favours Hughes. Unless you're going to turf Hughes and Edwards out and start again.
I think the board would think it's better to give Iraola a shot that he deserves.

28 Jan 2026 05:06:40
Did Xabi Alonso sleep with Ron's wife? That's the only explanation for such continued resistance despite multiple people explaining why he failed in Madrid.

28 Jan 2026 06:06:32
So Alonso won one Bundesliga and Klopp two but Alonso didn't do anything to prove he can manage a team like Liverpool. You spout some nonsense you really do.

28 Jan 2026 07:22:09
Ron mate, your opposition to Xabi is bizzare mate.

Explain how he failed miserably at Real? His win % was extremely high. The only thing he didn't manage to do was to get spoiled brat kn@b heads to work hard and take on board a culture of respect and his vision. That place is toxic and an embarrassment of an establishment with their behaviour. This is the club who actively as a whole abstained from the ballon dor ceremony when they realised they weren't going to win it. The club and the coach were ok with that? To lay that as a failure at his feet is extremely unfair. If you're not backed by the higher ups to change a culture, there's nothing you can personally do to make people who are kn@b heads, not be kn@b heads.

Then we move onto Neverkusen. That is the equivalent of someone coming in to manage spurs in our league and win the prem and FA cup undefeated all season and only to lose in a European final. If you don't think that is impressive then I can't help you and it's clearly a deeply entrenched bias that you're doubling down on.

28 Jan 2026 07:22:46
Point being that everyone thinking Alonso has some kind of magic wand that will get the current players playing so much better than Slot needs to wake up and step out of their Alonso fantasy.

28 Jan 2026 08:15:45
The point is WarMachine. Slot can better football than he currently is (we saw it last year, and against Madrid and Villa this year). But he's refusing to pivot to a style so clearly suits our squad much better and it will eventually cost him.

28 Jan 2026 11:26:16
Be a massive gamble but I've a feeling Fabregas would do well.

28 Jan 2026 11:36:36
Why is it so bizarre that Ron would have a different opinion? I think he's laid out his argument pretty well. Not saying I agree or disagree with him but it isn't bizarre to have a differing opinion especially when there is a logical substantive argument to support it.

28 Jan 2026 12:49:12
Being sacked after 8 months has to be considered a 'miserable' failure, even at Real.
He also lost to Slot's team, and his team were rubbish. Don't see much tactical genius that night.

28 Jan 2026 13:28:39
I think you need to rewatch the games from last year. We were scraping wins with mediocre performances because Salah and Diaz were on fire. We even stopped scraping wins from about April onwards. Without any game changers this year, the football is the same but we are losing.

You might also want to rewatch Klopp's last season where everyone was moaning about Linders slowing our football down to a snails pace and us conceding the first goal in 23 games. Many were blaming Klopp from stepping away from coachingbsaying he should go.

28 Jan 2026 13:36:11
That Madrid squad is made of some of the most toxic characters playing football today, Vinicius, Mbappe, Bellingham, Arnold among many others.

This is a squad that childishly and pathetically boycotted the Balon D'or because Vinicius wasn't going to win (as it was he didn't deserve it, hard to argue that Rodri didn't), the level of professional respect they have for anyone but themselves is a disgrace.

They'd downed tools as soon as Alonso started to demand they work and get fit. I certainly wouldn't hold that stint at Madrid against Alonso, in light of the fact that to a man, every single player in that squad is an absolute cretin of one variety or other who doesn't like being told to work.

His time at Leverkusen showed that he could take a team who'd never won a title (they're called neverkusen for a reason), had dragged them up from the relegation zone in his first season and made them top 6, then champions in his second and runners up in his third, he turned us down as he probably (and reasonably) felt he wasn't ready. And that's fine.

The fact he went to Madrid isn't related to that and as he's an ex Madrid player (and Spanish) when that call comes you'd be hard pressed to find a Spaniard who would refuse (unless they're Barcelona or Atletico fans).

The fact he had a group of complete see you next Tuesday's down tools on him and show nothing but disrespect isn't a reflection on him, but it is on them.

Anyone who's seen Mbappe leading the players off instead of following Alonso's request that they gave Barcelona a guard of honour can make their own minds up, but it's absolutely disgusting behaviour towards your manager.

The fact that the Madrid board backed the players is a disgrace and I'd imagine that Alonso will never take that poisoned chalice again.

We'd be silly not to appoint him as there is a lack of credible available alternatives and he's still a highly rated brilliant young manager. I'd imagine that Frimpong and Wirtz would be champing at the bit to work with him again.

{Ed025's Note - hard to argue with any of that Victor..

28 Jan 2026 14:49:05
Slot was sacked by AK with a 55.17% win rate Alonso with Real a 71.4% win rate.

28 Jan 2026 17:09:23
Iraola = Way too much risk
Alonso = Risky too but did well at Leverkusen
Enrique = Not without risk either, had done very well at PSG did rubbish before that and now has them playing way below par this season.

They all have their own risk profile, personally I would say Enrique, just over Xabi.

28 Jan 2026 17:16:54
Ron Keague - Absolute nonsense mate. Xabi was 4 points off Barcelona in 2nd place and only lost the job because of that pack of diva's in the dressing room. Madrid is a circus and everyone knows it. Calling 2nd place a failure is a joke and you know it. Any other club in the world wouldn't have dreamt of sacking him.

Alonso took a 17th placed Leverkusen to 6th and followed it up by winning the double in the first ever Bundesliga season long unbeaten run that saw them go 51 games without a loss.

Go ahead and tell me about how Iraola does well with mid level teams.

28 Jan 2026 17:48:23
Just playing devils advocate, but surely he knew what he was letting himself in for being Spanish and having played there. That club has been pretty toxic for ages, maybe the worst it's been but still…….

{Ed025's Note - i agree KNG..

28 Jan 2026 19:51:36
It's quite embarrassing reading what Ron is posting tbh.

29 Jan 2026 01:21:57
I appreciate your desire for success boys but Ron K is bang on.
So impatient man, actually bothers me the way people have become accustomed to success.

B1tch all u like, the man is right.

27 Jan 2026 15:30:20
Hi guys,

Not the news a lot of us wanted (myself included), but Slot stays (for now), is what I am told. As we all know things could change quickly but I expect him to be in charge midweek.

Cheers.

27 Jan 2026 16:29:26
What gave it away? Was it him walking out to do the Champions League press conference?

27 Jan 2026 16:33:03
Alot of stuff being said about Slot but he has been left without a defence, new signings should of come in to help our back 4. A stable, strong defence can also win games.

27 Jan 2026 16:42:59
Of course he's going to be in charge midweek, there's no chance they sack him the day before a big European game. Thank goodness we have these ITK's to keep us in the loop.

27 Jan 2026 16:52:02
Who sold four centre backs and replaced them with one?

27 Jan 2026 16:55:37
Or he could have told Grav to stay back and play like he did last season when he was a top defensive midfielder. But instead he told him to get himself forward and to hell with helping the defense 👍.

27 Jan 2026 17:08:52
Agreed Hero Heighway.

People need to revisit the title winning squad and this one. Yes on paper we all thought we were levelling up with Wirtz, Isak, new FBs and Ekitike. But take nothing away from what we lost:

Kelleher - Best back-up keeper maybe in Prem League history. Mamardashvili has been ok, but in the games he played I feel Kelleher would have given more confidence to the defence.

TAA - love him or loathe him the best creative ball-playing RB of a generation. Ours have been injured all season basically.

Quansah - Had prem experience and was always available, replaced by Leoni who is unfortunately crocked.

Jota - no more need said

Nunez and Diaz - yes have been replaced but one has been constantly injured and our LW is light. Gakpo was a great foil for Diaz but as our only starting LW is inept.

Not to mention the likes of having Elliot and Morton in the squad.

The squad is light. Slot wanted to replacements, they didn't come. He wanted a replacement for Diaz and it didn't happen. Guehi should have happened and it didn't. Semenyo was wanted by Slot regardless of what people say.

Regardless of what people think, he has not been backed and this window has been a shambles. The squad lacks the depth we had last year and if they are backing him until summer, then they should have helped him in January with his squad.

Hughes did some great business over the summer, but he has left us light.

All those saying Slot should speak out, look what happens when you do Maresca, Amorim. He is toeing the line, but he is not happy at not being backed.

27 Jan 2026 18:04:10
@Endo, putting aside the fact that Slot doesn't have responsibility for transfers, who were the 4 first team squad CBs that were sold sold?

27 Jan 2026 18:21:22
Hughes ego got carried away. Yes we needed the players we bought in, but these ex players who do not have managerial or tactical acumen get caught up in a championship manager type reality.
We lost a lot of graft and endevour.

Flo is doing what needs to be done to get up to speed and he'll flourish under a manager that knows how to get the best out of him, but what a mess the rest is.

The contract situation is not great. We need Doml Grav and Jones to renew.

We'll need to replace 3 generational, world class talents (Isak likely won't fill that void due to injuries and other issues).

We will need 4 x new defenders at this rate.

Alonso is going to want to put his stamp on the side and not accept what Edwards and Hughes want.

27 Jan 2026 18:37:26
Hero Heighway - We were rubbish before we had any major concerns over the defence. Va Dijk and Konate have remained fit and we've had the full back positions covered reasonably adequately one way or another. It's not ideal but saying there's no defence and using that as an excuse to cover for Slots completely ineffective tactics is absolute nonsense.

27 Jan 2026 18:37:51
Jarell Quansah, Nat Phillips, Sepp van den Berg and Billy Koumetio. If you're saying Slot has no input in transfers that's nonsense.

27 Jan 2026 20:01:09
Slot should have and never has changed the Formation to compensate for a lack of defenders and loss of form reference Ibou, Virgil Van Disney! (another two goal assists at the weekend)

I don't see any four better wing backs in the PL than Bradley, Frimpong, Kerkez, Robbo who had circa 3 less goal assists than when TAA was at the club, ideal for a back three.

3-4-3 never tried?
3-5-2 never tried?
3-4-2-1 never tried?

And also playing on current form this season the best midfielder in the PL at Right Back? sums Slot up ideally, you don't strengthen your defence by weakening the most important part of any team the Midfield?

Tomorrow night will also show even more how inadequate his forward thinking is, and foresight and most of all his footballing brain/ acumen?

Every UCL side that took part in last season's UCL 24-25 league format stage that had Five wins qualified for the knock out stage (Bayern only had 5 wins also), in fact every side that had only Four wins in the league format also qualified for the knock out stage, indeed last seasons winners of the UCL PSG only had Four wins in the UCL format W4,D1,L3.

The motto of the story being you can rest all your top eggs for the last three games of the UCL league format, no wonder Slot said we tired towards the end of the season, we played our strongest team in every UCL league format while all the top European sides were ridiculing us for being so blind?

After Five wins the top european clubs put their feet up, and played weakened sides for the last games, and laughed at Slot for going full pelt right to the end of the UCL league format!

They were 3 extra games for nothing, we could have also had season ending injuries (similar to Leoni) in those 3 dead rubber games? which we could also suffer tomorrow by Slot playing his strongest side possible?

To vindicate/ highlight the above even more man city, juventus, celtic all qualified for the knock out phase play offs only with only three wins in the league format from eight games played.

We currently have 5 Wins in the UCL, so there is no reason whatsoever for playing your strongest side tomorrow night and this also should have allowed to START Ekitike last weekend, and save him for the weekend PL game versus Newcastle Saturday Night 8.00pm Kick Off, if he plays Ekitike even as a Sub tomorrow, Hugo BOSS should be at home resting tomorrow night for us to try and obtain UCL qualification next year for our new Manager!

I would like Amorim till the end of the season ASAP, he joined Manchester United on the 11 November 2024 circa 14 months later his team not Carricks are above us, the club was in a mess: the Greenwood fiasco, all the VERY bad players he got rid off Hoijlund, Sancho, Player power Rashford, bum GK Onana, Garnacho, Eriksen, Antony, bean pole Wieghorst, wan bissaka, Lindelof etc all in 14 months a job done equivalent to what Jurgen had to do after Rodgers, Joe Allen, Ballotelli, Borini etc.

He also like Jurgen in his first season took Manchester United to the Europa Final last year circa 6 months after first joining the club late November Slot had two PL games versus amorim one draw, one loss at Anfield this season, Amorim for me has a fabulous football pedigree, but more than that a footballing brain, and great coach reference Nuno Mendes at Sporting Lisbon, arguably now the best LB in the world.

I "Thank the Lord" that Manchester United very foolishly sacked him, as with the right backing he will create a football dynasty whichever top club offers him the role of Manager only, not just a coach in his words!

We will have missed a "thoroughbred racehorse" for our current cart horse in footballing terms? The only Solace he won't do it at old toilet.

27 Jan 2026 20:21:23
The club is aware of how the fans feel but pay little attention to it. Changes will be made but at the right time and in the right way.

27 Jan 2026 21:25:49
Endo.
I agree we needed cb reinforcements at the beginning of the season. Buying isak instead of a first team starter did strike me as odd at the time (but maybe jota made them change their plans).

However Koumetio was never going to play for us. He was ordinary to say the least.
Leoni in the 70 odd minutes he played for us showed he was a significant upgrade on quansah. If it wasn't for his injury I reckon he would've displaced konate by now. We apparently have a buyback on quansah but the fact we haven't activated it suggests they don't think he is worth it.
And selling nat and sepp (who wanted to leave to be a starter) who weren't getting minutes was a no brainer particularly because everyone thought Guehi was coming in the door (til glasner churcked his toys out of the pram).

27 Jan 2026 22:32:57
The degree of Konate and VVDs drop off in form was fairly unpredictable, although Konate often had bad spells in previous seasons when he was returning from injury.

The elements that were predictable were Connors injuries, Jos injuries, and that Robbos legs have virtually gone. So whichever way we look at it the defensive depth just wasn't ever likely to be there this season.

I think they took a calculated risk on it, were going to complete phase two of the defensive rebuild this summer, and thought any deficiencies would be compensated for by free scoring Isak and Wirtz, and Salah. The lack of return from those three has been as much of a problem for us as the defence this season.

I won't even mention the midfielders who are misfiring. That's just been the icing on top.

27 Jan 2026 23:11:12
I have blamed VVD for two of the three goals v Bournemouth but also in his defence the man has had to play nearly every game over the last several seasons and to me looks fatigued he looks mentally exhausted physically burnt out .


The man needs a rest for a few weeks but we can not give him the break because the suits sat on their hands and we are short of center backs and Arne has to pick him .

28 Jan 2026 05:44:38
Endo by name eh?

Love the list

Quansah, taken off at half time in the first PL game of 24/ 25. Only played in 2 more PL games. The club didn't rate him based on having worked with the lad from his joining the club as a 7 year old.

Phillips: total appearances for Liverpool was 29 (20 of which were in the 20/ 21 season). Last appearance Jan 2023

Van Den Berg: wanted to leave. Total number of appearances for Liverpool - 4 in 19/ 20 in the FA and League cups - never made a PL appearance in 6 years at the club

Koumetio made two appearances for Liverpool - CL game in Dec 20 and a league cup game in 21. Never played a PL game for the club

You are correct that the club sold them but it is also correct that Leoni has played in more games for Liverpool since 2022 than Phillips, VdB and Kometio combined over the past 3+ years.

I bow to someone who believes they recognise nonsense and, seemingly, as a genuine master of nonsense, knows his stuff.

Also, if you read carefully what I wrote, I didn't say that Slot doesn't have an opinion on which players we buy or sell. Of course he does but he doesn't have final decision making authority - that resides with Hughes.

Anyway, like I say Endo by name….

28 Jan 2026 09:37:38
007, Amorim is just as inflexible as Slot seems to be.

26 Jan 2026 18:24:56
So all I have been able to gather from this afternoons meeting, is very little to be honest.

Slot, Michael Edwards, and Billy Hogan attended, They basically sat down, and discussed the recent run of of form, and how Slot intends to change things going forward.

Apparently sour faces all around afterwards, but no mention of him being sacked yet.

But i've been told he doesn't have long to change things.

26 Jan 2026 19:17:31
Odd. He should have been sacked by now, if we win mid week then draw against NUFC, get beat off City and draw against Sunderland we'll be saying the same thing - 'he doesn't have long to change things around'.
Cheers for the info Robbo.

26 Jan 2026 19:17:41
Thanks for the update Robbo.

26 Jan 2026 19:18:20
We've been listening to he hasn't long since before Christmas.

26 Jan 2026 19:20:33
Was Hughes not there?

26 Jan 2026 19:20:51
Absolutely ridiculous, I mean how is he still in a job. We are literally going to miss out on CL next season because they have no back bone and won't sack him. We are a joke right now.

26 Jan 2026 19:23:06
Thanks Robbo, do feel they will give him Wednesday nights game and depending how that goes. Possibly Newcastle but after then we don't play until Sunday. Time to remove Slot and get Alonso in?

I will certainly be watching how Slot is with the crowd after the game on Wednesday and Saturday, if he gets to that game.

26 Jan 2026 19:23:26
Nothings going to change, at least not in the league, I'd expect Newcastle and City to give us a slapping.

26 Jan 2026 19:25:05
Thanks Robbo
He should have gone in November.

26 Jan 2026 19:25:48
An absolute disgrace to keep giving him chances at this point.

26 Jan 2026 19:33:43
Well either Xabi is not ready to commit, or the club are considering other options. The obvious one being Luis Enrique who won't be available until the end of the season.

Therefore it's a case of Slot vs. a caretaker being the call right now. Personally, I don't see Slot changing what he's doing and therefore see little scope of turning it around.

But I don't have to make these decision and live with the consequences of them going badly, so it's easy for me to say, I guess.

26 Jan 2026 19:34:33
Well that was s waste of time. A meeting that ends with the plan to fall further behind CL qualification. Brilliant management.

26 Jan 2026 19:38:45
I'm speaking rhetorically here not directly to robbo.
What's there to "change"?.
Any wise man/ woman looks at what's transpired now for six months. Dreadful performances, mid table results and the same application every week now for months.
Key players significantly underperforming, no leadership shown anywhere on or off the pitch. What are we waiting on here?
A few lucky wins or an unlucky draw until yet again, we hit a spell of losses because we are awful? A season, future income and potential future signings are being thrown to the wind here.


Imo, if this season continues and finishes as with what we've had to endure now for six months, It would be justified in sacking those too who kept this misery ongoing.
Failure to sign another CB should warrant atleast Hughes seeing the door aswell.

26 Jan 2026 19:39:12
That's disappointing i have to say. not ypur rumour. the outcome.

I fear this season will be a write off. both man u and chelsea have made changes and reaped immediate responses.

Just feels we have learned nothing from past mistakes and this decision will set us back years with the new found money from CL and what it brings. let's not forget if we make Europe. Thursday Sunday games tend to be a season killer for most teams. unless you win it. 15 games to go. prob need 11 or 12 wins. way we are at the moment. not confident on getting 12 points!.

If fields predicted 5 games hunch comes to fruit. will be 10 games to will enough points be available to catch those above.


Just feels wrong. We can all see it. apart from. those who make the decisions.

26 Jan 2026 19:39:33
Thanks Robbo. Any info on the future of STC?

26 Jan 2026 19:48:40
Sounds not at all dysfunctional for a late Jan conversation after many months of poor form. Wonder if the subject of buying any defenders was raised.

26 Jan 2026 19:51:39
Thanks Robbo. Appreciate the info.

26 Jan 2026 19:55:06
No Hughes?

26 Jan 2026 19:57:30
No champions league next season then.

26 Jan 2026 20:10:00
I really can't see how they expect slot to change things when all season he's had multiple chances to change tactics, formation but all he does is the same old… us as fans can all see what needs changing so why not the people in charge, the longer they wait the further we will be from the top 4/ 5, just get Stevie G in until the summer and see where that takes us.

26 Jan 2026 20:27:37
Suspect the CL form is just about keeping him afloat right now. His form in the league is similar to how Amorim's was. He should be in big trouble and the excuses have to end. He simply needs to find a way to win in the PL.

26 Jan 2026 20:46:39
starting to wonder waiting till transfer window closes buy no one week or two in sack slot then say didn't want to sign players for him saving money for new coach?

26 Jan 2026 20:49:32
It's just negligence at this point if that is indeed true. I mean, how many meetings do you need? This whole situation has been handled horribly. Slot should have been sacked weeks ago and now United have found form, top 4 is in serious danger.

26 Jan 2026 20:51:15
Great news. 2 more weeks and 2 more losses in the league and we will be out the top 4 running. Weak leadership from the club here.

26 Jan 2026 21:27:51
This was just a regular meeting so not surprising no big news off the back of it. The situation tends to make you think they're taking collective responsibility for our problems.

I'd suspect eventually they may take action, and one or other of Arne or Richard would go, but it would take the crowd to turn probably or a run of losses for that to happen.

26 Jan 2026 21:31:50
Have seen the minutes of the meeting? Nobody knows anything.

26 Jan 2026 21:32:16
Just asking a question, would winning the Champions League change people's view on Slot? Let's say a 5th or even 6th place finish and Champions League trophy come May. Do we still sack him?

26 Jan 2026 21:52:06
Well let's hope he turns things around and we go on a unbeaten run with just wins now on.

Alonso can then come in the summer. Football has been shocking from liverpool after the amount of money spent. however the other 2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th places have been only better.

26 Jan 2026 22:09:15
JohnnyNo6, Slot can't get us to beat Burnley, Forest or Leeds, I'd suggest the champions league is way beyond the limit or his ability.

26 Jan 2026 22:15:50
There is no way we will the CL. I don't know why people think this is a real possibility.

26 Jan 2026 22:22:41
Thankfully Burnley, Forest and Leeds don't play in the Champions League. To win the Champions League you probably need to beat teams like Real Madrid, Inter or Atletico Madrid.

26 Jan 2026 22:22:41
Theory (don't shoot me) : I deal with a lot of companies with overseas owners, sometimes they defer decisions until representatives of the parent company are in the UK. And I wonder if FSG are looking at the whole set-up* with utter dismay and are going to deal with it in one visit.

Can't see us not beating Carrierbag, but if Newcastle come at us with attitude we could be in for a 3-4 and more pressure piling on from next Sunday.

*it's been such a clusterfk that surely Hogan, Edwards and Hughes are all under scrutiny as well? How can you spend this much money and be as bad as Brentford or Fulham? Takes some doing that!

26 Jan 2026 22:29:05
The hill I'll die on. Gerrard and a half decent assistant manager will do better for us currently than slot.

26 Jan 2026 23:05:57
It's funny how people keep giving our owners smarts as if they understand fans and how the club should proceed. They've a history of incompetence and everyone trusts they'll do the right thing. They'll do things that suit them not the general consensus.

27 Jan 2026 01:06:36
Although i do not defend fsg in everything they have done, we are in a completely different stratosphere to where we was under hicks n gillet. Also they have backed AS with in excess of 400m in the oast summer, totally unheard of in their tenure, if not ever in our history. What has let them down is maybe being slow to recognise that our manager has a seriously inflated ego from last year.

Yes we won the title with relative ease, however, this relied mainly on muscle memory and fitness levels from JKs reign, this season with lots of new players that wasnt in the JK teams, they would have different levels of fitnes to rely on in comparison.

AS has fIMO ignored this basic fact, has relied on a less fitness based regime and allowed our team to be slow/ complacent/ lazy this season and has in fact been found out. Its all well and good last season bringing on subs that had been trained to the nth degree physically, but now he is having to rely on subs trained by his relaxed and lazy coavhes, they do not have the same impact, nor does the first team have the energy levels of previous seasons to rely on and claw any defecits back.

This is where i feel fsg have been a little amiss ion not seeing this sooner and taking action.

I also feel a little (not much) sympathy for higher ups i. e. edwards n hughes.

Last summer was a dream team transfer window, however, after the players was brought in, AS had decided that the tactics from the year begore was no longer relevent and implemented his own style which none of the new players, or the stars we had, were used to the new playing style that was expected of them.

At no point did i ever see slot argue against the signings even if they did not fit with the way he wanted to play.

He needs to go now and if in any way possible bring XA and allow him the remaining months of the season to evaluate what he wants/ needs ready to go into next season, the least we should be targetting is CL qualification, i just don't see AS getting us it unless he wins it, then i still think he needs to go

sorry for long rant but im old, not a new shiny toy fan either, like a lot of you, been supporting since the 70's lol.

27 Jan 2026 01:38:52
STEVIE! Get your suit pressed son! It's nearly time!

27 Jan 2026 02:19:38
Frode our owners have consistently backed the squad, managers and players, over a long tenure, they do it in a methodical way and don't make rash decisions.
£450m in one summer, though the signings have been poor, I still see Isak bouncing back, Wirtz coming good, Ekitike has been great already (though they all need to up their fitness)
I am happy FSG run our club.

27 Jan 2026 02:21:52
Are you putting forward the preposterous idea that the owners of the club actually make decisions about their club? That really is ground ridiculous @Frode.

Getting the club into a position of winning the PL twice in 6 years, the CL and the World Club Championships. Hiring Jurgen and, yes, Slot who won the PL in his first season, the improvements to Anfield and the raining centre and repurchasing of Melwood as a dedicated training centre for the Women's team.

The owners see the club as a business asset and being businessmen they want to maximise the (financial) potential of their asset. In doing so they need to ensure that the team wins things. In order for the owners to increase profit and future resale value they need to ensure that the club maximises all revenue streams with a major stream being the team winning the PL, CL, etc. how hard is that to understand?

27 Jan 2026 04:42:38
So those in charge are asking the 1 guy, who doesn't want to change his style, how he is going to change our fortunes

They have now kicked the can down the road again, which is now a downhill, and the can is getting away from them.

Our league form is garbage. It won't get better because he won't change his style. He's proven time and again that he won't change it.
So top 4, as it stands, is in serious danger.

We now have to win the CL.
Good luck on that one.

27 Jan 2026 06:45:12
We are 100% not finishing top 5 at this rate. So we should take a gamble on a change, nothing to lose!

27 Jan 2026 07:48:57
I wonder if they just shag off each other in these meetings and call it a day. Cuz nothing ever comes out of these so called meetings. Just sea men these folks.

27 Jan 2026 08:21:09
So nobody's happy but nobody's doing anything about it. Great.

27 Jan 2026 08:30:35
@WDW a raining centre is all well and good but what about the wind?

27 Jan 2026 09:28:02
We as fan need to stop being impatient and let the owners make a decision which is best for the club. Alonso may be assembling his support team and may not be ready to take on the role straight away, he may be evaluating the squad and making notes how best to develop the team to suit his style.

With the current injury crisis and lack of fitness, would any other Interim coach do better than Slot?

27 Jan 2026 09:35:11
Don't know what kind of meeting you go to Cafu but doubt they are minuted.

27 Jan 2026 10:51:56
The owners may want to jump straight to Alonso without an interim, in which case there is probably some complication with settlement from RM, I understand this could be affected should he take a new position within a certain degree of time. Alonso also needs time to assemble his team to come in and there may be complication there or timing etc.

The meeting could well of been, AS is manager until the last game of the season, let try and go out on a high. They won't be making in public knowledge until all the full arrangements are in place.

27 Jan 2026 11:02:29
Well Slot's idea to start off slowly then build up to kick in the second half of the season .
I think Slot has forgotten to tell the players the second half of the season has come and gone.

Does anyone think the meeting today was to discuss the low block and the strong winds and that nasty Stevie Gerrard being nasty to Arne YNWA.

27 Jan 2026 14:16:35
Amazing how many people ignored the question if they would still hate on Slot if he won the Champions League.

Only one person said about not beating Burnley but alluded to the fact we have already beaten Real Madrid (managed by none other than the messiah Xabi Alonso everyone is so desperate for). We also went to the Marseille notoriously difficult to play at and won comfortably.

Also beat Milan away and destroyed Frankfurt and beat Athletico Madrid.

But no one wants to remember this and will focus on the loss to PSV more.

Carragher is right that the disrespect thrown at Slot is unreal.

No one thought Benitez and his merry-men of misfits would win the Champions League and they did. No one thought Di Matteo would win anything at Chelsea, and he won the Champions League.

I understand all the gripes, but, and yes it is still a big BUT, if we were able to secure the Champions League this season will you all still be calling for his head come May?

27 Jan 2026 15:33:56
Yes johnny id still want him gone

He is a terrible manager
Stubborn in his ways
Disrespectful to the club

Put it this way if and hopefully when he does go are the likes of Madrid Citeh Bayern or Barce going to be competing for his signature.

27 Jan 2026 16:02:49
Jonny, I understand the point you are trying to get to, and yes if Slot was able to win the Champions League it would be difficult to imagine Slot not staying on. However, being realistic, that doesn't seem likely at this point in time. We have had better results and performances in the CL but even there, the performances haven't been anything I could say we could hang our hat on, as we still have moments of vulnerability that carries over from the league form, and in a match up over two legs, I think the moments we face in league will be more prevalent than the CL league format.

There is always a chance we win it, like Rafa and Di Matteo, but this situation feels more like Di Matteo, where we stick with Slot, if he won it, and would be facing the same questions mid-way through next season. Slot has struggled this year with the team and setting us up in a system that suits the players and from the outside looking in, his man management has been sub-par at best. I have sympathy for him in not getting all the profiles he would have liked to help the overall squad but he ignores the chances to give anyone bar Rio a chance from the U21's.

Keeping Slot in place feels more like a Di Matteo or Ten Hagg moment, where it is clear to see we are struggling but relying on singular games to cling to for hope when the record tells you the real story. Too many games we see the same type of football and no change to what we are doing. One thing that stands out to me, one of many but winds me up in particular, is the moment Gakpo gets the ball. He has come under scrutiny this season and I am in that same boat, but as a coach who wants to play him, there just seems to be little done to maximize his strengths. When he cuts back inside, I feel, we should see players peel off to attack the back post so he can whip it in, someone show to the ball to bounce it off so he can have a shot in a better area, runners going in behind to drag defenders back to open up the shot. I don't see this, at least consistently, which suggests to me that we don't have plan in the final third, more hope than expectation at times.

I also think the dig at Alonso is harsh, I think his overall time as a coach of Leverkusen and short time at Real gives me belief he is the right man to take us forward. Regardless of the shape he plays, I think his principles and structure off the ball is what we lack the most. He wants his teams to press high to win the ball and force mistakes. The job at Real was going well up until the 2-1 win vs Barca, then Vini Jr threw a strop and things snowballed. I don't think any appointment can be guaranteed, just ask Man United, but I feel a change is important as I just don't see anything since the loss to Man City to suggest things can turn around for the better.

27 Jan 2026 16:16:12
I don't think many people on here 'hate' slot, a lot of people on here see that he isn't right for liverpool, that doesn't take away from what he has acheived, a PL in the first season is fantastic and most fans appreciate that. We can also see that we have not progressed this season and we have taken a massive step backwards, maybe we will win the CL but that is a long way off and we are no way near that so you cannot really take that into account, we should be beating everyone except the top teams.

27 Jan 2026 17:21:48
I get the point, but ultimately he hasn't been given the squad to utilise like he should.

I am not bemoaning injuries but the players bought in are only starting to come good, and that is because they are starting to understand the league and what we need.

Wirtz and Frimpong look so much recently.

Kerkez is starting to understand the pressure of playing a top team.

Ekitike has been our only consistent.

Mamardashvili was a drop in terms of experience from Kelleher.

Leoni is injured and was Quansah's replacement, who actually had prem experience and was reliably available.

Macca and Grav have fallen off, but Szobo is on a different level and same as Jones.

Gakpo, I love, but yes his move is obvious. He cuts inside. He was an alternative to Diaz so teams didn't know how to set-up. We don't have that. Rio is promising but no Diaz.

It certainly hasn't been great, but I like to give someone the opportunity to prove themself before throwing them under a bus. I think Hughes and board have to be questioned more on why they didn't back him. Semenyo and Guehi were both on our list and we let them go. Had they signed January 1st I believe we would be in a very different position.

27 Jan 2026 18:55:37
Winning, of course, is the most important thing. But, beyond that, I think Liverpool is maybe a little bit unique insofar as the extent to just how much it matters to us that the manager embrace the culture, history, and identity of the club, city, and supporters. We're not really satisfied unless we've got the next Shanks or Paisley at the helm. We had that with Kenny and we had that with Klopp. We even had it to some extent with Rafa. We just don't with Slot though.

What's rankled me about him from the start is the feeling that, at the end of the day, it's just a job for him. Maybe it's just him being laconic, but it doesn't seem like he truly loves the club in the way that I want him to. Maybe, in this day and age, that's an unrealistic expectation, but I can't help but demand it nonetheless.

I think the thing that's got us so excited about Xabi, beyond his attractive brand of football, is that he's a club legend, and we already know that he'll bleed for us.

27 Jan 2026 19:26:26
Gakpo you love? 😳 for that reason and that reason alone. I'm out.

27 Jan 2026 20:15:32
Galatasaray from the Mighty Turkey (possibly the strongest league in the World? LMAO) had not won a HOME game in the UCL since 2017-2018, till Slot turned up this season?

But it wasn't the Wind this time, the crowd was whistling and jeering us? he should have been instantly sacked after that post match conference, like last Saturday's Wind excuse!

Just tell the Truth Arne, you are not good enough for Liverpool Football Club and never will be.

26 Jan 2026 17:16:02
Apologies for posting info from Twitter before, i don't go on Twitter so it came from someone else who does go on there. I'm just sticking with the guys I know now!

This is 100% genuine info - Liverpool are trying to stop the leaks. I do know that Hughes is in deep water and doesn't want to act as in sacking Slot cause it'll be his failure.

The board are not happy with results and the possibility of losing champions league will make them act swiftly when needed. As far as I'm aware they are watching very closely, I wouldn't be surprised if we lose to Newcastle they will pull the plug and have done with him.

Also keep an eye on Jeremy Jacquet, we have scouted him over the last couple of games and we will be willing to pay the 60-70 mil needed, also we definitely want van de ven. It's not a case of one or the other it'll be both if we can do it.

Alexis is turning down deals due to us not wanting to put a release clause in it.

Robbo ain't going nowhere, not while we have the dire situation with injuries.

Gakpo will leave but not while slot is in charge, I'm expecting him to go in the summer with slot.

We all know Xabi is being lined up but I am told it's not 100% as of yet and if we can pull it off Luis Enrique is the ideal candidate, not Xabi!
Stay classy reds.

Much love to you all and my apology for posting stuff I hadn't clarified first!
Big love to you all and much love to the Ed's for putting up with me!

26 Jan 2026 17:41:32
Thanks Neily and all seems plausible. Jacquet would be ideal but we cannot wait until the summer. Does anyone know what happened to the Ordonez rumours.?

26 Jan 2026 17:44:40
@nellyd666 so what is the meeting about today then? Is it not to sack slot?

26 Jan 2026 17:51:21
Hahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣
This is guy is Great entertainment! Doubling down on the waffle haha.

26 Jan 2026 17:52:06
Everything you told us is old news.

26 Jan 2026 17:52:31
And you get all this from being a PT

Didnt Carra Robbo or Fields say that Xabi will 100% be the next manager?

26 Jan 2026 18:21:02
Mighty Craic Altogether!

26 Jan 2026 18:30:45
As Alan partridge said after his ladyboy chaser and pint of lager. IM CONFUSED!

26 Jan 2026 18:53:30
You don't go on twitter, but you've been rumbled nicking stuff from someone's twitter several times in the past week. Pull the other one mate, it's got bells on…. It's almost impressive the brass neck you've got coming back here despite being found out.

26 Jan 2026 19:04:19
Just to clarify Neilly. So you talking to Lewis Hall, and attending a game to watch a player, that was you listening to a story from twitter?

26 Jan 2026 19:40:52
I'm still amazed that a hard drinking, jet setting, Twitter avoiding personal trainer can get so much information when the club are trying to stop the leaks. It really is remarkable.

26 Jan 2026 19:41:14
There's no way an internationally renowned PT drinks to the point of mincing his words to share info on a blog. I've worked with a couple of the best PTs in London as I've been rehabilitating from a life changing spinal injury and they both live and breathe health and fitness.

I'm sorry but I'm not sure why you're looking for clout here when your best bets lying on twitter.

26 Jan 2026 20:06:00
The rumours make sense but I want to know why is everyone mentioning Luis Enrique. My google search tells me his contact ends next year, so, unless he is sacked by PSG (doubtful) why people are having hope and mentioning him? What am I missing?

26 Jan 2026 20:30:19
All sounds 100% on the money Neily. Keeping my eye on Jacquet as we speak. With beans and cheese.

26 Jan 2026 20:48:38
The thing about bringing in Alonso is the amount of cbs we have at the moment if we are to bring him in it would mean they would have to buy atleast 2 to 3 cbs.

26 Jan 2026 22:32:00
It's a rumours site lads. The only person who has any actual knowledge is Carra the rest flip flop or say 'as Carra said my sources say the same'. If we didn't have these random rumours we'd not have a site so appreciate it.

My issue is we've gone from great soap opera stories like desperate scouse wives to everyone pretending to be in the know.

Make the stories more creative lads I used to love the chuckles we got.

27 Jan 2026 04:46:47
So Xabi was 1st choice not too long ago, now he isn't.

He's available, but we don't want to take that opportunity

We now want to look at Enrique.

We really need to pull our fingers out of our arses.
We messed around with Guehi and Semenyo, and seem to be doing the same with the manager situation.

27 Jan 2026 06:30:44
Absolute tosh. Still funny though.

27 Jan 2026 15:15:47
@sailor jerry

Carra not the only one on here. fields, Ned, Robbo Akira. they all share decent shreds of info that tends to be reliable.

Nothing is guaranteed unless its announced by the club.

27 Jan 2026 16:35:28
Jacquet has said he wants Chelsea.

{Ed025's Note - at least he told the truth...a straight Jacquet.. :)

26 Jan 2026 16:41:37
On sky sports news "several premier league clubs ready to activate £26 million release clause" for Daniel Banjaqui (right back Benfica)! He's 17 and only made his debut YESTERDAY! Where the f**k do these clubs get valuations from! Sorry but it's getting stupidly silly now.

26 Jan 2026 16:50:55
Well a release clause would usually be over the current assumed value (when agreed)

26 Jan 2026 16:53:13
Makes the 120m for Isak look cheap 🤣🤣🤣

Im sure Chelsea and City will be 1st in the queue.

26 Jan 2026 17:02:48
Okay, so there's a couple of things to unpack here. Firstly, it was stated to be a release clause. That's what has been included in the contract as a number that the agent, player and club would be happy with at the time of signing the contract. Secondly, anything is only as valuable as the amount that someone would be willing to pay. So a club like Benfica that are making absurd amounts from player sales don't have to sell unless it's stupid money.

Hence they can take advantage of someone's desperation (Enzo as an example). Thirdly, if someone decides to activate a release clause they clearly agree on the "valuation" set by the AGREED UPON release clause between said parties. If anything it's the buyers, not the sellers, you should be mad at. It's them destroying the market.

26 Jan 2026 17:11:57
In Portugal and Spain every player must have a release clause in contract. It's normal for clubs to put a higher RC to not lose the player for cheap. Banjaqui is really good, offensive RB but also strong in duels.

26 Jan 2026 17:39:32
Don't know why we don't put in a cheeky bid for Oscar Mingueza, whose contract runs out in the summer. Ex Barcelona and Spanish international right back who can also play centre back, and still only 26.

26 Jan 2026 19:44:30
He's supposed to be a great player and Liverpool have probably been watching him with the new youth recruitment guy coming from benfica. Think he just got an assist in his first game for the seniors and no doubt he'll soon have a much higher release clause.

27 Jan 2026 01:14:17
why add another RB when we already have Alonsos preferred RB at the club?

26 Jan 2026 14:32:50
Saw there is a private jet in from San Sebastián to farnborough airport this afternoon. Airport is used by a ton of football clubs around London but also noted it's about a 40 min drive from our London office.

Could be absolutely nothing and more than likely someone insanely rich back from a lovely holiday, but Alonso's agent Iñaki Ibáñez is based out of San Sebastián so who knows.

👍🏻.

26 Jan 2026 15:27:44
Could well have been Alonso.
I was chatting with a bar owner there last year, and he goes there a lot as his parents live there.

26 Jan 2026 15:30:56
Babel copter.

26 Jan 2026 15:36:04
Zubimendis family.

26 Jan 2026 15:50:55
Absolutely love a plane tracking rumour!

26 Jan 2026 15:59:43
Love it.

26 Jan 2026 16:12:07
Love it KingKen! Proper old school XabiCopter rumour.

26 Jan 2026 16:17:34
Love these kind of rumours, nice one, king!

26 Jan 2026 16:18:15
I absolutely approve of this rumour!

26 Jan 2026 16:59:49
Landed about 4pm, then a taxi ride to our London office.

26 Jan 2026 17:27:12
Lets hope it is for Mr Slot Ibiza bound.

26 Jan 2026 17:36:32
These are the best rumours, because half say load of rubbish, while the other half check the flight logs.

26 Jan 2026 18:11:56
Could be Alonso to Spurs! there used to be an old football adage of "never go back" i. e. that would apply to Jurgen, Alonso (Guardiola is the only Spanish manager ever to win the PL 4) and Gerrard (No Englishman has ever won the PL as a Manager) the reason being you only get "bad luck" by returning home after being away elsewhere old football professionals would often utter?

You could counter that by citing Moyes and Carrick and King Kenny who was of course sacked by our current owner Lenny Henry, after winning the League Cup versus Cardiff 2012 and losing in the FA Cup Final to Chelsea in the same year 2012, eleven days later he was sacked for Bodger Rodgers he finished eighth in the prem after taking over Hodgsons mess, he returned to LFC in January 2011 as an interim and was offered the permanent job at the end of the season for 2011-2012, he signed Suarez as his first permanent signing for circa £23 million.

In the League Cup Final win that season King Kenny knocked Man City out in a two legged semi final 3-2, Mancini was the man city boss they won their first Premier that season but King Kenny was too wise in the head for Mancini, he beat Mancini at the Etihad 0-1 to qualify for the Final.

Sacked King Kenny too soon? and has kept the Slot for too long!

FSG "SACKED" King Kenny who had endured the very sad loss of 97 of our "Liverpool Family" in 1989, that very same season ended with an FA Cup Final win and the Double denied by the last kick of the game versus Arsenal.

King Kenny highly motivated the players in 1989, just as Slot should have used the very sad loss of Diogo to inspire/ motivate the players this season, the first five wins this season seemed evidence of that, despite losing his second final versus Palace before the PL began, but it soon fizzled out and the club is now in "No Mans Land" from the very top down to the players?

King Kenny is currently the only ever manager to win the old first division title and the premier league (with Blackburn) that could stand forever hopefully? incidentally if you ever read John Aldridges autobiography he says the biggest ever regret in his life was not stopping the goalkeepers quick throw out for Arsenal to score the last gasp winner, he says in his book I thought of taking a booking just to stop the quick throw as we were over committed and time was very nearly up, Arsenal had to win by two clear goals to win the League, Kudos and Respect to Aldo for mentioning that in his book.

YNWA 97 and 20.

26 Jan 2026 18:45:19
Usually we have flights into Blackpool in relation to the club but sometimes they use Chester airport also.

Could be absolutely nothing as San Sebastián is a lovely spot and I'm sure it would attract rich clientele that could afford a private jet.

Just found it interesting as Farnborough is used by clubs a lot for private jets. Could be absolutely nothing but who knows.

26 Jan 2026 18:47:31
Great rumour - love the old days when a rumour was a proper rumour.

26 Jan 2026 22:33:14
Pay no attention I got deliverooed some paella and paid premium.

26 Jan 2026 13:28:13
Wharton is 100% a target, and there is interest there, has been for a while, but nothing will happen in January.

26 Jan 2026 13:45:18
I'd imagine he'll have better offers in the summer if our current run of form continues.

26 Jan 2026 13:47:49
Hi mate anything further re slot?

26 Jan 2026 13:50:41
Wharton wants CL football though Robbo -

There's no way he'll commit to us regardless if we can pay the £ in the summer.
There's hell of a lot hinging on our league position inc another re-build in pivotal positions.

26 Jan 2026 14:10:22
Kha123, meeting apparently later this afternoon.

26 Jan 2026 14:37:43
Thanks mate, please do keep us posted. Really hope we make the change sooner to salvage our season!

26 Jan 2026 15:01:59
No doubt he'll be off to city.

26 Jan 2026 15:08:52
Why is nothing happening in January? If a deal can be done do it now and improve the team. It it's not achievable wait until the summer, but we've seen guehi and seymenyo move so it's been a terrible window for us.

26 Jan 2026 15:12:52
Nice one Robbo.

I can confirm this is true, talks have taken place with his reps recently and all went well. This is a move that has been mooted since before he moved to CP and it was brought back last summer, when I said it will be this coming summer we move for him.

Lets just hope the idiots in charge don't mess this one up like they have done this window.

26 Jan 2026 15:30:35
Let's hope he doesn't do a Guehi.

26 Jan 2026 15:46:14
Hi Thefields hope you are well mate. Firstly, Do you know anything further regarding Slot/ meeting later today?

Surely the board will also look at hughes position plus structure as we have such glaring issues in our team right now which are also partly down to recruitment.

26 Jan 2026 15:48:03
The fields - have you heard anything else regarding slot? This supposed meeting today? Thanks.

26 Jan 2026 15:49:44
Most people seem to be saying we're NOT working on a deal for Wharton.

26 Jan 2026 17:10:28
SJ, talking to reps doesn't translate as working on a deal. That kinda thing happens all the time.

I've not heard anymore on Slot or any meeting, outside of the normal meeting that takes place on a Monday. At the moment there is only breadcrumbs around about Slot. The fact there is little info getting out, says somethings afoot.

IMO. FSG don't tend to make big decisions like this quickly and very rarely during a season. They also like having their ducks in a row before moving. That coupled with how quiet its been since Saturday, makes me think they are about to do something. I reckon he's got probably 5 games at most to save his bacon.

26 Jan 2026 18:07:01
@thefields 5 games that got to be a joke right? We will miles behind by then, I can't see it getting any better Newcastle, then City and Brighton in the f. a Cup probs the only chance of winning something this season.

26 Jan 2026 18:15:30
5 more games, that's depressing plus they mustn't be too worried about making the top 4 then.

26 Jan 2026 18:23:57
Could we not sign Wharton this window and leave him at palace till summer? He's definitely 1 not to miss out on for us. He'll end up at city or even man united if we don't make our move now.

26 Jan 2026 19:55:42
5 games is just guesswork by me. As we could easily be back in the top 4 with a couple of wins, knockouts in CL and through in the FA Cup. That would be enough to keep him in the job for now.

That being said, the 3 league games inbetween the CL and FA Cup ain't easy. that's where it will be decided.

**Disclaimer**
No insider information was used in this post.

26 Jan 2026 11:40:57
Anyone ITK heard anything about this meeting today? With top four seriously in doubt surely the writing is on the wall. XA is available so what is the hold up?

26 Jan 2026 11:54:19
If nothing happens now, and I mean now, not next week or the summer, the top chiefs should come out and admit they are giving up this season.

No CL, list two or three recruitment are there best hope.

26 Jan 2026 11:59:39
Slot turned up late as he was walking to the meeting in a controlled way but had to take cover as there was a gust of wind and was overtaken by a someone walking slightly faster than him seemingly putting in more effort into the walking.

He had to stop again as he ran out of breath.

26 Jan 2026 12:18:32
If he's not sacked today he won't be getting sacked full stop! It be mutual consent in the summer.

26 Jan 2026 12:27:23
Kill them with passes and David Brentisms.

26 Jan 2026 12:30:11
The cleaner mopping the floor of the corridor represented a "low block", I believe he's still standing behind her.

26 Jan 2026 12:42:18
Heard he was last seen outside the ground,

slowly walking sideways and then backwards the minute he got close to the door.

There is also a low block step on the way in causing issues.

26 Jan 2026 12:57:33
With the current issues Liverpool have with the unbalanced squad, injuries and poor form of large parts of the squad, I'd imagine Alonso wouldn't exactly be chomping at the bit to jump in this season.

Certainly, if I were him, I would much prefer to come in the summer when at least some of these issues can hopefully be addressed/ resolved. Probably got more to lose than gain right now.

26 Jan 2026 13:09:48
Funny you lot. The man deserves more respect. There's obviously loads going on at the club, with players wanting out etc, yet as always the manager falls. Short memories.

26 Jan 2026 13:13:27
He's currently hopping slowly toward the meeting on one leg. There doesn't appear to be anything actually wrong with the other leg, but he's keeping it in reserve and refusing to deploy it as he doesn't fully trust it in actual ambulatory situations.

26 Jan 2026 13:20:03
Odds on slot to be the next manager sacked is 8/ 13 and Frank 2/ 1. Bookies no something I think especially after the season Frank is having. I know it's not a cert but t thought I'd have a look.

26 Jan 2026 13:29:41
he has to make 2351 passes before he makes any forward movements, so it can take a while.
He also needs to say uuummmmmmm, every other word, so the meetings can take days.
Plus he had a trip to holland via Dubai booked on his day off, so the meeting was split in two.

26 Jan 2026 14:34:17
Bookies know certain bets would cost them qnd price sccordingly. ITK status doen't apply.

26 Jan 2026 15:48:39
Slots had all the respect he deserves. YES he won a league, that was last season. This season saw huge money spent and were breaking records for being god awful. We're lucky the quality of the league this season is abysmal otherwise wed be further down the table.

26 Jan 2026 16:14:23
Will hold my hands up and say that I was one of the one's pleading to give Slot more time when most were desperate for him to go, but I have to admit that I was wrong and enough's enough. I cannot see a way back for him and his coaching team which means its time to part ways now.

I am not a fan of the interim manager/ coach, however if there is no going back for Slot then there are only 2 options - appoint the long term solution or if they are not available then insert a temp/ interim.

26 Jan 2026 17:13:11
Slot getting a lot of pelters on here, I can understand to a degree but he has been let down by the people above.
Everyone and their dog knows we needed our back line sorted out, new bodies in at CB, right back, new DM but nothing to help Slot.
Have a look at others also in this shocking situation. YNWA.

26 Jan 2026 10:40:14
Hi Eds,

Any truth in the stories going around that we are talking to Palace for Wharton?

Cheers!

{Ed001's Note - I don't know sorry. It seems unlikely they could afford to let anyone else go this January, even though they are a shambolically badly run club.}

26 Jan 2026 11:27:44
Yes, thought so. Too late in the day for selling one of your best players.

26 Jan 2026 11:34:30
There's a lot of noise around it, so it's likely some conversations are happening. Very difficult to deal with Palace though, particularly now they're in free fall.

26 Jan 2026 11:46:15
The impression I got from what I was reading was that it was a move for the summer rather than now.

26 Jan 2026 11:58:52
Seems unlikely for January. Can see him being a top target for the summer though.

I like him but he would need a true DM beside him - not what this version of Gravy is doing.

Like with Trent, bringing in someone like Wharton means you have to put some athleticism/ defensive-mindedness around them.

26 Jan 2026 12:33:51
I'd rather Anderson on the left-hand side of midfield, Szobo occupies more of the right hand side. Need a proper DM to add steel and protect our CBs.

26 Jan 2026 12:44:50
I'd rather we spent some money on a couple of Central defenders TBH 👍.

26 Jan 2026 12:52:23
I did post a few weeks ago that my source told me the deal was more or less done for the summer.
Fee in region of £60 million.

26 Jan 2026 13:02:57
Anderson is the 6 we'd need. Id want him and Wharton.

26 Jan 2026 13:26:17
Between Anderson and Wharton I'd say I prefer Wharton for our team, though Anderson imo is a better player. We need a passer from midfield, not another all action player.

26 Jan 2026 15:33:45
City seemingly looking at Anderson for the summer.

26 Jan 2026 17:55:33
We need a defensive midfielder, as Gravenberch is NOT one. Anderson seems more like what we need than Wharton. He will cover the ground and put his foot in. I know it's only one game, and the backside has fallen out of Palace, but Wharton did impress me at all yesterday.

He was too easily beaten in duels and just seemed to amble around to no effect. Maybe he has given up because everyone else is leaving, but I think Anderson would suit us better.

25 Jan 2026 22:25:03
Rumours that SG taking over interim until summer for XA.

Just a rumour, but very feasible.

25 Jan 2026 22:51:30
Hopefully not!

25 Jan 2026 23:14:08
Fingers crossed, I'd take Gerrard over this current dross any day.

25 Jan 2026 23:54:02
It's not feasible and why do we need to wait for summer for XA to take over?

Calling it.

25 Jan 2026 23:59:49
That would not be a step forward if it were to happen.

26 Jan 2026 00:23:38
Poor old iago aspas would say that.

26 Jan 2026 00:32:46
Slot is 10 times the coach and manager Stevie is. Rather just wait for Alonso.

26 Jan 2026 01:33:12
Not happening.

26 Jan 2026 02:25:26
I think SG would be an alright interim appointment. He would definitely get the fans back behind the team and use the power of Anfield during home games. The players may also perform better seeing that they are all disillusioned with Slot atm. But SG shouldn't be a long term appointment imo.

26 Jan 2026 05:24:38
Would have given it a thought if xabi wasnt available till summer!
Lol when he is available why do we need a interim.

26 Jan 2026 06:02:39
Lol Ron. Have you changed side or do you still back Slot with this 14 unbeaten nonsense?

26 Jan 2026 07:34:27
Ron keague, what's happened to you mate. You were all over keeping slot. Every time someone wanted him out you would stick you for him and now you've jumped ship. Wow.

26 Jan 2026 07:37:44
Slot is ten times the manager of Gerrard? Based on what evidence? Gerrard's form at Villa wasn't this bad. It can't get much worse for us currently.

26 Jan 2026 06:43:49
I know no-one that thinks Steven Gerrard is the right choice for permanent coach, but those saying he's not the right candidate to take over in the short-term are speculating by overlaying their opinions. No-one knows what he'd be like as a caretaker.

Personally i prefer to he hopeful and look at how Carrick has picked a sensible XI, imbued the team with passion, and picked up a couple of huge scalps. In any event, something has to change in short order, after all this is not Hodgson's squad, struggling with a group of individuals this talented, shows me that Slot has lost the team.

Sure there were plenty of United fans saying Carrick was a bad idea, and I'm sure back in the day there were a few LFC fans questioning Dalglish's appointment.

26 Jan 2026 07:49:54
Frode, Slot is one of only two LFC managers to win titles in the Premiership era. That alone should be enough to say in any comparison with S Gerard.

26 Jan 2026 07:54:08
As much as we all love Gerrard and he's my favourite player ever. Has anyone actually watched his games as a manager? He's absolutely not what we want right now.

26 Jan 2026 08:50:47
What does "speculating by overlaying their opinions" mean?

"Mo-one knows what he'd be like as a caretaker". Is that speculating by overlaying your opinions.

Either way do you really should be given a job if nobody has any idea if he can do it?

26 Jan 2026 09:00:47
We need to go back to having a manager, not an head coach. Slot has the wrong tools for the job. Edwards was willing to spend 35 million and good wages on the last day of August, when we had 4 fit centre backs available. Now we have 1 fit centre back and he does nothing. Edwards couldn't organise a p. up in a brewery.

26 Jan 2026 09:01:34
Wouldn't want mr personality managing the team even for a game never mind till the end of the season.

26 Jan 2026 09:03:58
Ron was a Brendan Rodgers apologist, too.

26 Jan 2026 09:08:21
People saying they'd rather have Slot, why? Albert Einstein once said "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. "

Gerrard hasn't had a great time in his last 2 managerial jobs, sure. Nobody is denying that. However that doesn't mean he will be awful for Liverpool. Take Michael Carrick for example. He was sacked last season for finishing 10th with Middlesborough in the Championship. He's now got Man United playing the best football they've played in about 4 years, beating Man City and Arsenal in back to back games. Roberto Di Matteo was a bang average manager, but Chelsea bought him in and the short term lift won them the Champions League. Man United put Ole in charge and the short term bounce was so good they (stupidly) gave him the job full time. He'd only ever managed in Norway before that but he saved their season that first year. The key for us would be not falling into that trap of giving Gerrard the job full time, and sticking to our decision to appoint Xabi in the summer.

Gerrard certainly hasn't done enough to be considered for the job permanently, but people make out he's so much worse than he is. He's the only manager in the last decade to wrestle the Scottish title back from Celtic. Up at Rangers he's a hero for that. He stopped Celtic from doing 10 league titles in a row. Why does that just get glossed over? Villa were a mess and he couldn't fix it, I get that. But what was he supposed to do in Saudi at a club not backed anywhere near as well as about 5 other teams? I'm pretty sure his super star was Wijnaldum, whilst other sides have the likes of Benzema, Mane, Ronaldo, Milenkovic-Savic etc.

All I'm saying is football is not black and white. Some managers fail in jobs they should do well in, then succeed in jobs that on paper appear to be harder. Sometimes there's more to things than meets the eye. Gerrard may not be better than Slot, but what we do know is that Slot is failing right now. So why on earth should we stick with him and accept slipping down the table and sleep walking towards no trophies, just because the alternative is a risk? We quite literally have nothing to lose right now. We have no trophies and no Champions League as things stand.

Make the change. If things get worse, at least we didn't just accept this dross.

26 Jan 2026 09:13:44
Maybe SG will step in as good old player-manager style, firing in a 30 yarder!

26 Jan 2026 09:17:41
No one knows WDW because it hasn't happened, unless you have a Time Machine.

26 Jan 2026 09:23:10
I've not jumped ship.

My consistent position has been we should not change managers until the end of the season UNLESS we're in a genuine crisis.

To me a genuine crisis is out of the CL and mathematically unable to qualify for next season CL.

All I've said above is this rumour is BS as there is no reason to wait for summer for XA.

26 Jan 2026 09:36:23
Fatwallet…. I totally agree.

26 Jan 2026 09:45:41
Do I want Stevie to take over till the summer. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm no of course.

26 Jan 2026 10:04:25
As i previously said.

We met Steven Gerrard not too long ago.

The talks were positive.

Ta.

26 Jan 2026 10:20:58
Klopp proved beyond all doubt that tactical greatness alone is not enough. Houllier and Rafa were both equal to or better than Klopp tactically. What Klopp brought was leadership that understood the club, that connection between the crowd, the club and the team that made them all greater than the sum of their parts - evidenced over and over by how poorly his players preformed after they moved on.
Gerrard, on a temporary basis, could be the catalyst that rebuilds that link, that stops our players being booed at anfield (did we ever think we'd see that? ).


And I've said it over and over, VVD is part of that failure in leadership, we need a heartbeat on the pitch that reflects that link between fans and players.
This is the most talented squad we've ever had, but they've not acclimitised to the culture of the club yet - there's signs in Wirtz and Kerkez, but we need more.
We need a manager and a captain that takes those players to the Kop in good times and bad. We need to reconnect.

26 Jan 2026 10:21:59
If I was Xabi Alonso, I wouldn't want to follow Stevie G into the role, even if he was an interim for a few months.

I would think Xabi would rather come in now. His hesitancy will likely be about the squad deficiencies vs short term expectations. Quite rightly.

26 Jan 2026 10:31:38
Ron, do you not think that waiting until it's mathematically impossible for us to qualify for the CL to act is closing the door after the horse has bolted?

26 Jan 2026 10:32:24
Frode, SG won one league in 3 seasons with Rangers and nothing else - they spent heavily in the context of the league and in the season they won, Celtic were unusually poor with squad unrest and had 3 managers that season. At Villa, again they spent a lot and he finished 17th - Emery took the same squad and finished 7th the next season and qualified for Europe with clear tactical improvement.

Keep Slot until we can get a suitable long term replacement.

26 Jan 2026 10:56:21
Whoever takes over as interim just needs to bring some energy back into the place. Some passion. And get the players back up to an acceptable fitness level. Gerrard and a good fitness coach can do that and get the squad ready for Alonso.

26 Jan 2026 10:58:28
I really don't want Stevie G as an interim, is Xabi insistent on taking a break until the summer time?

I can't disagree that things look grim in the prem right now. Like several other posters on here I do think that Slot could very possibly win us/ is perfectly capable of winning the champions league, though.

26 Jan 2026 11:33:32
MK am with you Slot go the job on what he did in Holland what he did there was it a harder job than what Gerrard had in Scotland I would not say so. Even with Celtic and Rangers being at there best in Scotland teams will make it a battle that is not the case in Holland.
Last season I thought even in the first half of the season it was not like we where at Klopps Liverpool best but Salah was outstanding and won us so many games with magic moments not Slot and from February we where pretty awful but the league was so poor.


It's the the same this season and it looks like Arsenal are going to probably still win the league without being anything like a great team.
If you just look at the points we have chucked away this last 2 months against the worst's teams in the league we would only be 5 points behind and I would say with this group under Gerrard we would have picked up more points in that time.

26 Jan 2026 11:10:19
Good post kjh. Whether Stevie can be that person none of us know, what we do know is that something is missing at the club and it's not just about getting a few wins here and there, although that would help massively.

I listen on and off to phone ins and as I've said before if you listened to Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham fans over the last twelve months it's a mirror image of most of what's on here. Fans are baffled with tactics, baffled with fitness of players, the excuses after poor performances, bemoaning the disconnect between clubs and fans.

Maybe it's old fashioned but it'd be nice to have something more genuine and connected about the place. Arne is probably a good coach but there's little evidence he can solve our current problems.

Theres quite a lot of evidence like Maresca, Amorim or Frank he perhaps just doesn't get how doing the simple things well can make a difference to results, so maybe we don't need a world beater in the dugout right now even though we will in the medium term.

26 Jan 2026 11:13:43
@Ron, so you'd happily wait for us to be out of the champions league and not getting top 4? By then it will too late. Not qualifying for champions league will set us back years. We need to stop the rot now and the rot is slot.

26 Jan 2026 11:37:17
Could we beat another premier league club in the later stages Pat, with the number left in its quite possible we'd have to beat a few to win it. I don't know how country protection works these days tbh.

I equally couldn't see us beating the likes of PSG or Bayern even though we're better in Europe than domestically. Love your optimism though.

26 Jan 2026 11:56:42
I think we're perfectly capable of beating PSG or Bayern. PSG aren't even top of Ligue 1 right now and have lost to Marseille domestically and Sporting in Europe. Great team still but they don't have the air of invulnerability they had last year.

And grino, winning the league with Feyenoord was a very big deal. They have won two titles in the last 25 years. He was also on course to win it with AZ before COVID shut the Eredivisie down, and they are a team that have won two titles in the entirety of their history. Let's not downplay Slot's achievements in his career just because he is having a bad time with Liverpool right now.

26 Jan 2026 12:08:33
This is why I'm glad the club don't think like the fans. Gerrard has zero track record to suggest he'd be any better than Slot. He wouldn't even be in our thinking if he hadn't been such a great player and captain for us.

This is too important a decision to just jump in two footed with a manager who's proven nothing other than he's not a very good manager.

We all want a change but that could be out of the frying pan and into the fire I think you all need to take a step back and look at what you're actually saying here.

26 Jan 2026 12:28:12
@FSGenius 😁😁😁 off we go into quantum football management. You can't say there isn't a funny side to the season.

26 Jan 2026 12:58:20
With this current coach Ron we're heading exactly for that crisis, why not gamble now and see if we can avoid it?

26 Jan 2026 13:36:31
@MKScouser, Einstein did not utter the quote in your post, and nothing S Gerrard has done in his managerial career indicates that he is a good manager.

Your post is zero for two.

26 Jan 2026 13:49:33
Presumably Red in Belfast, because the owners concern is that there is scope for matters to get a lot worse if they change managers.

Watching Sunday Supplement, the reporters drew the comparison between LFC and clubs like MU who changed managers frequently and each time they have to go back to the start. They also pointed out that Slot had requested a CB reinforcement when Quanseh was sold, but that the club did not get it done.

I know the football is dire, but an awful lot of dropped points this season were due to mistakes/ brain farts by our two starting CBs.

26 Jan 2026 13:54:53
Pb. you could then make the argument that PSG would easily beat Forest etc because forest beat us easily in our league.

26 Jan 2026 14:55:52
Red in Belfast : I don't believe genuine billionaire businesses "gamble".

They're smarter than that.

26 Jan 2026 15:34:59
Ron "billionaire businesses" can never be 100% sure the decisions they make are going to work, therefore they are gambling they get it right. It's a gamble hiring any manager/ coach.

26 Jan 2026 15:35:54
At least the players might play for gerrard.

26 Jan 2026 18:53:42
I'm aware Slot has won the league, I'm talking about the here and now. I'd take Gerrard in a heartbeat over this current Slot. As for winning the champions league 😆 the first physical team we play will dump us out.