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04 May 2026 10:00:19
I've been working down at Canford Cliffs in Bournemouth, and the talk is that Andoni Ireola is up for coming to Liverpool and will be bringing with him Eli Junior Kroupi, Alex Scott, Marcos Senesi.

04 May 2026 10:38:47
If only.

04 May 2026 10:55:51
At this stage I'd take Anthony Areola over Slot.

04 May 2026 10:58:00
Is he treating them to the Magical Mystery Tour?

04 May 2026 11:03:40
I think Big Sam would be an improvement over Slot TBH.

04 May 2026 11:09:31
I'd love him to come to Liverpool. What he's done with Bournemouth has been great! I'm not sure about any of those players, but bring it on!

03 May 2026 18:27:32
Alonso to Chelsea after the World Cup is breaking news?

03 May 2026 19:03:37
Breaking where?

03 May 2026 19:04:39
Neither Alonso nor Chelsea are going to the World Cup, so why are they all waiting until after it? Maybe Alonso doesn't want a job before that so he can stay up late to watch the games.

03 May 2026 19:09:11
We'll get to endure another season of the comedy stylings of Arnold Slop.

03 May 2026 19:09:12
If it happens, FSG need to go. Couldn't care less what most of the fans think of them as owners. We were favourites to sign Xabi, the deal was on a silver platter, and to let it slip because FSG don't have the stones to step in and overrule Edwards, then I'm done with them.

03 May 2026 19:12:38
Only interested in people that want to be here tbh ...

03 May 2026 19:21:20
Not happening.

03 May 2026 19:32:32
Romano said Iraola wants to stay in the Premier League, maybe he's the man for us.

03 May 2026 19:40:28
FSG know nothing about football, or running a football club. They know about investment and running a business.

They are very good at the latter, not so great at the former.

They did a great job appointing Klopp, but they also appointed Hodgson, Rodgers and now Slot.

They did a great job of preserving their investment by building the AXA Centre (with significantly can't financial input from AXA!) and expanding the ground, but have increased the income from executive boxes and marquee match day packages.



They have made some awful decisions regarding ticket prices and furlough. Timing was so poor, and they had to backtrack like a swan paddling through a swamp.

They will rarely make the right decision for us, the fans. They will appoint people who they feel secure and comfortable with, and somehow Edwards has charmed the birds from the trees and is appointing "yes" men rather than moving us forward.

Brace yourselves for a bumpy ride!

03 May 2026 20:02:35
I'm not saying Alonso goes to Chelsea, but I really can't see the appeal of the club, they go through managers like I go through socks, they have a whack-a-mole transfer policy. I don't get it.

03 May 2026 20:06:49
Definately not on the FSG out bus.

Let the season finish ... We will likely get CL football.

Then go from there. Hopefully they relieve Slot from his services ...

If they don't... they will have to manage the s***show that will ensue.

03 May 2026 20:07:26
It doesnt matter about Alonso, the only critical move is if Slot is out. The biggest waste of space ever.

03 May 2026 20:10:15
The story I've read is that Alonso would consider the Chelsea job, but the only reason he's considering it is because he thought he had a verbal agreement to take over from Slot, only for the chuckle brothers to go back on their word. If he ends up at Chelsea, it's no one's fault, bar Hughes & Edwards.

As for us, this is very much like the end of the Rodgers era, and if we give him the start of next season, that's another two to three years down the drain trying to fix the mess, as the choices of managers in mid season are going to be extremely threadbare, and we will end up with dross.

03 May 2026 20:13:20
StEtienne, you may not like FSG, but they saved the club from going into administration. Yes, they have made mistakes, but they have overseen the most successful period for the club in a long time.

I don't like every decision they have made, furlough, Superleague, ticket prices, to name but a few. But I am not going to diminish what they have accomplished either.



I don't get the crap Rodgers gets. Yes, it ended badly, but we had one of our best chances of winning the league before Klopp came in. When Hodgson came in, the number of LFC fans that were saying good choice, stable choice, experienced blah blah.

I for one appreciate where they have got us, no matter what anyone else says.

03 May 2026 20:22:08
Grand, we'll be able to pick him up when they sack him in October so.

03 May 2026 20:22:10
Well said, StEtienne, for me, a large portion of the fanbase views FSG through rose tinted glasses, mostly because they were a major upgrade on those other 2 t***s; Hicks & Gillet. I'm grateful they have been responsible owners, but I've always seen them for what they are, a business. Their main concern is increasing the value of their assets with minimal additional investment.

With us, they do that through regular Champions League qualification, decent cup runs and staying relevant in around the top 3, the odd trophy here and there is a nice bonus. Klopp turned this club around, not FSG.

03 May 2026 20:30:53
Don't have much respect for managers who jump on the Chelsea merry-go-round, especially if they've just stepped off the Madrid merry-go-round.

Not a good look IMO.

03 May 2026 20:31:00
It was Hicks & Gillet who employed Hodgson.

03 May 2026 20:53:59
By all accounts, Ron, Edwards & Hughes apparently reneged on a verbal agreement with Alonso that he'd take over in the summer. What's he supposed to do, sit there by the phone waiting for them to change their mind again? If Chelsea offered you a contract worth several million pounds a year to manage them, I very much doubt you'd think twice.

Anyone saying otherwise is being disingenuous and dishonest.

03 May 2026 20:54:39
I'd get Iraola in ASAP. And give him full control of transfers too. Just like Alonso will want also.
I'd be happy with either, but they need full control just like Klopp had. No more of this coach crap.

03 May 2026 21:10:39
Alonso hasn't had a verbal agreement to join Liverpool, he has always been on a list of 3, granted he is top of the list, but not everyone is convinced.
If I had to hedge my bets, it's Andoni Iraola.

Cheers.

03 May 2026 21:12:14
Iraola doesn't want to be involved in transfers. He has said it multiple times.

03 May 2026 20:24:42
Chewy, Wow.

I have long suspected you were either a Bot or a Troll that rinses the last ounce of AI, you may be both.

I'm happy to think, with evidence, that FSG know what they are doing and how to run the current champions. They are extremely successful businessmen who have probably made more harsh decisions than you have used ChatGPT. If they want rid, they will.

How do you know Alonso was on a silver platter, perhaps it was brass or even paper?

Chewy, I will not respond no matter what you think of me.

03 May 2026 21:16:51
Iraola and Hughes have worked together before.

03 May 2026 21:17:44
Wow! That's a huge move for both parties! Love it.

03 May 2026 21:34:45
Iraola worked with Hughes for 12 months, of which 6 months was effectively a notice period, knowing he was joining Liverpool.

I'd much rather Hughes was gone. He's not an LFC guy.

03 May 2026 21:40:15
At this point I would take anyone over Slot.

Sean Dyche is free. He'll do!!!!!!! At least we won't be soft as water. .... . (Said tongue and cheek).

Iraola, Hoeness or Alonso for me ... all available and the club can get. .

If it costs us a sporting director ... so be it. I'm fed up of Slot and other coaches not being able to get the players they want, so decide not to play them ...

Coach is the one that gets sacked ... coach picks team .. only thing sporting directors should be doing is working within a budget to get said player..

or offering options 1 2 and 3 to manage if they say .. I want a player who can do this this and that ... go find me one! They are on the same payroll so should be following the same agenda anyway .. as in a type of football ...

It's tough. We have not even bought dross like Konchesy or Poulsen ... we got elite players in Wirtz and Iask ... we got next level ready to go in Ekitike and Kerkez..... Frimpojg .. don't get that one other than affordable and quick ...

03 May 2026 21:55:37
I've been on the Iraola train for a while.
He can get players to run through brick walls for him.
He can deal with lots of players leaving.
He can get more out of a set of players than their talent/history suggests.

Imagine what he could do with the talent at this club, especially some of the younger new signings.

03 May 2026 21:57:48
I think it's fair to say no one knows what is going on. I know it's a rumour site, but flippin hell, some of the rubbish being spoken on here is mad. I think we've gone full circle, and the club will review the situation at the end of the season.

We will get top 4, so the club will probably be happy to keep Slot, but I'd imagine they might be tight with the purse strings in the summer if there is a chance they will sack him in early winter time.

03 May 2026 22:05:26
Tight on purse strings? We are spending 150m easy. RW, MF and RB are essential to field a decent team ...

We may sell a load, but no way are we having a quiet window.

03 May 2026 22:11:15
What's an "LFC guy"? I've seen these arguments and this debacle for years from my blue mates, and ultimately the cleaner ends up taking the blame in a desperate attempt to find a reason for the shortfall.

Here's my take: Alonso has never really wanted it, nor do I want him at the club. FSG will learn from this. Things will change in the summer. Fans will always moan.

03 May 2026 22:16:27
Iraola gets unknown players running through a brick wall for him. As per Bielsa, no evidence that it's sustainable at an elite club that plays every 3 days.

03 May 2026 22:22:44
I would like to ask again who would be a better option as owners? FSG are not perfect but have been great for the club.

03 May 2026 22:25:22
Apologies VV, you're correct. Hodgson was appointed by Purslow to steady the ship during the sale of the club.

03 May 2026 22:45:15
Iraola does actually make a lot of sense.

Getting that group of players to perform the way it does and get up to 6th at this late stage of this season is seriously impressive.

If waiting for him / season's end, that might explain a few things. Extraordinary that Slot has hung on with 19 defeats.

03 May 2026 22:53:23
Just my opinion, but Andoni Iraola will only be my third choice, with Alonso second and Luis Enrique as first choice. Simply because he had no experience coaching any giant teams.

Totally understand all his good things like affecting player run through brick walls for him, etc., but all of that was based on when he was coaching small/medium teams.

Same as when we appointed Slot, PJ had an article praising him, but apparently time showed his training method, football philosophy and man management is nowhere near Liverpool's level. One of the main reasons behind is he never coached an elite team like us.

04 May 2026 00:00:52
Iraola gives me Rodgers vibes.

04 May 2026 00:45:32
@StE, @Chewy, and anybody else who can't appreciate what FSG have done for the club, from the circumstances when they bought the club to the present day, doesn't deserve the club they attest to supporting.

I appreciate that people are frustrated and disappointed - we all are - in terms of the poor way we are set up and playing, and the poor results, but we will still be playing CL football next season, and the club should be given our support to take the lessons we have learned from this season to get us back on track next season.

04 May 2026 01:00:38
Killer17, I don't use Chatgpt, mate, it's a dogs*** miserable excuse for a program. My arrogant and overly opinionated outbursts are all my own.

You can lick Werner & Henry's boots all you like, but many of us see through them. Prior to last summer, we had an average net spend of about £30m per season on transfers. Now I'm all for the Liverpool way, but a little depth would make the world of difference at times. The whole sell to buy model is a dead giveaway of FSG's true nature.

And nothing I said in my previous comment was incorrect, by the way. FSG, as you rightly put it, are businessmen; they are an investment group. Their main goal is, without doubt, to some day sell Liverpool for a massive profit. That's essentially their entire business model, to realise profit from asset appreciation. Go ask them yourself.

They know in order to do that, they don't have to win trophies every season, but they do have to stay competitive, be in the race and win the odd piece of silverware. Their main concern is to see continued growth and remain profitable without additional investment (from their end). Their goal is to sit in that sweetspot between on-field success and commercial viability. They are not passionate owners concerned with returning Liverpool to the former glory days of Paisley. They bought Liverpool because it was a great investment opportunity. No other reason.

Just look at the projects they've wanted to bring in. In the States, with their closed leagues and payment structure, there's far less risk in regard to income from things like TV rights, ticket sales and merch. FSG were a driving force in attempting to introduce the Big Picture Project and the Super League. Formats that would have given them more power and helped them to bring an element of that revenue security seen across the pond. They have no concern for preserving our ways and would love nothing more than to Americanise the s*** out of everything. They even tried to trademark the word 'Liverpool' for crying out loud. 🤣

I'd like to point out that despite my seemingly harsh opinions of FSG, I have on multiple occasions stated my appreciation for their responsible ownership.

04 May 2026 01:18:12
I like FSG. They get an irrational amount of hate and they just carry on and keep building the club.

It's pointless trying to have an argument with someone who has made their mind up about FSG. So just bless them a good day and that they have a ray of sunshine in other areas of their world.

04 May 2026 02:14:55
Chewy,
The US model for sports, namely NFL, NHL, NBA, are the best run leagues on earth. There is competitive balance. We don't have 1 team winning every year. Trades happen. The TV contracts are insane.


And I recall, before the Super League proposal, people complaining they didn't spend enough. So they tried to implement a model to allow that to happen and you all freaked out.
I pose again who would be better owners.

04 May 2026 05:03:29
🤣 Best leagues in the world! That's a good one. You can keep your closed leagues with your no promotion or relegation, your 3-hour-long games with 10 minutes of actual play, your unbearable level of advertisement, your plethora of plastic fans, your entirely domestic "world championships", your ass-backwards drafts and rewards for failure, your whole spectacle-over-sport vibe with your halftime shows, and your fake scripted jumbotron events, and the fact that teams can just pick up and move to an entirely different city on a whim. Ain't nobody this side of the pond interested in any of that crap. There would be literal riots if you tried to bring any of that nonsense in over here.



The only reason there's so much money made on US sports TV deals is because it takes 3-4 hours to broadcast a single game, and half of that time is filled with adverts!

The Super League was not a format introduced because the FSG were concerned that fans wanted them to spend more, it was nothing more than an attempt to introduce that closed league guaranteed revenue crap they have in the states. Exactly zero people are interested in that nonsense.

Funnily enough, I don't keep a list of the kinds of people who might be able to afford £5 billion purchases handy, do you?

04 May 2026 07:02:33
It has been said a few times here that Iraola and his family want to go back to Spain. So that will put him out of consideration. Unless we want another case of an unsettled manager at the club.

04 May 2026 08:00:05
mfahmee2, who is saying that though?

The press? The Bournemouth hierarchy?
I've never seen Iraola say it, and we all know stories are out about in the press to try and confuse the picture.

FPF - no evidence having players running through a brick wall for you will work at elite level? Jurgen Klopp disagrees.



Iraola is the most "Klopp-like" in terms of footballing intensity and aggressive style of any of the candidates, and he is the only one who has managed in the Premier League and consistently outperformed expectations.

04 May 2026 09:58:52
Iraola has Bournemouth up to 6th place after losing 3 of his starting back 4 and keeper last summer, that's outstanding management. He gets the best out of a team who sell their prized assets every season, I'd take him in a heartbeat and also get him to bring his scouts who seem to be exceptional at finding the hidden diamonds we were promised when Hughes joined.

04 May 2026 09:44:12
Ron, this is Ed reply to my question regarding what he think is going to happen to us managerial wise in the summer:

"As for us, I believe Dick and Ted were keen on Iraola, but he wants to return home to the Basque country, not Spain as people keep saying. Like most Basques, he does not really consider it Spain. I think that leaves two options, firstly stick with Slot a year and hold out for Enrique next summer. Secondly, there is Xabi and Hoeness if Slot is not too unsettled in the UK to stay another year. "

{Ed001's Note - yeah but since then Iraola has talked things over with his family and has said he wants to continue to manage in the Prem. So that puts him back as an option.}

04 May 2026 10:44:59
Chewy take a look at how many trophies we've won under FSG since 2010 than in the period between 1990-2010. You're a troll.

03 May 2026 10:27:27
I've been saying van Hecke would be a good signing since last summer Window.

Even one of the eds asked if I was serious, but I just felt he would be and will be a great signing if the rumours are true.

Also hearing, we are beginning talks with Wolves for Gomes, but wolves want 55-60m and we are nearer the 35m

03 May 2026 11:40:53
What we definitely need is more Dutch players.

03 May 2026 12:19:27
Yes, let's add a centre back who is poor defensively and woeful in the air, that's a great idea.

03 May 2026 12:32:34
Van Hecke is bang average. Even yesterday, I watched him on MOTD and he was awful. If we go down the road of signing players like him, our target next season will be making the Conference League places.

03 May 2026 12:58:25
This and the Isak leak are planted leaks for different reasons. One gives the impression that Slot is staying, the other smokes out one of the leaks. Edwards and co are upset at those who use inside info for monetary gains. If you want to know who certain ITKs are, look for the websites that match the ITKs posts to understand who said ITKs are.

03 May 2026 12:59:49
Sensesi on a free looks the best option. Assuming VVD goes at the end of next season and Konate extends, it would give us a good balance of youth and experience at CB.

03 May 2026 13:41:42
I think Jacquet and Leoni should be given an opportunity first before we start buying bang average defenders. A Dutch passport is not a criterion for playing for LFC.

03 May 2026 13:43:42
Hecke, no. Not for me. Better options out there

We missed a trick not getting Guehi over the line when our stock was at its highest.

03 May 2026 16:31:36
Can he pass the ball forward, because none of our current CBs can

Also, woeful in the air?

Can't be worse than Konate.

03 May 2026 17:34:17
Our CBs are the only ones who play the ball forward, Lfc1312. Everyone else has clear specific instructions to pass back to them ;).

03 May 2026 17:35:00
LFC1312, Van Hecke is a poor defender and is awful in the air. He can't do the fundamental basics of his job.

03 May 2026 18:06:16
Hecke, for the right price, is a good signing. Anyone arguing otherwise downs Toni's the sport. Just how most posters here tried to deny Guehis quality.

03 May 2026 18:09:25
19 defeats in all comps for LFC so far this season & you'd be a brave man to bet there won't be more.

03 May 2026 18:27:17
Doesn't understand*.

03 May 2026 18:50:31
@Dracred, you've got to be joking, neither CB wants to play the ball forward, it's a trend that's occurred all season

@VV, I know who has had the better season out of Van Hecke and Konate.

03 May 2026 19:28:53
Downs Toni would be a great shout. Better defender than Konate.

04 May 2026 00:47:33
That was a very polite description, @Vik.

02 May 2026 20:20:32
"Any truth to the Isak rumour? All reports seem to come from a single source (the scum rag)"

02 May 2026 21:13:10
Might be helpful if you say what the rumour is.

02 May 2026 21:53:40
Massive blow if true. Seems to be gathering pace, although I've seen a few saying it's fake. He was in the training video released and was fine during Slot's presser yesterday. What the heck?

02 May 2026 22:10:31
@Funky061, Every report says it is from the S*n and nowhere else. No official confirmation. Why would that rag have any insider knowledge, when Joyce and co are saying nothing. I think it is bulls***. They are saying he pulled his groin, but nothing was mentioned in the presser, only 4 hours before the story first surfaced. Suppose we will wait and see.

02 May 2026 22:30:34
Hope so Kirby. you're right, its mostly coming from the scum. Youd wonder how they out of all sources would have been granted the privledge of being the ones to break news. that's got Joyce written all of it.

Champions league is pretty secure but would be gutted not to have Isak get a run of pressure free games with Wirtz.

02 May 2026 23:58:26
Stoneage, that's not your groin.

03 May 2026 01:17:56
The Isak rumour is only with the Sun.

03 May 2026 01:55:10
Lewis Bower, who covers the academy and has contacts, has also indicated Isak is out.

03 May 2026 02:47:44
I still don't get how people insist they have nothing to do with The Sun yet quote a rumour. A waste of typing time, for several reasons.

03 May 2026 04:53:58
Who's groin is it then, Deisered?

03 May 2026 07:28:02
They are passing on the source of the rumour. That's all. It doesn't mean they have anything to do with the rag that tells lies.

03 May 2026 08:00:46
It should be like Voldemort on here. Not even mid-typed. Scum of a rag.

03 May 2026 08:13:32
I called Kelvin Mackenzie a "cubt" to his face in a lift in around 1999. He replied that he gets it all the time. And he is what I said he was - a aunt. Anyone associated with that rag should be treated like a pariah

03 May 2026 08:34:24
@The Real AG, I didn't read The Sun and never would. They were the source of about 20 websites, and I wouldn't have known that before I clicked them.

03 May 2026 09:40:37
Still no solid sources. I would have expected Joyce, Lynch, Pearce, etc to have something by now? Hopefully just more BS from the S*n?

03 May 2026 10:08:33
Sly Sports News saying it now as well. Usually pretty reliable when it's on there.

03 May 2026 10:16:13
SSN were referenced the S*n. It was in their paper talk section. He probably is injured, but I'm in denial, as we need him to get a result today, imo.

03 May 2026 10:16:32
Just found Ian Doyle's reply to a fan on X. He said: "Let's just say Liverpool may need to put some Academy players on the bench." So maybe the rumour has some legs after all?

03 May 2026 10:46:24
SlotSlitShatShot, truly great work calling him a cnut to his face. I applaud your efforts.

03 May 2026 10:59:42
I saw that the Mail on Sunday posted it, they ain't much better than the Scum.

03 May 2026 11:37:17
It was in the lift in canary wharf tower and I was pretty much shaking with rage to see him smugly grinning to himself. Only a decade after Hillsborough, I really felt like chinning him. Despicable human.

03 May 2026 13:44:47
Having someone within the club who is leaking team news to The S*n is honestly as bad as it gets. We should be launching an investigation immediately.

03 May 2026 15:03:13
Edwards has 1 year to save his overhyped reputation. Isak will be a ball and chain.

03 May 2026 18:55:28
Just a reminder the we sent a young English international to Germany because the bald part-timer fraud didn't want to spend any time developing him.

He much rather fly to Netherlands, right?

Now, this new Dutch guy would cost above or under the 35 million we got for Quansah?

02 May 2026 19:54:08
So, word going around is that Isak got injured in training and will be out for some time. Please be a lie, please.

02 May 2026 20:40:05
Well, we only have 4 games left and probably need 1 win for CL.

02 May 2026 21:37:35
They have had 4 days off this week, and he still manages to get injured in training. You couldn't make this up. He's made of crisps.

02 May 2026 22:15:51
Why do I get the impression that kimuraking.tdeh is a thai LFC supporter, but in reality they are a teenager typing from his/her laptop from his box room in a house in Surrey.

02 May 2026 22:48:21
Careful there, Arne, he's a master of jiu-jitsu.

03 May 2026 04:54:44
Probably has a black belt in origami.

02 May 2026 18:28:28
I think it’s been staring us in the face this whole time: it’s going to be Slot and Alonso as joint managers.

02 May 2026 19:04:58
As long as Slot is the seen but not heard type, I can live with that.

02 May 2026 19:43:04
Hopefully Alonso, Manager?

Are-"NO" Slot has always insisted he's a top class Coach?

Add "Driver", and his new position is LFC "Coach Driver".

He can even take himself to the Airport and his motley coaches!

02 May 2026 22:16:13
I see that course you did on code-breaking at MI6 is coming in handy, Mr. Bond.

02 May 2026 22:58:13
Perhaps Xabi will be the manager on the days when Slot is in Holland?

02 May 2026 17:25:50
As I've mentioned before, Arne Slot is leaving Liverpool this summer, and will take up the post of either the Dutch National Team Manager when Ronald Koeman departs after the World Cup, or Ajax Head Coach. He has not decided yet which one to accept.

Family arrangements and privately accepting that he underestimated the size and impact of the Liverpool job are his reasons for wishing to depart and reevaluate how he wishes to direct his management career. He sees both Ajax and the Dutch National Team as excellent holding roles which will allow him to pursue other top roles abroad in the future if his family will support him in those ventures.

Nothing has changed whatsoever from Arne Slot's perspective.

I've no idea who is briefing the English journalists, but it is not Slot, or anyone from his side.
An educated guess would be Michael Edwards, as he is a known admirer of the Florentino Perez model at Real Madrid, and that not only includes the on-pitch principles, but the off-pitch manipulation of the narrative.

I have no idea who will succeed Arne Slot as my source is not from within Liverpool.

02 May 2026 17:55:45
It's a knockout!

Love it fella ...

Thx for sharing.

02 May 2026 18:58:27
I've heard totally different, Rocky. I'm told the club wants him to extend his contract and he is going to do so. Slot will be in charge next season.

02 May 2026 19:07:05
Kimuraking is now my least favourite poster.

02 May 2026 19:43:00
Ditto FPF.

02 May 2026 19:59:29
It seems Edwards (with Susan Black's know how?) has played a blinder of a disinformation campaign. Who knows what to think? On balance of evidence, I'm still in Carra's, The Fields, Robbo's camp that Slot will move on this summer.

02 May 2026 20:00:26
Slot will be here next season. No way he is being sacked after winning a title. There is no one else out there who gets near his numbers. A reset is needed - whether he can do it, I am not so sure.

02 May 2026 20:13:19
Carra has said Slot is staying @barakdee.

02 May 2026 20:14:31
It's amazing how many old posters now have contacts and how many new posters are ITK . This site is getting bonkers but I love it

02 May 2026 21:38:14
@MonsterSouness, Arne Slot communicated to the club his wish to leave in the summer a while ago. As I said in April before the PSG games, if Slot had won the Champions League, he was still going to leave. I believe it will be announced as a mutual agreement to part ways, rather than a sacking.

Slot has been involved in some player discussions for next season to portray an element of stability for the club for new signings.

It sounds strange that he'd essentially be lying to them about him being there and how they'd fit into his system, but it is what it is.

Thinking aloud (just my opinion), it might actually explain why the briefings to the journalists are that he's staying, as the club are moving for targets now i.e. Wharton, and they want to show continuity and stability, rather than new signings being uncertain on who they'll be playing under.

02 May 2026 22:17:28
Monster Souness, his numbers?

02 May 2026 23:00:12
@Kim, Slot doesn't need a new contract for next year. His current one lasts until 2027 I think.

03 May 2026 07:45:28
You are correct, Wdw. Slot, Hughes and Edwards' contracts all run out in 2027.
Talks would have been taking place between them and Hogan already. A full review will be taken as soon as Champions League qualification, or not, is confirmed.


Slot and his agent will have been looking at options before deciding 1 more yr or somewhere else.
The word around the ground is that Ward is going to take over Hughes' role. I believe that will be confirmed shortly.

03 May 2026 08:06:54
Not Ward again. Ffs.

I seriously question the running of this club, it is so without an original thought, shuffling deckchairs on the Titanic.

02 May 2026 12:45:15
Afternoon Gents.

I'm still being informed that Slot will not be at Liverpool next season.

I'm still being told Ajax want him. Slot is wanting a move away closer to home.

Cheers.

02 May 2026 13:19:38
Great news... He'd be better off in Amsterdam. He can have a smoke and a pancake.

02 May 2026 13:32:22
Great update, Robbo. Thanks.

What is pretty clear to me is that different sources are definitely getting different information from the club. Carra, Robbo, VG all seem to have slightly different stands. Actually, it seems like the club are trying to weed out the leaks. Let's see what the summer brings.

02 May 2026 13:36:49
Thanks, Robbo.

You are now my favourite poster.

02 May 2026 13:40:50
My sources completely clash with yours, Robbo. I'm hearing Arne Slot will be at a different 'Club' in summer.

Amnesia - Ibiza.

02 May 2026 13:41:12
Slot will be offered a new contract and will be manager next season. I've been saying this since January, as that's what my contact has been told. The club were never going to offer Alonso the job as Slot is their man.

02 May 2026 13:58:14
Nice one, Robbo.

All the noise I'm hearing points to the same outcome.

02 May 2026 14:02:20
These stories are amazing, Edwards and Hughes are really making us all second, third and fourth guess ourselves...

02 May 2026 14:07:45
Thank Christ for that.

02 May 2026 14:12:58
Hah! Love it.

Thx Robbo, Thefields and KT.

At this point, I just want the season to end ...

I'm either going to not look forward to next season with Slot .. or going to be excited and intrigued .. full of hope .. with a new man in charge ...

I wonder tho..... my memory isn't great with manager contracts....

Out of curiosity... how soon after they joined did Rodgers and Klopp get new contracts...

I'm just trying to piece together any kind of pattern... I always thought they gave Klopp a few new contracts .. one because he was making monumental shifts, progressing the club, but also making sure no other club would come knocking ...

I know contracts don't really matter as they would be paid off .. but it's the offer of one I'm thinking about ...

02 May 2026 14:14:05
Cheers, Robbo. I was saying that yesterday that I can't see how things can go back from where they are now.
For me he goes, I would not rule out him taking over the national team after the World Cup.

Don't think Holland will do very good and will replace the manager and that would suit Slot down to the ground part time job based at home.

02 May 2026 14:16:54
Kimuraking, absolutely no way would anyone in their right mind have been thinking of giving Slot a new contract in January with the run of results we were having & on the back of this season's results, & more importantly, performances. Nobody in their right mind would be rushing to give him a new contract now. Him staying on until next season, ok if that’s how the club view things, but before I’d wave a new contract in front of him I’d want to see some progress on the pitch, that we are at least going in the right direction & also I’d want a commitment from him that his job focus should be in Liverpool & not back in Holland, which I know where his family is, but I’m not sure the current set up is sustainable.

02 May 2026 14:41:38
4 games to go and we'll know either way.

02 May 2026 14:50:08
Mmm delicious confirmation bias, thank you, Robbo! I'll cling on to anything to lighten my mood. 😅

02 May 2026 15:03:23
Planted leaks reveal the leaks. Total confusion is the aim.

02 May 2026 15:40:21
Aye, FSW, and that is why we have the whole Slot is staying narrative imo.

02 May 2026 15:56:26
Hallelujah!!! Please let this be true - I love you Robbo!! You give me (us) hope. :)

02 May 2026 15:57:17
FPF said what I wanted to say. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

RobboLFC currently on course for ITK of the season. 🤟🤟

02 May 2026 16:00:52
Hope so Fields. Thanks Robbo too.

02 May 2026 16:10:11
Thefields, exactly. Now Mo's piping up about what's gone on behind the scenes. Absolute chaos is what's going on.
That's what happens without strong leadership (Jurgen and Ian).

02 May 2026 16:30:25
His agent Rafaela Pimenta was in Amsterdam over the last 2 weeks, so that adds up.

There is no smoke without fire.

Ken.

02 May 2026 16:37:20
Love it when a couple of quality rumours line p like that, KingKen, nice one mate.

02 May 2026 17:08:36
Thank God for Robbo and The Fields. My weekend has just improved enormously! I'm sticking with this outcome myself as the opposite seems senseless. Apologies VG!

02 May 2026 19:06:00
"Rafaela Pimenta" sounds like a chocolate cocktail.

02 May 2026 19:37:14
Cheers, Robbo.

02 May 2026 19:44:14
What did Mo say FSW?

02 May 2026 20:51:32
JLC - "I think personally - I'm not going into details, I'm not trying to play around - but last season I wasn't ready to go because you break the records, you win the Premier League, it's not right.

"But now with everything going on in the season - I won't go into details - it's like, 'You know what, it's time.

I want to go'.

"And of course there is a lot of things behind the scenes people don't know about it, but yeah, I think now is the time. I have peace with it'."

02 May 2026 23:17:08
Slot has two jog offers near home.
I fancy this lady who works in the local chippy, telling me about this well dressed man who goes there every Friday night.
Told her that Slot will definitely go back home.


I asked about the new manager/ coach and she said that all she knew that he is still with a Premiership side.
Also said that he has the same order he phones in, steak pie and chips.

03 May 2026 00:21:21
@Kingken, tbf, I think Slot himself has been in Amsterdam over the last two weeks. No need for him to act through his agent when he can be there in person ;).

03 May 2026 08:29:19
Wow FSW...

Thanks for sharing.

The most telling line for me... "I want to go."

Seems like Salah has just had enough.
After all he has achieved with us, to be in that mindset, just speaks volumes about the behind the scenes shenanigans.

03 May 2026 08:31:03
So just to summarise, Slot is definitely going and he is definitely staying.

03 May 2026 11:35:24
'If (he) stays it will be trouble, if he goes it could be double.'

03 May 2026 15:03:35
A total clash of info.

02 May 2026 10:43:31
Ok folks,

Over 10 years I have become Twitter friends with someone who works on LFC TV and TNT. Genuinely sound bloke!

I asked him: was Slot safe with CL qualification?

His insight surprised me because he is usually positive yet careful with anything he tells me!

He said LFC and Slot on same page for now but apparently there is frustration over lack of new contract and Arne could walk!

I am also told that if we hear Heitinga is returning that means Arne is safe! A final season evaluation will happen!

I am not an ITK — hate that term! I simply pass on any insight or information I get because for the most part I enjoy reading the back and forth here!

I do feel the toxicity towards Arne is unnecessary and repetitive but hey ho everyone entitled to an opinion!

Ynwa.

02 May 2026 11:45:47
Lack of new contract???!!!!!

I'm frustrated that we are unfit, play rubbish, and he goes off whenever he can... and, indeed, that he still has a contract and it's not been terminated!!!!

He hasn't shown he can commit, so why should the club...

makes me angry.

Got given the contract because we were sold... I play not too dissimilar to Klopp's style...

Yeh right... should sue him for false advertising or something...

02 May 2026 12:00:39
Thank you for the rumour...

But, as you said, if we hear Heitinga is returning (which we did by rumours), that means Arne is safe, and a final season evaluation will happen. If he is safe, why should an evaluation happen?

This link to one of the point people is missing.

Fabrizio Romano keeps saying there will be an end of season evaluation. In my opinion, if Slot is that safe, there should not be any.

02 May 2026 12:24:43
It is a real rumour.

02 May 2026 13:16:06
I suspect that had we won the quadruple there would still have been an end of season evaluation. Surely it's standard practice.
I have an annual review every year at work. LFC are a business, so why would it be any different? Whether the previous year was good or bad, it should be assessed.

02 May 2026 15:14:56
Jan Paul van Hecke links help paint a picture. If that picture is genuine or not is another thing.

02 May 2026 15:20:38
Slot will be here next season. I've posted this several times on here, based on what I have heard. Although I am not in any way trying to pi*s anyone off, no one has been able to convince me otherwise yet.

I have explained previously my 'connection' with the club and how I get to hear snippets.

Anyway, we will defo have a Head Coach next season.