Fenway Sports Group want Arne Slot to remain Liverpool manager next season as a report details five reasons they will persist with the Dutchman.
The humbling 2-0 defeat to PSG on Wednesday, in which Slot opted to play five at the back and was roundly criticised for his negative tactics, was the Redsâ 17th defeat in all competitions this season; the most of any defending Premier League champion in history.
Theyâre currently 21 points behind league-leaders Arsenal, facing a battle to qualify for the Champions League with the worst run-in of any of the challengers to finish in the top five.
Slot admitted after the PSG defeat that his side were in âsurvival modeâ and yet The Telegraph claim that the expectation that the 47-year-old will be dismissed at the end of the season, if not before, is âat odds with the mood from FSG and club chiefs Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes.
âThe consensus is that Slot deserves to start next season, and that the transition from JĂŒrgen Klopp in the summer of 2024 was not as simple as last seasonâs Premier League title indicated,â the report states.
FSG see the death of Diogo Jota as âmitigation for performancesâ along the with dramatic drop-off in the form of key players, namely Mohamed Salah, whoâs announced his departure from the club, and Virgil Van Dijk.
Both starred as Liverpool cruised to the title last season and Van Dijkâs admission on Wednesday night that it was âthe end of an eraâ for members of Jurgen Kloppâs side was borne out through Andy Robertson also announcing he would be leaving at the end of the season on Thursday.
The report also claims that the club believes Slot âdeserved four transfer windows before a judgement is madeâ as Klopp had five windows before winning his first trophy, the Champions League in 2019.
A lot has been made of the ÂŁ450m spent last summer but âthe club estimate their net spend at around ÂŁ150m under their managerâ.
The club want to âpersevereâ with Slot until the end of next season when his contract comes to an end when the deals of sporting director Hughes and football chief executive Edwards also expire.
They both âplanned to stay for the contracted three years and no longerâ, with the report suggesting Liverpool like the neatness of all three leaving at the same time, or at least their futures being decided at the same point.
And finally, the fifth reason FSG want to stick with Slot is the doubt they have over his widely-expected successor Xabi Alonso.
Alonso is available after being sacked by Real Madrid in January but the former Liverpool midfielderâs decision to stay at Bayer Leverkusen when the Reds were looking to replace Klopp at the helm appears to have rubbed the club hierarchy the wrong way.
âThat unwillingness to follow Klopp, one of the clubâs greatest managers, contrasted with Slotâs enthusiasm for the challenge, continues to figure in the thinking at the club,â the report concludes.
The humbling 2-0 defeat to PSG on Wednesday, in which Slot opted to play five at the back and was roundly criticised for his negative tactics, was the Redsâ 17th defeat in all competitions this season; the most of any defending Premier League champion in history.
Theyâre currently 21 points behind league-leaders Arsenal, facing a battle to qualify for the Champions League with the worst run-in of any of the challengers to finish in the top five.
Slot admitted after the PSG defeat that his side were in âsurvival modeâ and yet The Telegraph claim that the expectation that the 47-year-old will be dismissed at the end of the season, if not before, is âat odds with the mood from FSG and club chiefs Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes.
âThe consensus is that Slot deserves to start next season, and that the transition from JĂŒrgen Klopp in the summer of 2024 was not as simple as last seasonâs Premier League title indicated,â the report states.
FSG see the death of Diogo Jota as âmitigation for performancesâ along the with dramatic drop-off in the form of key players, namely Mohamed Salah, whoâs announced his departure from the club, and Virgil Van Dijk.
Both starred as Liverpool cruised to the title last season and Van Dijkâs admission on Wednesday night that it was âthe end of an eraâ for members of Jurgen Kloppâs side was borne out through Andy Robertson also announcing he would be leaving at the end of the season on Thursday.
The report also claims that the club believes Slot âdeserved four transfer windows before a judgement is madeâ as Klopp had five windows before winning his first trophy, the Champions League in 2019.
A lot has been made of the ÂŁ450m spent last summer but âthe club estimate their net spend at around ÂŁ150m under their managerâ.
The club want to âpersevereâ with Slot until the end of next season when his contract comes to an end when the deals of sporting director Hughes and football chief executive Edwards also expire.
They both âplanned to stay for the contracted three years and no longerâ, with the report suggesting Liverpool like the neatness of all three leaving at the same time, or at least their futures being decided at the same point.
And finally, the fifth reason FSG want to stick with Slot is the doubt they have over his widely-expected successor Xabi Alonso.
Alonso is available after being sacked by Real Madrid in January but the former Liverpool midfielderâs decision to stay at Bayer Leverkusen when the Reds were looking to replace Klopp at the helm appears to have rubbed the club hierarchy the wrong way.
âThat unwillingness to follow Klopp, one of the clubâs greatest managers, contrasted with Slotâs enthusiasm for the challenge, continues to figure in the thinking at the club,â the report concludes.
