Alonso did NOT want to come to Liverpool. Amorim wanted 3-4-3 - not suited for Liverpool. Mourinho and Conte are too toxic Tuchel, Flick and Joachin Low are not in good form. Zidane does not like England and does not speak English. De Zerbi and Frank have won nothing. Nagelsmann is not interested. Neither is Emery Arne Slot has won the league title and cup and reached European finals, has good man-management, develops players, promotes youth, plays attacking football and WANTS to come to Liverpool.

The Slot Machine will be considered as one of the greatest football teams of this generation. Probably about 18 million Dutch people have zero doubts about Arne. He is respected by anyone who knows him and for a good reason. What he achieved with those modest budgets and an inexperienced squads in AZ and Feyenoord used to be beyond imagination only a couple years ago. Imagine what he could do with a better budget… From now on he’ll do his research like a maniac and map out the perfect game plan for next season. I anyone can work it out it would be Arne. I wish Arne and anyone who loves Liverpool the very best. This will be a match made in heaven if it’s up to Slot. You deserve each other, so please make it work!

The shine on Ayo’s forehead is brighter than my future

As a feyenoord an liverpool supporter, he will fit nicely at liverpool. Replacing klopp wont be easy but he will at least try his all to do that. Will miss him at feyenoord but wish him the very best if he goes to liverpool, best manager feyenoord has had in a very long while

The thing is, Michael Edwards came in after they started looking for a new manager. So it's highly likely he preferred Slot. Alonso doesn't really play the right way for the Liverpool squad. There would have to be a massive overhaul to get them playing the way he wants. Arne Slot's style is more suited and perhaps Edwards identified him because of that. One thing Liverpool don't want is to just dump half of what is already a very good squad, for the sake of a different playstyle. United and Chelsea's example are the red flags every other club needs to avoid.

People seem to think he's our 3rd or 4th choice. While sky said Alonso and Amorim were nailed on. Only Ornstein said that there was no decision made yet.

Nice to see Te Kloese mentioned in such a high regard in the Top footballing sphere. He worked almost two whole decades in Mexican football in a whole lot of different roles. Scout, Head of Youth development, Sporting director, General manager of the national team and others. He may be Dutch by birth but his carreer has been wholly shaped by Mexican football.

Slot is a coach who has achieved great success with C players for years. He makes players better. imagine what he can achieve with A players.

Slot will be a succes. Dude is smart. And streetwise. He took Feyenoord to a complete new level. As a PSV supporter, I'm glad to see him go. Liverpool fans are in for a ride. Slot's gonna take you places.

I've heard his teams are like a well oiled machine...a slot machine if you will...let's hope he hits the jackpot

Sounds like he'll slot in perfectly

My tip:Lijnders becomes to new Feyenoord manager.

“And then the public narrative shifted to Ruben amiron” As if you were not a member of that public association which has been feeding us dribble.😂😂😂😂😂

From the beginning I have been keen on this guy. No one is certain, everyone is a risk, but this guy has as much charisma as anyone and has a chance.

Let's be honest, the 'big name' manager market is completely dead. The only possible way Liverpool could have went was trying to find the next big thing. All of the big names in the manager merry-go-round have all managed 4 or 5 top clubs with varied success. A Liverpool manager simply can't be one of them, it just wouldn't fit. We need new and exciting, not second hand goods. We need young hunger. Someone who's excited at the challenge with new ideas and passion for the job, not someone who has already managed big clubs and have a huge ego. Those egos just wouldn't fit. Liverpool nees a manager that becomes part of the family.

Lol a couple of hours later Arne then comes out and straight up says he's going to Liverpool simplifying negotiations between the clubs

everyone in the Netherlands is convinced, not only Feyenoorders, he is the favorite of Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit. He is a briljant man in everything.He speaks very good English and has great communication skills with players and the press.Our selection has increased in value from 100 million to almost 270 million.

Y'all are going to love the way he communicates. I never enjoyed interviews as much as I did from Slot. I'm sure he will succeed!

The title in the covid season was not awarded to Ajax, no champion was named as the cancelled the season after the 26th gameweek. Bit dodgy research that from Ornstein. Ajax was first on goal difference, with Slot's AZ racing them to the title. They used that standing to award the European qualification spots, but there was no champion.

Fantastic insight from David & Adam - well done guys !!

You will love Arne. A fabulous coach who will be loved in the dressing room and outside.. we hate to see him leave but we will be so proud to see him @ Liverpool.

I think the next Liverpool manager has a better chance of success than the managers that followed Arsenr Wenger and Sir Alex. The reason I say this is because, as powerful as Klopp has been at Liverpool, he is still less powerful than those 2 managers at their respective clubs. The structure behind Klopp at Liverpool will not change with his departure, and so I believe that Slot would have a great chance to be successful. Mind you, successful, to me, doesn't mean as successful as Klopp. It means making Liverpool a top 4 team, and successfully transitioning into a post-Mo Salah & Virgil Van Dijk team.

Really looking forward to Slot,alonso & nagelsmann were my 1&2, more than happy with slot, he seems to play football i like,& from the few clips i seen his personality will play very well here! Really looking forward to his time here

Let's be honest. A lot of Liverpool fans liked Amorim over Slot because Amorim looks cooler. Nothing to do with any analytics.

This has been eye opening. Great content and reporting

Thanks for the insight. It’ll be interesting how he deals with established superstars. What makes it perhaps easier is that lfc don’t have “problem” characters in the dressing room.

Fun fact, Ayo is actually Andy from Blue Peter..

He has made a big impression at Feyenoord in the last 3 years with 2 prizes. He makes players better, they are much fitter. He always has his say in the media and is very intelligent in his answers. When Slot is thinking, he usually picks his ear or nose or first takes a sip of water. Too bad he's leaving us, but I hope you have fun. I wish all the fans of Liverpool great succes the next season.

Arne Slot is an excellent trainer for any top club, including Liverpool. Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich & Real Madrid would also be nice. Then he can go for the Champions League win. The only thing I don't like about Slot is the idiotic zone coverage of the defense on free kicks & corner kicks, instead of man coverage. As a result, his teams regularly concede goals. A zone can't score a goal, but a man can. Why then cover a zone & not a man? It's that simple. Hopefully Slot will do something with this & change it ❤

Thanks, This was a great listen!! Well done lads.

There are so many The Athletic channels and similar, and they all are good. I just subscribed!

Ayo has got the perfect football commentators voice..

I think if he gets along with Edwards, he’ll fit in nicely. I always argue that after Edwards left, following a rift with Klopp as the rumor suggests, Liverpool started risking in the transfer market, buying the likes of Darwin Nunez, Gravenberch, Gakpo, Szoboszlai, and Endo, who haven’t hit the levels of the players Edwards signed, like Van Dijk, Alisson, Mane, Salah, and Wijnaldum. Even the 100 million they wanted to use to buy Caicedo, I don’t think would have happened under Edwards. Also, Klopp’s final season isn’t impressive, so it wouldn’t be difficult to replace Klopp now, since his final season has been ‘losing energy’.

Let’s see how it goes!!!💯

Nice to hear somebody coming out and stating they want the job. I say let's give big Arne a go am sure he will be successful

Excellent podcast. Very interesting & informative. Can't say I knew or even now know much about Slot but you can see why he was chosen within the context of a lack of elite alternatives. It's definitely a gamble but nonetheless still a very promising appointment.

Its crazy that managers don't buy there own players anymore..

Top podcast, guys!

Arne Slot better bring Bakayoko from PSV with him.

Slot is always a win especially on Hugewin

As a Liverpool fan, if he’s the guy I wish him every success (winning Quad would be a dream)! I don’t know enough about him, but whoever replaces Klopp will need to 2 seasons to settle the team and adapt.

I actually like it. Huge shoes to fill for Klopp. Almost better its someone less high profile. I think his style of play will suit us better than Ruben or Xabi. I trust Michael Edwards 100% at this point. Dude built our best team.

I like Slot more than Amorim, and with this new football structure at Liverpool, which I trust, I think he'll fit well by being only a coach instead of also being a manager. However, it won't be an easy process, PL competition is getting bigger and bigger and Arne is moving to a 6th place league on UEFA Ranking to 1st place.

I’m very excited for this appointment I believe he is equipped to lead us forward. Him and the transfer team having a good relationship is key.

Missed the opportunity to ask whether slot is the "right fit" for Liverpool instead of the right man

Bald Arne will Slot in very well & will sign on Tues 1400pm 07/05/24 & great Paisley2.0 era begins, as per FR, (top pundit of transfers). LFC are STILL IN IT. Is it time to bring the 10 Kop-Kids Cup-Kings back? LFC Team shot conversion rate must rise from 5% to 15% in run-in. Most creative team in world but blunted by having its best finisher injured for 3 months approx (Jota) Being fit to play after injury is not same as being in top form. It takes a month to get hot as per Sir Kenny Daglish. Jota injury & baby Gakpo's birth are why LFC lost as Mo's out of form. Mo's conversion rate before injury was 23% & now it's 6%. If Jota had stayed fit, & Gakpo baby came a few hours later LFC wud be champs narrowly. JOTA'S CONVERSION rate is 33%. (& on big chances Jota converts a world best 66%) - LFC has 1 worldy clinical finisher & ManC has 2 in Haaland & Alverez. Anytime u win a cup & get into UCL, its a good season, so be grateful & stop moaning. Legends Bobby Moore, Alan Ball, Emyln Hughes, Cyrille Regis & Geoff Astle all died before age 60 & never got to see their kids married or play footy with teenage grandkids. Brighton will defeat Man C & Arsenal will be favourites & both have loseable games vs Spurs. LFC have a 15% chance but its better than a 1% chance. U can't do much more when injuries rob u of ur top boys. Losing derbies akways hurt like toothache, get over it & pray 4 world peace to make good luck karma kop fans. LFC has 10 Cup King KOP KIDS who will play in UCL next yr. FUTURE is VERY BRIGHT with bald ARNE SLOT the next Paisley 2.0. His 62% win rate is amazing (bossing a team without worldy stars to win titles & cups is amazing).

David just sneaks off to drop a transfer exclusive I see you David

Slot is a genius, now its on him to show it... again! David Omstein is talking very logical here and i like his punctuality. OF COURSE Liverpool FC is a tremendous bigger club than Feyenoord Rotterdam, and OF COURSE the will have their doubts over there, the fans i mean (and every body else) but me, i became a Liverpool fan since the final against Milan and im Feyenoord till i die since i saw Gerrard playing in De Kuip for the 1st time... I dont have doubts that Arne God will succeed but, there allways is bad luck. You never know.

Well 'tot slot' in dutch means 'until the end' 'slot' itself can mean 'keyhole' or 'keylock' padlock maybe? So could be positive could be negative. As for the manager he lifted a bottom to mid ranged team to the top 5 and won Feyenoord their first league title in 10 years. He has a good footballing technique in his manner of play and talks the talk in front of the team and in front of the media. Couldn't ask for a better bloke to come to Liverpool. In Arne we trust! YNWA!

The sneaky dig at Nunez at the end lol

If Feyd Rautha was a manager

I wanted Inzaghi honestly. I hope Slot can do great things

Erik ten Hag could communicate perfectly if he wanted to. He just chooses to be blunt and belligerent.

Lots of talk about the supposedly huge step from Feyenoord to Liverpool. "Feyenoord is only regional" not true: Feyenoord has fans all over the Netherlands, Belgium and many other countries all over the world. Ajax has been much more successfull over the decades but Feyenoord is just as popular. And was the first to win the Europacup 1 (the old CL) and world cup in 1970. And they won the Uefacup twice (in '74 and 2002). "The Eredivisie is just a small league", used to be true for many years but we've climbed to place nr 6 in the Uefa ranking right behind France. So it's the biggest of the smaller leagues. "... so there's no way we can know how he'll perform in the PL" so how about looking at the 30 European cup matches in the last 3 seasons!? Eliminated Union Berlin (nr 5 Germany that season), Olympique Marseille (French nr 2), Lazio (Italian nr 2) and gave Shaktar Donetsk their largest defeat ever (7-1) to name a few. Except the last one all much richer clubs. And Slot has been used to playing 2 matches a week. Performing even after hard European matches with as little as 60 hours recovery time. He has implemented Liverpool's intensity identity from the start at Feyenoord.

Whoever takes over, the chances of succeeding are very slim. Those are big shoes to fill. Alonso knows that. That said, I do think this is the right guy.

For Slot to win things, it's beating two teams domestically, Man City w/Pep + $$ (powers) and Arsenal w/Arteta + their change in approach when spending $$. Reminder: Slot will still be working under a budget (that's top 7 on avg. in the premier league if not 10) just as Klopp did but will be expected to do better. It's all good for Edwards to filter down players with potential on his laptop that fit the club's budget, it's a whole new ball game coaching those players to hit their required heights like Klopp did (a hit rate that needs to be in the high 90s percentile). The last time a Dutch club won the CL was in 1995 (which means beating the likes of Real/PSG/Munich). Slots turn to turn us from doubters to believers. Time will tell.

He is not what LFC needs at this time! He has a playing style that will expose the LFC already poor defence. If he can’t beat Mourinho’s team it just means he has no clue how to play against a low block side, a system played by lots of PL teams. He don’t need someone similar to Klopp. We need someone similar to Arteta or even Pep’s system. Strong defence and players stay in good form until the end of the season. We have players who can play these systems now. Slot is unfortunately destined to fail! Next year, this time we will still have bad defence, poor scoring and exhausted players! Terrible decision to have Slot!

It's strange Dutch coaches in the premier league haven't been very successful because they have been some very good Dutch coaches. Then again; not as strange no English manager ever winning the PL.

Sounds like an shoein to me, I really want Pep L to stay if possible, he's done an amazing job with JK. Heck I wouldn't mind if he were the manager to be honest, I really think he's been a key ingredient to making the club a great place to be. Whoever comes in they will get my 💯 backing. I know that they will be welcomed and we will expect the best from them but we will give them one of the best fan bases in the game. You don't need to win trophies, just the Kop and our hearts. I will never forget JK but it's the right time for him, I'm personally excited for the future, but we still need to complete this season first. YNWA.

Here’s an idea, since Klopp isn’t moving to a new club anytime soon if at all, Jürgen might’ve been asked to shed his light on Slot? I might be wrong, but it doesn’t seem far fetched either, does it?

Great insight 😊

What Slot has done at Feyenoord is more impressive then Ten Hag’s time at Ajax, and this comes from an Ajax fan. He is a great manager with a lot of tactical depth. My only concern is if he can translate his man management skills because of the language barrier.

Thanks guys

No real champions league experience too he only played like 4 games in it! Even Schreuder managed to do that, in the same fashion too!

the fact that liverpool opened with 9 and the supposed final number was 11 explains why the talk with tottenham flamed out. there's no way levy would have coughed that up.

Why can we not have pep lingard he knows the club players fans and how we work it makes a lot of sense to me

The slander on Eric ten hag is very disrespectful for the so called journalists he speak very direct english and not sugar coating. To say he doesn't communicate his ideas to his players is delusional. They can say he is not charming but he command good english as his second language and very charming

Every club was trying to recruit Michael Edwards and his team .

Obviously not the first choice or probably the second but he must be given a chance good luck to him

great work guys, interesting podcast

The problem with the prem is that no matter who you are, if you are linked to one of the big three, your expected to win everything…

Ornstein - Unless I'm talking, I'm not interested

Liverpool does not need any special manager head coach going forward. all what they need is to secure the service of Olise from C Palace and further the service of the best-selling RB who can defend, attack and desposs the opponent. that will be the end of their plight. but to start flagging Zobos as easily as now is seem being unfairly witchhunting because he is the best player by all standards. believe you me, my suggestions will bring joy to the club I

Frank De Boer Ruud Gullit Koeman Advocat Luis van gaal Rene Meulensteen Ten Haag Martin Jol GOOD LUCK

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst won Feyenoord their first Eredivisie in 18 years. His next head coach job was at Rangers where he got sacked after a year. Frank De Boer won 4 Eredivisie titles with Ajax and followed that up with a 14-game tenure for Inter Milan and a 5-game tenure for CRYSTAL PALACE. Steve McClaren won FC Twente the Eredivisie, and what has he ever achieved as manager in elite football? Let's not forget what Erik Ten Hag's 3 Eredivisie titles have done for him in the Premier League. The Dutch league is not where Liverpool Football Club should be looking for their successor to Klopp. I am not optimistic at all for the next few years.

Just seen Michael Owen having an interview at Anfield!

I said the appointment was underwhelming. But I know nothing about him. I trust Michael Edwards.

Eric ten Hag doesn't communicatie as well as Slot does in Dutch. I don't think that Ten Hags lacklustre communication is net (completely) due to his command of the English language.

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I've no idea if he's the right man but he's what we've got because Klopp has dropped us in the shit not seeing out his contract. We should cut our losses and get him to take over straight away.

Slot was 17th on liverpool's replacement list for Klopp and now every Liverpool fan and his dog are saying how amazing he lol

Ive only ever saw him against rome in the final of the icecream cup or whatever its the name fifa gives to that bs cup; anyhow he did seem pretty solid , best of luck, that's going to be a tough tough job

looks like fayd-rutha from dune after a few pies

Who ever takes klopps place has very big shoes to fill hope who ever takes klopps place want want to change the way we play love our club players and fan's and most of all love love love klopp wish he would change his mind and I don't think we should not sell our number 9 love all our team x and x ❤️ x ❤️ x ❤️

This is the same conversation amd similar comments to Ten Hag moving to united. It's not going to be easy for him, and as a united fan I hope he struggles on the pitch but not in life

Is David alright? He seemed a bit off in this.

Gaurantee he'll bring liverpool down the table with his tactics...

ETH can speak english words. But understanding his sentences is another question. 😂

When Feyenoord won the title Feyenoord had a lot of bad refs and VAR RULINGS, also this season, we say VAR = VOLGENS AMSTERDAMSE REGELS so refs have special guide lines to help the amsterdam team and if they can't win PISVEE has to win the title, also when PISVEE won instead of VAN GAAL's AZ, as amsterdam got 1 goal short, also in 2019-20 as you mentioned the amsterdam team got awarded 1st place, but AZ had an EASIER Schedule and the amsterdam team had a LOSING streak

David ornstein reading a story on arne slot, over explained his answer 😴😴 and didnt pay full attention to adams next answer ..

Why does he look like that Dune Villain

I think hell slot in nicely ❤

It’s a massive gamble. They chose a coach who can work with low budgets. FSG always talked big but we had small squads with players playing out of position to fill in the gaps.

Smart money says it goes the same way Arsenal and Utd went. Can't wait!

Dutch De Zerbi

They bought Mats Wiefer for €350.000,- Euro. Two years later he is worth 18 million

He likes wingers ok but what about defenders and, of course, the engine room!? "Football is a simple game complicated by the likes of you people!"

He looks like a kid in a sweet shop.

No. Liverpool so close. Klopp made a massive mistake announcing his retirement. It’s not a retirement really as he is manoeuvring for a job elsewhere in 6 months time. You can put money on that. He should have kept it confidential as its destabilised the team. So close to winning the PL and a lesson for other managers.

The poor man's Frank de Boer.