Managers
How Liverpool’s Manager Hiring Process Works: From Shankly to Slot
Liverpool Football Club’s managerial appointments have defined not just the club’s trajectory but, in some cases, the trajectory of the sport itself. The process by which the club has identified, approached, and ultimately appointed managers across different eras reflects the specific ownership and sporting structures of each period, and understanding those structures helps explain why […]
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Liverpool Confirm Andoni Iraola as Next Manager
Whether Liverpool were fair in sacking Arne Slot or not, what’s done is done. Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards made the decision, so the next thing that they had to do was make sure that they got the choice of the Dutchman’s replacement correct. We know that Xabi Alonso was off the table, with Fenway […]
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Slot Sacked, But Who Will Be The Next Liverpool Manager?
Arne Slot was dealt a miserable hand for the 2025-2026 Premier League season. From the moment that Diogo Jota’s death was confirmed, it was always destined to be an odd campaign for the Reds and that is exactly the way it transpired. Add in the number of injuries suffered and the poorly balanced squad he […]
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Are Arne Slot’s Days at Anfield Numbered?
Filling Jurgen Klopp’s void at Liverpool was never going to be easy for Arne Slot. Most Liverpool fans would likely have given him the benefit of the doubt had this been his first season at Anfield, expecting a transitional period after one of the club’s most memorable spells in decades. Instead, Slot won the league […]
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Liverpool Manager Profile – Arne Slot
It was never going to be easy to replace Jürgen Klopp. The former Borussia Dortmund manager arrive at Anfield and told the supporters that we needed to turn from ‘doubters to believers’. It may have taken some a little longer to drink the Kool-Aid than others, but by the time the club reached its second […]
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Is Slot the Best New Manager of the Premier League Era?
There are more than a few people who must be quietly seething with how well Liverpool have adapted to life under Arne Slot and not just because they hate the Merseyside club. Yes, the likes of Gary Neville have had a clear agenda against the Reds for years, abusing their position in the media to […]
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How Arne Slot Has Hit the Ground Running at Liverpool
When Arne Slot was announced as Jurgen Klopp’s successor at Liverpool, many wondered how the Dutchman would fare in the most competitive league in the world. After a successful spell at Feyenoord where he led the club to Eredivisie success, Slot was identified as the man to lead Liverpool into a new era, and things […]
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Why Didn’t Liverpool go for Rúben Amorim?
At the end of January 2024, the news broke that most Liverpool supporters had been dreading: Jürgen Klopp was to step down as manager at the end of the 2023-2024 campaign. Once the shock had worn off, thoughts turned to the obviously question about who would possibly be able to take over the reigns from […]
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What Liverpool Managers Have Won the League in Their First Season?
Arne Slot’s Liverpool team has gone into this international break at the top of the Premier League table. There are many people pointing to the club’s ‘easy’ start to the season, to say nothing of the incredibly difficult run that we’ll go through when the Reds return to action, pointing out that we’re in a […]
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The Jurgen Klopp Era: How He Transformed Liverpool FC
Liverpool was in such a mess that when new manager Jurgen Klopp arrived in 2015 it seemed like a huge rebuilding from scratch. A few short years later, Liverpool has been transformed into one of the most dominant teams in world football. But how did Klopp manage that? Let’s take a more detailed look – […]
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