Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

jesuisjuste · 30-05-2026 12:52PM

After the end of season review. I knew they would have one despite what the journalists were saying, and it was always going to be testy. I wish him all the best, I think it will serve him better to leave now than have a poor start to next season too.

adaminho · 30-05-2026 12:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511134#Comment_124511134

maybe the boards decision was to sack him all along.

Ottoman_1000 · 30-05-2026 12:54PM

You have to think its Iraola now....its a very weak market out there.

Damien360 · 30-05-2026 12:55PM

Delighted to hear the news of Slot gone. So the club actually listened to the fans after all. No waiting around all summer and it gives the new manager a clean slate.

McFly85 · 30-05-2026 12:55PM

Cheers for number 20 Arne. Always going to be difficult to be the guy after Klopp but he did it brilliantly that first year. Liverpool legend and wherever he goes next he’ll have my support.

I am a little bit disappointed that he won’t have the chance to turn it around but the club knows best, and really the football we were playing this season, he can have no complaints.

If it is to be Iraola, I am excited to see him bring the energy he brought to his Bournemouth team - but it’s a huge step up for him. Patience will be required, and I hope he gets it.

McDermotX · 30-05-2026 12:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124471847#Comment_124471847

Just picking out one, so not a dig at all Libertine, but I could never understand anyone believing that he wasn't a goner, especially even more so in the last number of weeks.

That team hasn't been playing for him for months. There is no comeback from that. Years of watching football doesn't lie and the eye test tells all regardless of puff PR pieces about no management changes

Far too many people got involved in the Alonso stuff as if it had an bearing on our situation. We are at the stage where any manager or any other coach would be an improvement. That has been evident for months at this stage.

Thanks for the work Arne, but you are not the man to continue on.

giveitholly · 30-05-2026 12:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511157#Comment_124511157

It probably was,this decision was probably made a while back,the club probably thought bringing in a care taker manager was not the answer. They took a gamble and got lucky as regards champions league football

noodler · 30-05-2026 01:00PM

The right call.

No sign of improvement.

Thanks for number 20, Arne

ctrl-alt-delete · 30-05-2026 01:00PM

The statement from Liverpool indicates that it is an opinion that Slot will be successful again, but not at Liverpool and so it is based on a difference of philosophy and styles. A decision not taken lightly, but one that needed to be made and one that was ok to let ride out until the end of the season.

That would tie in with Iraola (who I think would be a massive gamble for Liverpool - his Bournemouth record is not far off having the same wins, draws, and losses).

Strange to add the bit about Slot's legacy becoming more meaningful in the years and decades to come. It will always remain intact for delivering number 20.

Dr Robert · 30-05-2026 01:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511068#Comment_124511068

Seriously?

This is the most obvious sacking.

Lost the fans.

Lost the players.

Didn't even do the end of season lap with the players after the last game. I knew it straight away he was done when I noticed that.

Appletart Upsetter · 30-05-2026 01:01PM

I've been on the Iraola train for a while so I'll be excited to see what he can do with this team if he does get the job.

The fact he announced he was leaving Bournemouth when he did suggests this decision might even have been made in the middle of April.

Ottoman_1000 · 30-05-2026 01:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511160#Comment_124511160

I'd like to think fans have that kind of influence, but the reality is very different. FSG is a huge multi-billion-dollar sports investment group with a large ownership structure made up of numerous partners and investors. Ultimately, what fans think or want has very little direct influence over the major decisions they make.

noodler · 30-05-2026 01:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511182#Comment_124511182

If any coach was winning more games with Bournmouth than Liverpool tjen they'd be snapped up by a big team tbf

jones · 30-05-2026 01:04PM

100% right call. Arne was not turning this around. He did great stuff last season but we need a fresh start. I think it's quite clear now he lost the dressing room this season but he was also unlucky.

Who we do for now? Ariola front runner it seems

machiavellianme · 30-05-2026 01:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124510710#Comment_124510710

The question wasn't how bad he did with us, it's who did better after leaving us. Aspas was excellent after he went back to Celta da Vigo, especially in the first 4 seasons after he returned. We could have used those 20+ goals a season.

Girly Gal · 30-05-2026 01:05PM

The right decision, its a pity but, things have just unravelled too far and too quickly this season and I couldn't see him turning it around, so better for both parties to move on. It's a shame he didn't get a good send off in the last game as despite how this season went, he deserves great credit for winning the league and the seemless transition last year. He seems a decent fella and wish him all the best for the future.

Whoever takes over has a tough job on their hands, lots of issues throughout the squad, but, they will start with a clean slate and the full backing of the whole club, plus will get more time than Slot would have next season. Replacing Slot won't magically fix all our problems, but, I do think it was necessary to give us any chance of having a decent new season.

Cyloncity · 30-05-2026 01:05PM

Pep? For the craic.

I think this sacking was inevitable and it allows all sides a chance to go again and in many ways a break from the stress and negativity. It'll be a tougher summer for Liverpool than it will Slot. He deserves a lot of credit for a hugely impressive first season and respect for the dignity he has shown last season. Large parts of the mess were his making but there were huge parts that were not. These parts I think he handled very well.

Luxembourgo · 30-05-2026 01:06PM

I think maybe it was amicable

Fitz* · 30-05-2026 01:06PM

I definitely thought for weeks that there was a reason Liverpool were putting co-ordinated briefs out to the local journos.

They have done it so many times before and they will continue to do it. Keep the narrative in public in the one that they want.

The day the rumours of him having a post season review were quite strong. Liverpool obviously didn't want the public knowing that so told Pearce to shut them down. But those rumours were actually true all along.

I wish they had done it a few weeks ago, as Slot could have received a nice send off at Anfield last weekend, and be thanked for winning #20 and giving us all a brilliant season and memories. He had an awkward last few days at the club instead.

FernandoTorres · 30-05-2026 01:08PM

I know I'm just getting old but I really despair seeing some of the comments on social media from so-called fans saying good riddance, calling him a fraud etc. You can be glad he's gone without abusing him. Hope those kind of people never get within an arses roar of Anfield.

rob316 · 30-05-2026 01:11PM

Im a fan of Iraola, Bournemouth play some fantastic attacking football. Hughes sacked Gary o Neill who was doing a fine job for him, so he obviously has something. Finished strong despite key players sold last season.

machiavellianme · 30-05-2026 01:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511024#Comment_124511024

If their contracts are ended they're free agents and can sign for whoever they please, including LFC. I don't see Mo changing his mind and Robbo won't be getting regular first 11 football with us going forward.

Osmosis Jones · 30-05-2026 01:15PM

I do wonder what this means for Jones as there's been a lot of talk of him moving recently.

54and56 · 30-05-2026 01:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511160#Comment_124511160

That's so funny. You actually think FSG had a section in their end of season review criteria called "fans opinion" 😆

Dr Robert · 30-05-2026 01:16PM

As for the itk journos 🤣🤣

Pearce and Co completely out the loop

54and56 · 30-05-2026 01:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511159#Comment_124511159

Good man @Ottoman_1000, hop straight on the pessimism train and completely bypass the positivity station 😉

54and56 · 30-05-2026 01:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511188#Comment_124511188

Looks like that may have been the plan, especially with Alonso not being nabbed for the job.

Let's hope Iraola, if he is the man, can get the team back playing high tempo effective football and Iraola can inject some of that Spanish passion into the club.

Appletart Upsetter · 30-05-2026 01:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124511244#Comment_124511244

I don't think that's how it works.

They speak with people at the club, the people at the club tell them what they want to put out there, they report it.

LuckyLloyd · 30-05-2026 01:25PM

Only decision available. Continuing was completely untenable. Looking forward to next season now.

facehugger99 · 30-05-2026 01:28PM

Probably for the best. I think history will remember him more fondly than the reactionary nonsense that’s spewed across social media these days.

He was dealt a tough hand last season but he just didn’t show enough ability to try and turn it around. It seemed some of the players had stopped playing for him and you’re fcuked as a manager when that happens.

He leaves as a League winning manager,which is an exclusive club to be in. I’ll always be grateful and respectful to him.

Some of the shite posted about him from so called Liverpool fans has been nothing short of a disgrace.

Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

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