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18 May 2026 16:05:07
I've heard Salah might be staying in the prem. 👀

18 May 2026 16:46:32
No chance unless it's with us under a new manager.

18 May 2026 16:53:39
I hope it's a load of rubbish because he absolutely shouldn't be leaving us yet. However, more than one person has told me this today.

18 May 2026 17:02:12
I know the likes of Hughes and Edwards are a joke, but I'm pretty sure that even they would not be stupid enough to agree to letting Mo go early without some kind of agreement that stopped him going to a PL rival.

18 May 2026 17:07:04
What if...
RB don't want Diomande to leave for 12 months.
Slot leaving allows Salah to see out his contract.
Square that circle?

18 May 2026 17:13:09
I love Salah and agree 100% with his comments and support him going public, as it forces the powers that be to act. Regardless, I think now is the right time for him to move on.

I was thinking earlier, if Milly were to retire this century, we would be foolish not to get him on the coaching side of things.

18 May 2026 18:24:53
Imagine the meltdown if he went back to Chelsea. 🤯

Could see him at Villa or something like that.

18 May 2026 18:29:08
Let's see what comes first for FSG and the brass. Respect to one of our Goats, or proceedure, authority and longer term plans.

Mo won us and Arne the league last season, and whilst he is bound to be fading somewhat, this type of exit should not be happening.



I do wonder though if Arne is the scapegoat in all this. I had heard that Edwards always had a bit of an issue with Ramy Abbas.

18 May 2026 18:39:36
I don't think any Premier League team will be prepared to pay more than what Salah was earning with us. As this is his last big contract before he retires, I expect Mo will head off to the Middle East.

18 May 2026 19:00:20
I hope he does stay in the Prem. And I hope he scores 30 goals including at least 3 against us.

Just to prove that he still has it and the downturn in form is not his fault.

18 May 2026 19:11:48
Or we get a new manager that does Klopp style attacking football and Salah gives us one more year to win the Quadruple.

18 May 2026 14:57:49
Talking to my friend from the USA, he thinks or has been told we are looking for an elite manager, in their 50s, excellent track record and previous trophies, able to handle dressing room of egos.

It is felt that the turmoil this season is partly down to a young (ISh) manager, unable to cope with the dressing room.

Names therefore in the frame are Conte & Klopp.

The appointment will definitely not be an young up and coming manager (No Hoeness, Gerrard etc).

He also expects Slot, Hughes & Edwards to depart in the summer as well.

I'm dubious but hey this is an rumours site.

18 May 2026 16:47:36
Conte is as far from a Liverpool manager as you can get, and Klopp's Mrs won't let him back into the management game.

18 May 2026 16:57:33
No ex Chelsea rubbish, thanks, particularly not Conte.

18 May 2026 17:27:15
That's an opinion, not a rumour.

We want the best manager available, and there is no age on that. Conte is not good enough, Klopp aint coming back, and there is more chance of a Bob Hope resurrection than there is of Enrique coming.

From my sources, Hoeness is the current leading candidate for the role.

18 May 2026 17:59:07
I see a change in the wind. The press and media are becoming more and more on board with Slot standing down. Long overdue. Fingers crossed...

18 May 2026 18:06:25
I really don't understand why we haven't signed Alonso?

{Ed001's Note - he would be better in midfield than Mac Allister, much more mobile even now.}

18 May 2026 18:13:07
I think Guy has put a massive bet on Conte, trying to convince us all in hope we jump on board as it's the second time you've mentioned him. But again I'll state, he is not an 'elite' manager.

18 May 2026 18:13:19
Fields, pal, what happened to Iraola being linked?

18 May 2026 18:32:50
Brenden Rodgers redemption arc incoming.

18 May 2026 18:32:58
My understanding is that Hoeness has never been considered by FSG. It is lazy reporting by journalists based on the fact he is German & looks facially similar to Klopp.

The reason I'm told that younger managers will not be considered is due to the personalities in our dressing room.

I have been told a more experienced manager is required to stop the dressing room turmoil of this season occurring next season.

18 May 2026 19:13:23
Klopp should not come back. He left as a great manager, did amazing things for us on a tight budget.
Keep that legacy intact.

18 May 2026 13:36:21
I honestly believe Slot thinks he is going to be sacked but the payoff for leaving because you have been sacked will probably be greater than leaving by mutual consent. So Slot is giving out the vibes that he will be here next year purely on a financial basis.

18 May 2026 14:07:30
I think the plan genuinely was to keep him for next season, but I think Salah's post changes things drastically. Or, more importantly, how many of the squad have liked his post is what changes things. It feels like a final throw of the dice from Mo Salah to send a message to the people running the club that all is not well in the dressing room, and that the standards being set/tactics being deployed are taking the club backwards.



Salah may just have given us the ultimate parting gift. In fact, if Slot does leave, I wouldn't even be that shocked if Salah saw out the final year of his contract.

18 May 2026 14:08:18
I am not a big Slot fan, but I would expect they would pay up the full value of his contract regardless of whether he quits or is sacked, given they have made him the face of the shambles while they hide in the shadows.

18 May 2026 14:48:28
It shouldn't take a social media post to tell the world what is wrong at the club, and he does have history. He should have gone about it quietly, or at least waited. There are still match going fans paying their hard earned money for the last games, and this just puts a dent in morale, as bad as things are. If anything, the Captain should be doing his bit behind the scenes, but none of us know, therefore it's still all hearsay.

To suggest that the owners or the team don't understand makes a mockery of the decent, legitimate posters on here, who have all suggested that potential new managers have been approached, therefore it's common knowledge that it's been addressed.

18 May 2026 15:18:18
I think people underestimate the way the board work. It doesn't take a social media post by a departing player to make them act.

Act in haste, repent at leisure.

18 May 2026 15:19:54
Alwaysred, you're overthinking it, mate. How does "vibes" affect his paypacket? If the club sacks him, they sack him. It will only be portrayed as a mutual parting as a professional courtesy. A club will always back a manager right up until the very moment they sack him. Slot will find out he's been sacked the same day we do.

The Lid, with all due respect, mate, f*** that. The truth hurts; get over it. The integrity of the club is more important than a dent to morale. Mo is standing up for the club, for what it represents, for what he believes in, and he's dead right.

He clearly has the club's best interest at heart, unlike many of the fools in the hierarchy. He's leaving; he gains nothing from speaking out whatsoever. If anything, it damages his image and reduces his chances of being signed by other clubs. I only wish he spoke more bluntly, and sooner. He's done the club a great service by speaking out and anyone who thinks otherwise is incredibly short-sighted.

18 May 2026 15:30:32
I think it has been mutually agreed for a while. Slot will get a pay off to go with the narrative being family and wanting a return to Holland. LFC save face for not sacking a title winning manager.

18 May 2026 15:44:48
I think the Salah post is spot on but there's an element of richness from some of the players who have liked the post.

They don't have to f*** off on holiday at every opportunity given by Slot and Peters. They could say f*** that, let's do more training with or without you.



It's wild that the hierarchy don't see the correlation between our apparent demise and the change in culture towards more holidays and less training, and they've done nothing to address this.

18 May 2026 15:45:22
The Lid,
Morale couldn't be any lower than what it is, and the hierarchy at the club have actively failed in their duty of care to it by not taking the correct decisions regarding the manager.
Van Dijk shows no leadership whatsoever on the pitch - what makes you think it is any different off the pitch?
As for Salah, now there is someone who adores Liverpool, the fans, and the city.

I would trust him over every single member of the management without thinking twice.
If the suits were genuinely planning to stick with Slot, then Salah's parting gift to the fans may just ensure that doesn't happen, and that is as valuable as any goal he's scored in his 9 years of remarkable service.

18 May 2026 16:09:52
Is he actually playing for the sack...
The big wigs, knowing it, holding him out!?

That's how f-ing bad my paranoia has got.

Just get him gone!

18 May 2026 16:22:48
Does it really surprise you though, Changing? When you consider who's in charge? Laptop gurus who spend more time looking at spreadsheets than football. When the suits aren't actually at the Axa, when they themselves are not part of the club's culture...

I would like to agree with you, and say the players should take more responsibility, and 20 years ago I definitely would have, but in this day and age, unfortunately, there's a huge amount of decisive power in "computer says no".

It's very difficult for them to push back. I imagine any extra training outside of personal fitness, rehab or set piece work would have to be approved; can't exactly see the full squad playing shirts v skins down the Axa on a scheduled rest day without it causing serious trouble, to be honest.

18 May 2026 16:50:35
Let's be honest here. Neither Mo nor Slot have been good enough this season. Mo has struggled to control a pack of cement, relentlessly passed to the opposition, and been wayward in his shot selection.
He's just not the player he was, and his comments to the press this season have not exactly helped. Calling for heavy metal football (which we haven't played since 2019) is unrealistic, when he can no longer press, nor outrun defenders.



I love him to bits, but it would have been a much happier story if he had left after winning the title.

So, Mo has not exactly helped, but Slot ultimately has to take the blame for so many of our players being so flat this season. He can't win back the fans, and needs to move on.

18 May 2026 17:03:10
Personally, think Salah has earned the right to air his grievances. Even if Klopp toned down the "heavy metal", the principles were there, hard work, pressing, closing space, fitness, working harder than the opposition and not leaving anything on the pitch.

None of those are true now. We're like traffic, comes at best. Passive, no movement, unfit.

As it is, rumour has it that Slot has treated himself to a few days sunning himself in Spain whilst this bin fire is ongoing. Talk about Nero fiddling while Rome burns.

18 May 2026 17:48:37
Disagree, VV. Players on the payroll should never throw their toys out of a public pram. I am old school, and disliked Mo's public complaints about not having a new contract. Mo has behaved like a Real Madrid player - it's just poor ego driven behaviour.


He will always be a legend, but he has behaved and played poorly all season.
I think Slot has been awful this year, but Mo is in no position to be throwing stones.

18 May 2026 18:26:56
Slot's system is terrible, we can moan, the players have let us down, and agree they have. However, the boring slow build up he has introduced and stuck with all season is seriously hampering all the talent we have. Play high tempo football, and we would have seen a lot better from Mo, Wirtz and Ekitike, even.

18 May 2026 18:48:22
Monstersouness, well said. Mo's post may well increase the pressure on Slot, but the way he has used social media in recent seasons has been more about self interests than the club.

He is a club legend and deserves so much credit about what he has brought the club, but the talk should be about his football not his posts.

18 May 2026 19:17:52
Mo gave us year after year, 30 goals a season. One season he under-delivers and we crucify him.

If Slot's tactics are not to blame, then it's the lack of balls from defence and midfield to Salah that let him down.

We have McAllister and Gravenberch that need to join Slot on the way out - I just don't understand why they played week in, week out.

18 May 2026 12:35:21.
I used to live in Southport in the early 90s. I became friends with the local tennis pro. Years later his hairdresser married into the family of someone connected with LFC.

We have kept in contact over the years sharing bits of insider news.

Anyway, as an amazing coincidence he had a son and the hairdresser had a daughter who now cuts his son’s hair and she’s also the partner of one of the players in the youth team.



And he’s said that she said that Slot is almost definitely gone and he’s the only one of the coaches who hasn’t booked in for a hair cut recently.

I think that nicely sums it up…

18 May 2026 12:44:43.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

18 May 2026 12:47:44
1jj, I'm glad I've no beer trying to follow that!!! Great rumour altogether!! Love it!

18 May 2026 12:48:39
Love these rumours, but weren't the Fab Four there first with this one?

She said "You don't understand what I said."
I said, "No, no, no you're wrong."

:-)

18 May 2026 12:49:18
Love it!! This has wet my appetite for a new episode of Desperate Scousewives.

18 May 2026 12:53:15
Hi 1jj,
Thx for sharing. Were there any new bookings with the following country codes +49 or +34?
Could you check with them, please?

18 May 2026 12:58:53
Excellent, I was wondering where it was going.

18 May 2026 13:02:04
Brilliant! I'll have no hair either if Slot doesn't go.

18 May 2026 13:03:33
Beautiful, that has cheered me up.

18 May 2026 13:15:47
Now that rumour had the most truth in it.

18 May 2026 13:23:14
I never post. Just read. That deserves a round of applause.

18 May 2026 13:32:55
I doff my cap, Sir. Gave me a much needed laugh.

18 May 2026 16:19:57
Is this youth player on the fringe of the 1st team, or is it hair today, gone tomorrow...

18 May 2026 16:24:16
How much for a 2 back & sides?

18 May 2026 16:28:42
Hilarious, thanks for the chuckle!

18 May 2026 17:27:58
Love it 1jj.

18 May 2026 09:34:42
I see reports from Argentina linking us again with Alan Varela. Not sure if he would be ideal and of course a huge fee.

18 May 2026 10:27:35
Until Slot leaves, I don't think it matters who we sign.

18 May 2026 11:34:23
If the squad mutiny does not result in Slot's sacking, FSG must have a death wish.

18 May 2026 12:00:11
I choose to ignore these links with players as that is not the priority for me. Slot needs to go first, end of.

We do that first and then, we can move forward.

18 May 2026 12:21:34
One decision at a time in a £ multi-billion business. They are going to need to work long hours.

18 May 2026 12:43:17
This page is for new manager rumours only!! We'll have no talk of transfers here.

18 May 2026 00:07:40
I have just heard a very strange rumour, which Tbh I don't if it has legs or somebody is pulling my leg.

With the news that Antonio Conte is leaving Napoli this summer, this is the elite manager that FSG are looking to appoint to replace Slot. Has won 3 titles with Juve, titles with Inter and Napoli in Series A, also won the Premier League with Chelsea.



Personally I wouldn't be appalled if Conte was appointed manager, I don't think he would work under the current regime though & he is a lot better option than the "up & coming" managers we are linked with, even the fabled Xabi Alonso.

Bonus he is bilingual and speaks English & Italian.

18 May 2026 01:16:51
Dear God, no, Conte plays boring footie.

18 May 2026 03:24:40
Conte, an elite manager... When?

18 May 2026 05:23:11
Conte is taking over with Hoeness and Iraola as his assistants. Slot has told them it's way too hard to be full-time Liverpool coach, so he's recommended that they share responsibilities. One will oversee PL, another CL and the other domestic cups. International breaks will see team bonding exercises in Ibiza and the French Riviera. Breaking a sweat will be optional.

18 May 2026 06:28:33
Elite is doing some heavy lifting there. He's s****. No ex Chelsea managers, thanks.

18 May 2026 06:30:24
Every team Conte won the title with (Juve, Inter, Chelsea, Napoli), the season before he took over they finished 7th to 10th. His football is attacking but very strong defensively. As for not being an elite manager to win major trophies at every club you have managed (apart from Spurs - but, let's be honest, he asked for his release from that club & did have Spurs in 4th position when he left by mutual consent) is indicative of an elite manager.

The only manager to have won Serie A with 3 different teams, & you only have to see what has done with Scott MC (can't spell his name), average player from Man Utd, who last season was named Serie A Player of the Season under the coaching of Conte.

{Ed001's Note - attacking? Not in the slightest. He is far from attacking.}

18 May 2026 06:50:55
He transitions from defending with primarily 5 at the back to attacking with 5, making use of quick counter attacks & direct football. He is not a slow build Slot type of manager, which is why I would term him attacking.

{Ed001's Note - he plays a low block, that is not attacking. It is boring and defensive.}

18 May 2026 07:04:33
Mmmmh

Not sure about Conte ... I always liked the idea of him .. because he looks so scary and he is a lunatic on the sidelines ... he got Victor Moses looking like an elite footballer ... last manager to win PL with Chelsea ...
BUT not a fan of his football, although successful... he just seems like an old Mourinho type ..

in your club for 2 or 3 seasons at most .. win a couple of things, and then the grenade goes off in the room and everything goes to s*** ...

Think he would do well in the PL if this season's tactics and play continues.. would still have him over Slot ..

Just seems like an old Everton type manager .. or a scrappy team ..

18 May 2026 07:29:55
The hot-blooded, angry Italian on the touchline would definitely send a rocket under some of our players. It's for that reason I don't see legs in this rumour, I doubt Hughes could cope with someone as volatile as Conte. Slot is easier to handle, I guess.

18 May 2026 07:44:54
Guy_Gardner, Conte competes for league titles when they are the only thing he needs to focus on, and even then it isn't guaranteed. His record in other competitions is absolutely appalling - in a near 20-year managerial career, and having coached some of the biggest clubs in Europe, Conte has amassed 4 domestic cups (two of those nearly 15 years ago) and absolutely nothing in Europe.


Like Simeone, he hasn't evolved beyond what he originally became good at and known for, and thus his teams just get gradually worse over time.

18 May 2026 07:59:46
You can't be serious, Conte wins titles by spending loads of money and then everything always goes t*ts up the year after before he starts throwing one of his tantrums and goes nuclear in his press conferences when the pursestrings tighten a bit and he can't spend his way out of a rut.

We want a young progressive coach who understands the culture of the club, has a sustainable long-term vision and can connect with the fans.

Scott McTominay is hardly an average player, he very much has the skillset to excel in today's footballing landscape, especially in Italy.

18 May 2026 08:13:46
Edwards and Conte working together 😂 Conte might punch him.

18 May 2026 08:44:37
We know Hughes likes Italian football so there could be something in this.

18 May 2026 08:44:56
Conte could also have a fight in a room on his own.
He is better than Slot, but that's not a fit for us.

18 May 2026 08:49:23
Conte would definitely chin Mickey and Dickie

18 May 2026 12:01:41
Was gonna say the same thing, Bazzinga.

18 May 2026 12:05:48
See, there are positives to this, BobSanvagene.

18 May 2026 12:16:50
Ok, so, I don't think that Conte is the saviour of LFC by any stretch, but, I also don't think he would be an awful choice.

He demands intense fitness and discipline from his players, two things that have been sorely missing this season.

He has also had lots of success playing with 2 strikers in the past. Specifically his 3 titles at Juve, title at Inter, and occasionally during Napoli's title run as well (admittedly all in Italy). He seems like someone who could integrate Isak and Ekitike into a system that works.

He comes with a trusted coaching staff, so we would be able to make the wholesale changes that the club needs to the set up.

He is not afraid to push back against senior players who do not buy into his philosophy of hard work and intensity, or who cause issues in the dressing room (see Diego Costa, Eriksen, Dele Alli).



Yes, his football would be boring, yes, it's probably not what we want to see at Liverpool, and no, I don't think he really fits what we would want, as fans, the long term future of the club to be.

But for the short term, to stop the rot in the club and put us back on a good footing of fitness and passion, he's not a terrible choice.

I would still rather Iraola, Hoeness, or ideally Enrique, but if those aren't available, then Conte could be the best of the rest and certainly a step up, and a better fit, than Slot.

18 May 2026 12:37:18
Is there another fanbase that belittles winning league titles more than ours? Or at least on this forum?
Lol.

18 May 2026 12:57:35
Madness, Faith. Conte has won Serie A with Juventus (x3), Napoli and Inter. He won the Prem with Chelsea. That's 6 major league titles in the last 15 seasons. I think Liverpool as a club have 6 in the last 43 seasons.

I do not think as a club we are in any position to be judging Conte's silverware record as anything less than favorable! He also quit Spurs due to the players being lazy divas, and yet he still had them in 4th place at the time. That club's been a mess since they decided to back those lazy divas over Conte.

I like the idea of him. Kerkez, Bradley and Frimpong are all suited to playing in his 3-5-2. Two strikers is also something we should be looking to adapt to long term with Ekitike and Isak costing us north of £200m.

He also plays with a bonafide no.10 which should suit Wirtz. His back three system will suit Leoni, Konate and Jacquet who all played in a back three prior to signing for Liverpool. He also doesn't fart about with ball playing in the penalty area, which will suit Mamardashvili if he is to become first choice. Lastly, he will definitely demand the club sign a proper s***house of a midfielder to run their knackers off next to Dom in the middle of the park.

I'd like to see Conte in the dugout if Enrique isn't available and Slot does actually leave, which, following Salah's legendary post, might actually now become a reality.

18 May 2026 12:55:03
Conte + Konate = Contate = Comedy = Worsethaneverville.

17 May 2026 22:29:55
I'm very sorry to inform everyone on here that all talk of a new Head Coach is way off the mark.

There will be no change for next season except maybe in the backroom set up, and it will be the status quo going forward.

I'm not trying to upset anyone, or anything like that, because I believe everyone posts on here what they actually think has been said, what they've heard etc, and are just passing it on for the good of us all.



However, from what I have heard, Slot is staying - end of!

17 May 2026 22:55:18
So what you've heard is more accurate than what others have heard because...??

17 May 2026 22:58:57
So if everyone's passing on what they've heard of, how's what you've heard of more valid than what they've heard of?

17 May 2026 23:02:36
You've said before you are no way itk. So what's the source? Duly ignored.

17 May 2026 23:04:40
For a club who was meant to stop the leaks, there is a lot of information coming out still lol.
I've heard he's gone, and you can just look at the players and how they are playing at the moment to confirm that.

Manager I have heard, who could be coming, is meant to be a pundit for the World Cup.



Hopefully Hoeness is the one though. Club has the summer to do the search, no rush.

Going to be an exciting summer coming up with all the rumours swirling.

17 May 2026 23:29:13
I would think that what I have heard is probably more valid, because if you have read several of my earlier posts, you will know that I am employed by the club, and have been for several years, and I can say that there is absolutely no talk of Slot going anywhere this summer, and he will be in charge next season.

Thanks for duly ignoring me, ArneSlop.

When I posted some time ago, I did say I wasn't ITK, but things have changed a bit, so I thought I'd share on here.

I hope this also answers both PP & Greg.

We can always come back to this post in August and see if it had any legs.

17 May 2026 23:58:04
Keeping that man on is negligence to the point of self-sabotage. We've been at this junction before with another charlatan by the name of Brendan Rodgers in almost exactly the same circumstance. The way this is playing out could not be more similar if it tried.

We know what will happen, money will be wasted, there'll be no change to the insipid football being played, and we'll sack Slot in October, having wasted a season.

18 May 2026 00:00:33
Whilst I appreciate your rumours, no offence, but I don't believe a driver for the women's team has much knowledge of what's happening inside the club. I'm sure whatever is happening is doing so in the background and not what you've heard in the canteen from the kitchen staff.

18 May 2026 00:04:02
I don't think Slot will be staying and all efforts are going into recruiting Hoeness. If they back Slot then why has a contract extension not been agreed or offered?

18 May 2026 00:05:51
Truly dreadful if Slot is staying.

18 May 2026 00:24:55
Devc900, you'd be surprised at what it is possible to find out when you are around players and staff all day most of the time. I have shared some of this above, but obviously your choice to ignore anything and everything I, or anyone else, posts.

18 May 2026 00:32:59
So, if you work at the club, why do you frequent here? Would you not lose your job passing on info if there is a push to stop the leaks?

18 May 2026 04:07:15
That is why I don't use a real name. You don't know who I am, and neither does anyone else. I'm allowed to frequent this forum just like you, sj. All this stuff about leaks is a farce.



I'm not saying anything out of turn, only stating that the coach is staying. No one at the club could or would object to that.

I hope that answers your question.

18 May 2026 04:35:34
@KBL, I tend to believe Thefields more, to be honest, as I believe he has more of a connection to the club than you, & his views are totally opposite...

18 May 2026 04:40:16
@ KBL, how can the club think that keeping someone in charge who doesn't have the support from the fans & most of the players is the right decision, because I can tell you it will get toxic even more than it is already.

18 May 2026 06:40:34
KBL, I respectfully disagree; it won't be "status quo." It will be much worse. If the club wants to see empty seats and hospitality lounges, and seats much less than full, then they'll stick w Slot.

18 May 2026 06:44:30
The club won't say anything before the end of the season. It's all speculation at this point.

Then we will know one way or the other.

18 May 2026 06:46:15
I believe you have a dressing room full of players who object to that, KBL. Once you lose the dressing room, the manager/head coach's time is up.

18 May 2026 07:40:30
I like the definitive "End Of" like you're proving some sort of point. If he does go, change your name.

18 May 2026 07:59:29
As you can read, Kbl, we like our ITKs humble.

With spacing.

Keep on posting. Cheers.

18 May 2026 08:38:30
All qualified ITK's space their posts. It's a requirement. 😊

18 May 2026 08:40:51
Hi Frode, I'm certainly not trying to prove a point. I don't have a point.

If I am wrong, I will come on here and hold my hands up, and I hope everyone else will if they are wrong about Slot going.

People at the club are not walking around gagged, and talk happens.

Beddoerocks - correct, we will see at the end of the season.



Red_Flyer69 - the current situation is we're playing bad and getting worse anyway, and up to now there has been a virtually full stadium for every home match. To be fair, if fans stayed away for just 1 match, that could possibly make a difference, but they won't, and especially not the last home game.

18 May 2026 08:48:16
Thanks for the rumour.
Sticking to what I've been told though, thanks.
All football operations will be reviewed in detail at the end of the season, not before.

That would explain the lack of discussion around the place. No decisions have been communicated. It'll be status quo until a decision is made.

18 May 2026 08:52:57
The Reds could finish on 62 points this season, but that doesn't quite tell the full story of Liverpool's form.

They won their opening five games of the campaign, which has effectively saved them from mid-table mediocrity.

Since the opening five games, the Reds have averaged 1.38 points per game. Across a full season, that would be worth 52 points, which would see them in eighth.

18 May 2026 09:06:48
Barry, that's why I don't space my posts out. 😂

18 May 2026 09:42:20
100% FSW, and if I remember rightly, they were last minute winners and hardly convincing performances. We have stumbled into the Champions League places.

18 May 2026 10:40:26
Just how many drivers for the women's team are there? I'm a little surprised that revealing even that much information preserves your secret identity.

Although, I suppose, if Superman could protect his identity by simply slapping on a pair of eyeglasses, you're probably safe...

18 May 2026 10:41:12
I feel a bit like all I do is come on here to defend posters rather than say much about the club (although not much good to say about it at the moment!).

I'm happy to hear what KBL says, he is clearly far far closer to what's going on than 99.9% of us, and even if what he says ultimately doesn't end up being the case (because things can and will change) I would rather have these kinds of rumours posted as it keeps the site interesting, especially from people who do have club connections.

I think we all want something to change in terms of management, I certainly do, but we don't run LFC and unless all the fans start boycotting games and actually hurting them in their pocket, we won't be listened to either.



Maybe it's my age, but I would quite like Slot to be given a send off as a thanks for winning the league last season, and then we can all move on and hope it improves under a new coach and with some new players. Let's all just be grateful we have people like Thefields, Carra etc who are passionate about the club like we are to keep us going, and be thankful we aren't Spurs. 😂

18 May 2026 10:42:29
Apparently Etienne Reijnen Slots ex-assistant is leaving Feyenoord for a job 'Abroad'. If he comes to Liverpool it looks like Slot may be staying for another season. Bad news it it turns out to be true.

18 May 2026 12:35:37
Gojonesgo, there are several drivers, because the team is spread over a wide area, and transport is required to cover this.

To be honest, it's not a secret identity, just what I use on here like most users do.

Anyway, it's not long to wait now for the end of season review, and we will all be ITK.

18 May 2026 12:56:10
If they are only going to review and potentially sack him at the end of the season, they're going to be a bit late in the recruitment of a new manager. They should have been on this for a few months at least.

17 May 2026 18:13:52
Hi all,

Going to give my two cents on the matter. Despite reports, I stand by my initial claim - there were talks with Alonso. These talks were held following Klopp's departure, and they were also held in recent months. Admittedly, the information I received and my certainty of his appointment was largely agent driven. A source who I believed I could trust seemed to be more confident in the matter than I was. But there was talks.

Like Robbo said, Slot has totally lost the dressing room. I’ve given examples of this over recent weeks and Salah’s post yesterday sums up the point I was trying to get across.



I never was really familiar or aware of Hoeness talks until yesterday. From everything I heard, he was not a leading candidate to replace Slot. It appears I misheard, because talks with his representatives have been ramping up in recent weeks.

I would now hedge my bets on him being the next Liverpool coach, although I can’t say that for certain. Slot's absolutely gone - no two ways about that.

17 May 2026 18:51:21
Thanks, VGD... Is there a possibility that if City beat Bournemouth on Tuesday that Slot will be gone before final game??

17 May 2026 18:54:56
God damn Vic, that's great news if it pans out.

17 May 2026 18:55:14
It's all good, Vic. For me, it just goes to show the sh*t show going on behind the scenes.

17 May 2026 18:58:04
Brilliant, VGD. Appreciate the information.

17 May 2026 18:58:58
Highly doubt it. However, I wouldn't rule out Slot's departure being announced before the Brentford game in order to avoid a hostile atmosphere on the final day.

17 May 2026 18:59:58
I think if Slot's going, and we have qualified for the CL, why put him through a press conference with them asking about Salah, his future, etc. Let him leave quietly.

17 May 2026 19:22:18
Well, I hope it's announced before the game, simply because he deserves a sendoff for the 20, surely. We can wave good bye to the three of them nicely!

I don't want him to continue by any stretch, but giving the fella a clap on his way out seems reasonable.

17 May 2026 19:31:59
Agree, Mighty. Hopefully City win Tues night, so that leaves us qualified for Champ League, so the game against Brentford is nothing more than us trying to get 4th instead of 5th.

Slot has made an absolute pigs ear of this season, but he was outstanding last season, and I would like to see him get good reception before we part ways.

17 May 2026 19:32:20
If Slot is there on Sunday, he needs to walk down the tunnel as soon as he's shaken hands, etc., and let the club legends get the send off that they deserve. Brass balls, that man. I'll give him that.

17 May 2026 19:38:39
VGD, Robbo, Thefields or Carra, any info on Edwards or STC leaving as well this summer?

17 May 2026 19:51:45
Nice one, goddammit. Any info is always appreciated. Even if it never comes to fruition, you can only pass on what you hear.

17 May 2026 20:03:45
Etienne Reijnen

Few things about this guy coming in, as always grateful for the info all you guys share.

Can't help but feel Slot stays and this guy comes in.

Hope I'm wrong lol.

17 May 2026 19:42:37
Digger, I don't think he was outstanding last season. He started very well, mainly because everyone expected a drop from Klopp. Something he has referenced himself. But once teams figured him out he hasn't had any answers. We stuttered towards the end of the season.

For Slot he needs teams to attack and we'd likely win. But why would anyone do that when they know we can be hit on the counter and there is very little bite in midfield to snuff it out.

Personally I think he's a one trick pony, might sound harsh but he doesn't appear to have any plan B. He's been given Wirtz who many considered one of the best young stars in world football before he kicked a ball for us and Isak (admits injured for most of the season) who many saw just behind Haaland in terms of quality of striker and we have put football that'd put most insomniacs to sleep.

Having said all that he deserves a good reception if he goes, but he needs to be given that luxury.

17 May 2026 20:20:19
Do people hate Slot that much? I think the best of all outcomes would be if we have top 5 secured before the last game, the club and Slot announce their mutual parting of the ways, and Slot gets a decent send off from the crowd. Yes, it's been a crap season, but the man is a Premier League winning manager for crying out loud.

All the fraud stuff has been way over the top for me, and while I do think he probably needs to move on, I'm not in support of the hatred he's receiving.

17 May 2026 20:38:40
Arne Slot may have won the Premier League last season, but for over 60 percent of his reign, Liverpool have been performing as a team that shouldn't qualify for the Champions League.

Despite an incredibly poor campaign, Liverpool find themselves with Champions League qualification still in their hands.



If the Reds beat Brentford, they will finish on 62 points; only once in the last 14 years, when Jurgen Klopp took over in 2015/16, have they accumulated fewer.

While Liverpool will likely "still 'win' qualification for the Champions League," as Slot put it, they are fortunate to even be in that position.

17 May 2026 21:23:52
It's testament to the massive drop off in quality of the Premier League. It's such a poor league.

17 May 2026 21:40:24
If Slot does go, he does deserve a huge amount of thanks for last season. As one poster said, he inherited an unbalanced squad, full of midfielders who want to play as a 10. But he still won the title.

Kudos to that successful handover should go to him and Hughes. But we have been passive since Newcastle brutalised us last season. Hughes brought in some exceptional players, but weakened midfield and lw, without bringing in competition for Mo.

Now we have to find a Mo replacement, when everyone knows we have to pay a premium.

I just don't see any kind of strategy from our sporting directors here. They do persuade players to join us, but Semenyo and Guehi would surely have been key for us to progress.

{Ed025's Note - he deserves nothing but contempt for me MS, he inherited a damn good team and steered it to victory in what turned out to be a very very weak league, this season he has dismantled that team and even after getting a half a billion pounds worth of top talent he has turned Liverpool into a boring unfit inept gang of charlatans who have been a disgrace to the shirt, this is his doing and he should be thrown out the club in disgrace..just my view of course..

17 May 2026 22:18:38
Is right 025, I think you're secretly half a Red myself yanno.
I had your team in my Acca this weekend to win or draw, and they let me down for a 7 timer !!!!

{Ed025's Note - they let me down most weeks Hughesy..

17 May 2026 23:07:34
Slot had thanks and plaudits at the end of last season for winning number 20.
At the end of this season, he should be judged on what he has achieved this season. Which is absolutely nothing, except dull football, failing to improve a single player, causing a rift with Mo, alienating the fans, record defeats, record goals conceded, 1 point away from home against the top (6?) clubs, the list goes on.

17 May 2026 22:08:55
Couldn't agree more with Ed025. He's taken what was a good squad which was heavily invested in and crippled it. I appreciate there are holes in the squad and with jota passing and injuries it's not been easy, but look at the results and the football being played.

He's just not good enough. The best thing he's done this season is somehow convinced wirtz to join us, as under a proper manager helll smash it

17 May 2026 22:30:40
Summed up perfectly Ed025!

Honesty is always the best policy!

{Ed025's Note - it is KK mate..

17 May 2026 22:32:05
Have to agree with you completely ed25.
I know hindsight is a wonderful thing but, here are a few things that should not have happened last year.

Diaz going to bayern, while Gakpo gets 250 grand a week. It should have been the opposite way around, fairly sure Diaz might have changed his mind for that wage increase.

Signing Isak for 130 million and God knows how much wages, Ekitike is good enough to be our lead striker for me and they tend to play a majority of the matches.
The funds could have got a right side winger / forward to ease the burden on Salah and maybe a legitimate DM.

Leaving Harvey Elliott to rot at Villa all season, should have been brought back to Liverpool in January full stop, I'm also not his greatest fan by the way.

Three stand out issues we could have handled differently and I feel would have helped the squad be stronger.

17 May 2026 22:37:08
Well said Ed025, couldn't agree more! He has absolutely taken the club back to the dark ages. Reversed all the good work done over Klopp's 9 year tenure. Absolutely criminal in my book!!

17 May 2026 22:40:39
I couldn't have written it better myself ED25. Well said old chap.

17 May 2026 23:22:46
A bit harsh that, Ed. He won us the Premier League last season so deserves respect for that regardless of how he has performed since. You see, winning the Premier League is an incredible feat that plenty of other clubs have not achieved since its inception over 30 years ago.

{Ed025's Note - he won it with Klopps team for me DE and inherited a very good team, when left to his own devices he sent the club backwards and isolated a lot of the players mate with the tactics and lack of training...i dont think i was harsh enough to be honest..

17 May 2026 23:39:11
Thank you, ED25. Even you, as an Everton fan, can see what is happening, but somehow some Liverpool fans still back Slot after everything they've seen this season.

18 May 2026 00:21:56
Two points that come to mind.

1) Professional athletics and sports are all about "what have you done lately?" They don't give out praise and prizes for what you did last year or what you will do next year. He's been a professional coach long enough to know this. All of us that want him out feel that he hasn't been good enough this season. I praised him last season, and that's done and dusted now. I have no moral dilemmas over it.



2) Yes, by all means give the man his send-off. But by courtesy and consideration, not obligation. If anything, he owes the club and fans much more. The history books will have him listed as the coach of the winning team of the 2024/2025 EPL season. For the next decades and probably even centuries. None of us will be around then, and yet his name will be there still in the books. It's good enough.

18 May 2026 00:39:08
Last season you could see his meddling having an effect, that's why we were probably a team of two halves. As for this season, it could and should have been a cake walk. The league is that crap, he's footin useless.

18 May 2026 02:00:53
Poor Arne, you have to feel a bit sorry for him, with how the beginning of the season panned out with the terribly sad loss of our little smiling assassin. For what it's worth, I think it best he goes to wherever he feels welcome, because he must feel about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit, but like a pair of red socks in a white wash, he still sees it as pink, poor fella.

18 May 2026 06:16:30
Iron Man, Slot has gone from humble and engaging to arrogant and disconnected. I don't care where he feels welcome. He's outstayed his welcome at Liverpool Football Club.

18 May 2026 06:03:02
Ed, you nailed it for me. The arrogance of this man is off the charts. But, the ones above him are even worse for allowing him to take the complete piss out of this football club.

Like to see all of them sacked in the most embarrassing and humiliating way possible. None of this mutual consent bollocks. Anyone thinking it's harsh, think about how he's treated Salah.

18 May 2026 05:57:04
Thank you VG.

Keep em coming coming mate.

Appreciate the info.

Well said Ed25.
Sometimes the truth hurts.
People will spin the situation a million ways, but at the end of the day, this is exactly where we are.

A dysfunctional team, which cost a fortune to setup.
He and those responsible for that should be shown the door.

We lauded him when he won the title, and now we loathe him for how he will leave this team.

Its the nature of the beast.

18 May 2026 08:25:21
Was it Paisley who said after winning the league and as soon as it was over, it reset to you have won nothing before the new season started? Might be wrong but think it's right.

18 May 2026 09:29:06
Had we sacked Slot in November, like we should have, he would have left with a lot of fans having fond memories and thanks for delivering number 20. The problem is that this has dragged on for so long now. The football has somehow got worse, the results are abysmal, and the anger and hatred have been allowed to build up to the point where most people do not want Slot anywhere near the club ever again. He has lost the dressing room, and he has failed to address basic problems that have been clear and obvious to even the most amateur wannabe manager.



We signed 2 world class £100m+ players in the summer and Slot sets the team up so that Isak never sees the ball and when Wirtz gets it there is no movement or runners for him to find. People are slating Isak's performances, but when Salah, Gakpo, Chiesa play through the middle they also never see the ball. Huge credit to Ekitike as he is the only player who has actually been able to get involved in games despite Slot's tactics.

The guy has caused the club to rot from the inside out and I genuinely cannot believe that he is still here.

18 May 2026 10:24:50
He's only doing his job to the best of his abilities.

He's not very good, but that's not worthy of treating a man with "contempt".
A pat on the back, thanks for the title, good luck with your future.
That's it.

No big send off for a man who's been here 2 seasons.

Salah and Robbo should be getting the send offs, 2 legends of the club who have brought us so many countless moments of joy and happiness.

Slot should get a cordial goodbye.

{Ed025's Note - or maybe kicked out the door like a bouncer does with a drunk Ron.. :)

18 May 2026 11:47:24
I wouldn't know about that Ed025 😉

{Ed025's Note - yeah i believe you Ron...thousands wouldn,t though mate.. :)

17 May 2026 17:07:32
Evening Gents.

I've been made aware that recently, Luis Enrique hasn't entertained any offer from Liverpool to become the manager next season.

Certainly there has been enquiries.

Alonso never received an offer.

But what I am told is 100% that Slot has lost all confidence from the club, and the players.

There's absolutely no way back.

Yuu all know my thoughts on the next manager.

Cheers.

17 May 2026 17:22:53
Arne Slot has now officially responded to Mohamed Salah's recent Instagram post, and his comments are certain to create even more debate among Liverpool supporters.

Speaking about Salah's emotional message regarding Liverpool's identity and standards, Slot said:

"I think Mo is a fantastic player and a great guy, but sometimes when you aren't as good as you were it affects your ego a little bit, which is understandable.

Next season with fresh mentalities and new players, we'll see in the end who was right in this situation."

17 May 2026 17:23:51
So we are f***ed.

17 May 2026 17:24:18
Hope so, Robbo. I would be happy with Irola and love the way Bournemouth play, high energy and work rate, great coach.

17 May 2026 17:26:11
Thanks, Robbo...

Top of the ITK top 10 list 🤣 ( for now).

So that leaves Iraola...
Not sure how or what we can do to ensure his family settles in Liverpool, but hopefully we don't have another homesick situation on our hands.

17 May 2026 17:31:27
Has he actually responded with that? I saw it on a Facebook group that pops up that I don't follow, run by Nigerians, I thought it was click bait? Surely to God he hasn't said that?

17 May 2026 17:38:45
Nigerian fake news?

17 May 2026 17:47:19
That's fake, that response would be asking for trouble.

17 May 2026 17:49:16
Nigerian Crown Princes Hughes, Edwards & Slot need your support for next season.
All you need to do is give them blind support and you'll be rewarded with football riches and success beyond your wildest dreams. 😀

17 May 2026 17:55:13
Lads, we don't know if it's fake or not, but I do know somebody off this site who's looking into it to see if it's legit.

17 May 2026 17:57:19
Cheers, Robbo. I can't see FSG ignoring this season and keeping Slot. Iraola would make sense, would confirm why we haven't spoken with Alonso as well. Thanks for sharing.

17 May 2026 18:01:06
In fairness, Slot is in Ibiza (apparently) busting some shapes and cutting some rug, so I doubt he actually did say that.

17 May 2026 18:12:53
Thx, Robbo.

Interesting to see if it still will be a fluffy and nice mutual parting of ways or the cold hard steel of the axe...

Said it many times, Hoeness or Iraola will be happy to give a chance to ...



Nothing is happening until at least next Monday... Stuttgart have a cup final to play ... and we still have one more game to go.

17 May 2026 18:15:06
Bring on Iraola, I say! We'll be back in the hunt with him at the helm, without doubt.

17 May 2026 18:19:18
Solt (who prefers to be known as HepDaddy) said from Ibiza: "I'm chill for shizzle wit da dizzle, blud. Pon da DJ."

17 May 2026 18:26:16
Yeah, I wanted Alonso with him being a former player and also what he did in Germany. Now that he's gone, I'd be more than happy with Iraola or Hoeness. Then again, I'd also be over the moon with Fr. Dougal.

17 May 2026 18:40:14
Thx Robbo, but I can't keep up with all the information put out on here from the 4 ITKs that I pay attention to (Fields, Carra, VG and yourself). Remind me/us again if you're in the Hoeness or Iraola camp?

17 May 2026 18:15:07
Barry, are you cheating on us by messaging fellow users privately?

17 May 2026 18:44:56
All my info points at Iraola at present.

I haven't been told of other options other than Alonso was considered, more so before appointing Slot, but this season not fully backed by everyone at the club.



Enrique was also considered but nothing concrete, seems like he is happy where he is.

Houness, I haven't heard anything at all.

If things change, I will always update here 1st.

Have a nice evening everyone.

17 May 2026 18:46:37
Cheers Robbo,

Like most, I just want Slot gone - personally, I'd like Horness, maybe it's the Klopp comparisons?

But I'd be happy with pretty much anyone at this stage.

17 May 2026 18:52:14
I wanted Alonso for his proven record, club connections and previous work with Frimpong and Wirtz.
Not meant to be though, so I'd happily take either Hoeness or Ireola.
I'd say Ireola's Prem experience would pip Hoeness, but apparently there are still the family issues.

Likewise, Hoeness is a bit more of a gamble, but he does seem to be the real deal, done well everywhere he's been this far.
As long as Slot goes, I really don't mind.

17 May 2026 18:54:00
Sorry, Bobby, but it's just that I've got so much love to share. 😉

17 May 2026 19:00:29
I cannot understand why all of a sudden there is this clammer for Iraola, he has no record to justify such faith and would be a huge gamble. I remember years ago, someone wiser than me said if you buy mid table players, you will likely become mid table. We need to go big or stick with Slot, who I have also lost faith in, btw.

17 May 2026 19:02:49
Well we play Father Ted football, Barry! So Fr. Dougal may as well be in charge!

17 May 2026 19:04:38
Thanks Robbo, it is clear a change is needed. Let's hope we can actually get a positive outcome finally.

17 May 2026 19:11:09
Irrespective of whether it's Iraola or Hoeness, get used to their name being mis-spelled a lot on socials.

17 May 2026 19:13:52
There were 2. I am leaning to Hoeness personally. Having now looked into him a bit more, he ticks a lot of boxes, and, like others said, there's the family settling issues with Iraola, and there's something about Hoeness that just edges it for me. He will be all in.

17 May 2026 19:16:49
@TJury,

Robertson was bought from a relegated team. Gini was bought from a relegated team. VVD was bought from a team that was mid table. Mane mid table. Neither Salah nor Fabinho came from teams winning their leagues. Firmino, Henderson, Matip, Alisson from mid table/sub top. What did Klopp win with Mainz before becoming Dortmund manager and take them to the top of European football?

17 May 2026 19:29:57
Cheers, Robbo. Thanks for letting us all know what you've heard.

17 May 2026 19:40:55
Good point, KK7. 👍

17 May 2026 21:45:05
Every LFC manager signing is a huge risk. We've seen it with some players who simply don't settle because of the magnitude of the club. Under the present circumstances, I reckon that PL experience is important at this stage, with the exceptions of the likes of Enrique, but there's not much of him about.

Regardless of people's opinions of FSG and the staff, I reckon there's something positive lined up, and likely someone we'd never expect.

17 May 2026 23:42:39
Thanks, Robbo, and hope you're right in that the club's lost confidence in him too, as that's surely the final nail in the coffin.

18 May 2026 08:29:37
Read that Irola wants to go to London if anywhere, as it has private schools that teach in Spanish, it might be crap but seems it will be Palace he goes to.

18 May 2026 10:13:02
BarryinLouth, I wouldn't put Fr. Dougal in charge of the corner lol.

18 May 2026 13:22:26
BarryinLouth, I wouldn't put Fr. Dougal in charge of the corner flag lol.