Liverpool FC can confirm Arne Slot is to depart his role as head coach with immediate effect and that the process to appoint a successor is under way.
He leaves with a Premier League title to his name and our deepest gratitude and appreciation.
Would've loved to be a fly on the wall in that dressing room when Slot was doing his post-match interview last night. The fact that not a single player came out to talk to Sky. What on earth was said
I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took hard work and I always did everything I could to help the club get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that.
Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies. That is the football I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good. It cannot be negotiable and everyone that joins this club should adapt to it.
Winning some games here and there is not what Liverpool should be about. All teams win games.
Liverpool will always be a club that means a great deal to me and to my family. I want to see it succeed for long after I have moved on.
As I’ve always said, qualifying to next season’s Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen.
Standards and the culture of the club are in the drains and yet somehow the person in charge of it all has the best job security in the sport. Just great stuff from the smartest operators in world football.
Mohamed Salah’s message to everyone at the club:
“I remember when I came here first, I think nobody was working before training. I’m not saying nobody was working but Millie, Adam, and Sadio were working after training, if I’m mistaken please forgive me for that… but I came I want to work before training, I want to work after training. I want to work all the time and then they [the players] also work before training. This is the thing that always makes me happy. This is something that makes me so proud and something if I’m being very honest because I love this place so much, I have my best years… I really want the guys to continue like that [and work all the time].
“I always tell Dom [Szoboszlai], if you win the Premier League every year, you take nothing from me. Just like I done my thing here. But I want the guys to succeed here, I want the club to be there. And this is one of my main concerns. I spoke to a member of staff, I spoke also to guys up there, I told them when I leave, you need an example here. You need people to come early to the gym and people look at them ‘Oh he go to the gym, so I need to go.’ If that didn’t happen or doesn’t happen I think it will be tricky for this club because it’s something very very necessary. You put the standard high, like people have to come early. People have to go gym. People have to look after themselves and I don’t want that to change after I leave or anything. I just want to have that standard at the club because it’s very important for the team to keep winning things and this is one of my main concerns for me.”
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I think the final nail for me in feeling apathetic towards Liverpool was how the club were briefing hit pieces on Salah.
Seeing him benched for potentially his last CL game, esp after the game he had on Saturday, just sums up everything about Liverpool Slot has destroyed for me
Over the two legs of PSG v Liverpool
Mo Salah played the most balls into the box (12), had the highest xA (0.52), 2nd most touches in the box (14), and 3rd most chances created - of all players for both sides.
He played 59 out of a possible 180 mins.
He’s had his eye on this fixture for over a year now, obsessing about his last encounter with PSG and has managed to go from penalties being the decider to losing 4-0 on aggregate