Ignore the doubters and criticism – Arne Slot is going nowhere
Despite a consistently troubled campaign, the Liverpool boss has the backing of his employers but will need to win back the adoration of the fanbase
Arne Slot has been involved in the discussions about Liverpool 's pre-season tour and the summer recruitment. And a year ago, that sentence would have been utterly unremarkable, a statement of the obvious. Now the context is different.
A season of speculation has stemmed more from results and a feeling among the fanbase than Slot himself or his employers. They, with their preference for silence, have said very little. But their inactivity has been an indication that Slot remains their choice and he said : “I have every reason to believe I am the Liverpool manager next season.
” Another reason may have come from Chelsea: not Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with the London club last week, in which Slot’s decision to substitute a cramping Rio Ngumoha was booed, but from their move for Xabi Alonso . The former Liverpool midfielder may be the popular choice to succeed Slot with the Anfield crowd; the evidence, though, is that even the prospect of him going to a rival club has not tempted the Liverpool hierarchy to intervene and jettison the Dutchman. Meanwhile, Slot himself has remained steadfast.
Liverpool have had a troubled campaign . They have lost 18 times, nine of them in a 12-game sequence. Slot has never wanted to walk away.
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