In for the long haul: The clearest sign yet that Arne Slot will be staying as Liverpool head coach

In for the long haul: The clearest sign yet that Arne Slot will be staying as Liverpool head coach Liverpool are experiencing a difficult second season under Arne Slot. The Dutchman got off to the best possible start after being installed as Jurgen Klopp’s successor - winning the 2024/25 Premier League title. But the Reds have got worse - not better - despite a £450m investment last summer.

The Anfield side are struggling just to requalify for the Champions League - and have been humiliated in both domestic cups. Champions League elimination against Paris Saint-Germain is likely next week meanwhile when the teams clash in their quarter-final second leg at Anfield. As a result of these adverse outcomes it has been speculated that Arne Slot may well see his job in danger.

Under contract until 2027 the 47-year-old was tipped to potentially leave this summer as FSG plot a way forward under a new head coach. Xabi Alonso has been mentioned as a potential successor - but right now according to one source Slot will be STAYING. Arne Slot will be staying Sam Wallace in the Telegraph claims that the outside noise bears no similarity to what’s being thought about Slot inside the corridors of power.

FSG - including sporting director Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards - are steadfast in their belief that Slot can turn the Liverpool ship around. “The expectation that Slot will be dismissed at the end of the season – or even earlier – is at odds with the mood from FSG in Boston and the British-based executives Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes,” the report reads. “The consensus is that Slot deserves to start next season, and that the transition from Jürgen Klopp in the summer of 2024 was not as simple as last season’s Premier League title indicated.