When Liverpool’s highest-paid player and top scorer last season verbally lashes out at his own coach, it testifies to anything but harmony. Although many believe Mo Salah has to deal with being benched, this season’s Liverpool game shows that Arne Slot does not have things in order as in the jubilee season. When you have also got the club to invest 450 million in new players, then Liverpool’s results cause great concern at Anfield. Not surprisingly, the replacement has been flashed out.
Arne Slot still has confidence, but according to Caughtoffisde’s sources , Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has drawn up a contingency plan in case the Dutchman is sacked before the end of the season.
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At the top of Liverpool’s “shortlist” is Xabi Alonso, according to the English media’s sources “close to the agent business”.
Liverpool flashed Xabi Alonso as Jürgen Klopp’s replacement in 2024. The Spaniard chose to continue his success at Bayer Leverkusen. At Real Madrid, the former Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid star has had a slow start. Xabi Alonso is now worrying the Real management. Not only with the club’s disastrous 0-2 loss to Celta Vigo, now with six points out of a possible fifteen in their last five La Liga games, but also what they see as a weakening relationship between Alonso and key members of the squad.
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Both coaches still have the confidence of the club management. Both know that this can turn around in a few games, or if the opportunity “for something better” arises. For Liverpool, this could absurdly provide the opportunity to replace Slot with their first choice in 2024, Xabi Alonso. If Alonso is “released” by Real, the road is shorter to “release” Arne Slot if the disgrace continues.
Liverpool will replace Klopp with a manager who delivers in the long run, not limited to a single season. Alonso was originally singled out for this job.
