Liverpool could still decide to sack Arne Slot after a woeful campaign that has left the champions trophyless and searching for an identity. The club’s hierarchy continues to publicly back the Dutchman, but serious internal discussions over his future are now expected in the coming weeks.
The alarm is being driven by results as much as mood. Liverpool have failed to defend their Premier League crown with any distinction and could be overtaken in the race for a top-five finish, a stunning fall for a side that only months ago was expected to set the pace again. Their title defence has unravelled dramatically, and the scale of the slide is measured in hard numbers: Liverpool have already lost 19 matches across all competitions, their joint-highest total of the century.
That figure matters because one more defeat would place Liverpool on the brink of an unwanted modern-era mark. Only once since the club returned to the top flight in 1962 have they suffered 20 defeats in a season, with that grim benchmark arriving in the 1992/93 campaign. Losing their final game would drag them level with that record and deepen the sense that a season built on control has dissolved into uncertainty.
Mohamed Salah’s recent public comments about Liverpool’s direction and performances have only sharpened the focus inside the club. His remarks have triggered significant reflection among senior figures, who are now weighing not just the results but the broader atmosphere surrounding the squad and the project heading into the summer. Fenway Sports Group are increasingly alarmed by what they are seeing, while Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes continue to assess possible futures and discuss what comes next.
There is also frustration that reaches beyond Slot himself. Liverpool missed out on Xabi Alonso, a setback that still hangs over the current debate as the club searches for a path back to the standard it expected to maintain. For now, the public line is that a full review will wait until the season is over. Internally, though, the situation is moving faster.
TEAMtalk insider Graeme Bailey said Edwards and Hughes have some serious thinking and talking to do, and added that the situation with Slot is escalating at a pace. That is the shape of the story now: Liverpool are not acting in public, but the pressure around their manager is building quickly enough that a decision can no longer be dismissed as remote. With four possible replacements already part of the broader conversation and the season still capable of ending in another unwanted record, Slot’s future has become one of the defining questions of Liverpool’s summer.
