Liverpool are reportedly in contact with a high-profile coach who will ‘take over’ the job of manager once Arne Slot leaves, with the Dutchman apparently set to leave Anfield.
Mohamed Salah confirms Liverpool exit as Arne Slot’s future questioned
Tuesday’s announcement that Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season shocked many in English football.
Anfield’s biggest player of the moment, he’s gone – a year-long contract torn apart by mutual consent as both sides accept the chapter is over.
Salah will leave Liverpool on a free transfer this summer, as confirmed by Fabrizio Romano and other sources, with the Reds and their company parting with the Egyptian king on the best possible terms.
It was a bombshell for a club already facing a season that unraveled in several predictable ways.
Charlie Mulgrew has made sure that the Liverpool player can eventually join Celtic
He has been in good form during his loan spell this season.
Because for all the pain of losing Salah, the even bigger question looming at Anfield right now is whether Slot will be around to oversee whatever comes next.
The numbers tell a grim story.
10 Premier League defeats. The restructured club last summer reached £400m. Players of Florian Wirtz’s stature have signed and been given everything they could have needed – yet cohesion never happened on a consistent enough basis.
Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton was Liverpool’s latest setback in their title defense which has taken one disappointment to the next.
Slot publicly acknowledged the pressure after the Brighton defeat, and questions about his future are no longer whispered – front and centre.
The atmosphere around the club has the unmistakable feeling that the reign is nearing its end, with reports suggesting that Slot faces an uncertain future and an end-of-season review.
And in that step of uncertainty is a big claim from Europe.
BILD, one of Germany’s most widely read newspapers, reports that Slot is “closer” to the sack – and that his successor is waiting in the wings.
Arne Slot is set to leave Liverpool and Xabi Alonso is ready to accept the job
According to a source, Brighton’s defeat on Sunday effectively sealed the slot’s fate at Anfield.
Liverpool avoided immediate relegation only because their Champions League rivals also dropped points at the weekend, technically keeping the fourth-placed race alive. But the way forward is clear. Slot will go in the summer.
The man who was lined up to replace him? Xabi Alonso.
Liverpool’s sporting director, Michael Edwards, initially tried to bring the Spaniard to Anfield in the spring of 2024. Alonso refused – he was weeks away from guiding Bayer Leverkusen to an unbeaten Bundesliga season and was unwilling to leave that unusual chapter behind.
Edward accepted the answer, but kept the relationship alive. Even with last season’s title success under Slot, the connection didn’t stop.
BILD reports that Liverpool have been pursuing Alonso with increasing urgency and have maintained that contact. Sadly, the 44-year-old student is understood to be ready to commit.
If an official offer comes from Anfield and his conditions are met, BILD reports that Alonso will “accept”.
Those terms are specific and non-negotiable.
Alonso’s spell at Real Madrid – where he was brought in without any real recruiting influence, joined the club in the Club World Cup campaign and was beaten 4-0 by PSG before settling down – left scars.
A ‘clever’ strategist obviously wants to say something about the party’s arrangement before agreeing to anything.
Salah’s departure, while painful, is seen internally as an opportunity – a clean break that allows a new manager to come in and build without the burden of recent controversy.
Alonso will not arrive before the summer, but according to BILD, the decision may have been made.
Liverpool hold talks to sign Salah’s dream ‘Mane regen’
Mohamed Salah announced his decision to leave Liverpool on Tuesday night.
