Can Liverpool fire Arne Slot? That’s a question that would have sounded outrageous a month ago.
After winning the Premier League in his first season at Anfield, Slot was allowed to spend £446.5 million on summer signings during a record-breaking transfer window.
Slot’s side then started their second campaign with five consecutive top-flight victories. The Reds weren’t at their best, needing late goals in four of the five games, but things were still looking pretty rosy.
However, Liverpool have since lost four games in a row, including a 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
Fans call on Liverpool to fire Arne Slot
Liverpool’s loss to Manchester United at Anfield led to widespread calls on social media for Arne Slot to be sacked.
Many of the #SlotOut messages came from fans of rival teams, who took the opportunity to troll Liverpool during their worst run of form since 2014.
But there were also plenty of messages from real Liverpool supporters calling for Slot’s departure.
“Just fire Slot,” one Reds fan tweeted. “The sooner the better.”
Another said: “Get Lock out, I’m done with him.”
Arne Slot is facing a number of calls to be sacked after overseeing four consecutive defeats at Liverpool
A third message from another fan read: “Slot has 0 tactics, no build-up, no rhythm, nothing, get the f*** out of my club.”
One fan even suggested that the credit for Liverpool’s title win last season should go to former manager Jurgen Klopp, rather than Slot. “Liverpool fans, we must apologize to Klopp,” their post began.
“That man won us the Premier League last season. This is actually Slot’s season and team. Get that man out before it’s too late.”
But the Slot out messages were met with significant resistance from many other Liverpool fans.
One wrote: “People saying, ‘Shut it off, just let your head wiggle.’
The chances for Arne Slot have fallen in the sack race in the Premier League
After seeing Liverpool lose four games in a row, the chances of Arne Slot being fired have diminished significantly.
Lock now costs just 16/1 to be the next Premier League manager to leave his post. Only six managers currently have shorter odds than Slot. They are Vitor Pereira (2/1), Ruben Amorim (4/1), Daniel Farke (8/1), Keith Andrews (10/1), Scott Parker (12/1) and Marco Silva (12/1).
How much would it cost Liverpool to fire Arne Slot?
With Arne Slot reportedly earning £6.6m a year and under contract until June 2027, it would likely cost Liverpool around £11m to sack him now.
That would make him Liverpool’s second most expensive managerial sack ever, after Brendan Rodgers, who cost £15.6 million to get rid of in 2015.
Liverpool have spent an estimated £50.8 million on compensation for sacked managers in the Premier League era – just under a third of Chelsea’s £156 million on sacked managers.
Will Liverpool sack Arne Slot?
It would be a shock if Arne Slot were fired in 2025, but it is not impossible.
Should Liverpool’s losing streak continue for much longer, the pressure will increase and the owners are likely to consider their options.
Could Jurgen Klopp return to Liverpool if Arne Slot is sacked?
Club legend Jurgen Klopp has refused to rule out returning to his old job as Liverpool manager one day.
Klopp, who left Anfield in May 2024 after almost nine years in charge – making him fifth on the list of longest-serving Premier League managers – was recently a guest on The Diary Of A CEO podcast.
Klopp told presenter Steven Bartlett: “I said I will never coach another team in England, so that means: if [I did return]then it’s Liverpool.
“So yes, in theory it is possible.”
Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was recently a guest on The Diary Of A CEO podcast
Asked what it would take for him to return to Liverpool, Klopp said: “I don’t even know exactly. I love what I do now. I don’t miss coaching. I don’t. I do coach, but it’s just different, they’re not players.”
“I don’t miss it. I don’t miss standing in the rain for two and a half to three hours. I also don’t miss going to press conferences three times a week. I don’t miss it.”
“With ten to twelve job interviews a week, I don’t miss that. I don’t miss that. I don’t miss being in the locker room. I’ve coached about 1,080 games, so I was in the locker room very, very often.”
“I don’t want to die in the locker room. It’s things like this. I’m 58. From your perspective that might be old, but from other perspectives it’s not that old.”
“That means I can make a decision in a few years. I don’t know. Should I make a decision today? I’m not going to coach anymore, but thank God I don’t have to, I can just see what the future brings.”
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