Liverpool lost the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night. The “Cormorants” lost 2-0 at Everton’s ground, the first defeat at Goodison Park, after 14 years.
Jurgen Klopp announced in the middle of the season that he will leave Liverpool’s bench at the end of the season. In the first phase, the news motivated the players to the maximum, who seemed to give everything in the last year of the German’s tenure of the 9 spent at Anfield.
“Resignations in the middle of the season are rarely the wisest ideas”, notes The Telegraph. Why? Sir Alex Ferguson himself says it, the one who went through a similar situation when he announced that he would retire from Manchester United. “It was the biggest mistake. This caused players to put their weapons away”said the former technician.
A similar atmosphere seems to be at Liverpool, who have succumbed to Crystal Palace, Atalanta and Everton in short order. Salah and Van Dijk have yet to get used to the idea of Klopp leaving, and the team’s fuel seems to have run out for this final season.
Wayne Rooney had anticipated these problems at Liverpool. “The timing of Klopp’s departure will definitely have an effect on these players. The players will see it and feel it as a way to get away,” said the former United striker.
Arne Slot is favorite to take over Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp publicly announced at the end of January that he would be leaving Liverpool at the end of this season, saying he made the radical decision due to a lack of energy, as he felt he no longer had the physical and mental resources to continue at Anfield.
The bosses of the “cormorants” immediately began to look for a replacement, on their list lately, among others, Zinedine Zidane, Hansi Flick, Xabi Alonso, Roberto de Zerbi or Ruben Amorim.
After the Portuguese denied that he had discussed with Liverpool about taking over the team, Liverpool’s “house” journalists announced today who is now the big favorite to take Klopp’s place.
According to Paul Joyce from The Times, the “cormorants” officials want Arne Slot, the coach of Feyenoord, to join the team in the summer. The 45-year-old Dutchman has a style of play that appeals to the Englishmen and may not be too difficult to transfer as he would like to take a step forward in his career in a top flight.
According to the quoted source, Feyenoord officials did not want to discuss Liverpool’s interest in Slot, but English journalists draw attention to the fact that the coach canceled his scheduled press conference on Wednesday, ahead of the game with Go Ahead Eagles in the Championship Holland.
The bosses of the 2nd-placed team in the Eredivisie do not want to lose Slot, wanting him to remain the team’s coach next season, but the situation is quite complicated, especially since there is no termination clause in the coach’s contract . In addition, the English wrote that he could be transferred for less than 10 million euros.
As for those from Liverpool, the cited source mentions that the “cormorants” officials continue to pay attention to other possible replacements for Klopp, things are complicated by the fact that other top teams, such as Bayern , AC Milan or Barcelona, will change their coaches this summer.
