Topic: LFC's next manager - chat and informed speculation

[careful on these streets, I've heard stories]

I know the Dutch are notoriously direct and don't fuck about but I sure hope he had the go ahead from the top brass to let that one slip out

The Feyenoord fans need to say their own goodbyes same as we're doing for Klopp now. Its a two way street.

[gjr1]

Looking forward to see what he can do.

Onwards and upwards.

[Irishred1]

I am looking at it as a sign of confidence. The Slot says what he wants when he wants.

[Mighty_Red]

If Feyenoord had two games left, then they could have said that, but their last home game is Sunday, its his last presser today, so we can't act like pricks and say "don't say a word". Its disrespectful to Slot and Feyenoord to expect him to say nothing.

Klopp won't be arsed anyway, he knows Sunday will be all about him, he knows Slot is the new manager, the players all know, we all knew.

This is more in response to people thinking that Arne shouldn't be saying anything now. I don't have a big problem with it, but its upto to the club to coordinate announcements etc if they want it done a certain way. If not people will just do what they think is right

[kop306]

my guess is we will announce slot on monday

his press conference will probably be done when the players report back for pre-season

[TepidT2O]

my guess is we will announce slot on monday

his press conference will probably be done when the players report back for pre-season

Exactly.

We’ve really got to be careful to not just get annoyed when he doesn’t do what Klopp would have done.  He isn’t Klopp.  He will do it his way, for better or for worse

[SamLad]

This is more in response to people thinking that Arne shouldn't be saying anything now. I don't have a big problem with it, but its upto to the club to coordinate announcements etc if they want it done a certain way. If not people will just do what they think is right

what makes you think they didn't?

[Samie]

At this moment in time technically he's jobless. Feyenoord have announced he's going and LFC haven't announced anything yet.   

[zero zero]

Nah. Why is he announcing that he is joining us before the club? He could have just confirmed that he is leaving and that's it. I think it shows a lack of class imo.

We've known about this for weeks. Doesn't make any difference to anything.

Klopp is still in a job and these next couple of days should be just about Klopp and only Klopp. I can't believe that we would have given him permission to announce it before announcing it ourselves. It makes no sense to me. 

He's a Feyenoord employee

Some people 

[rob1966]

At this moment in time technically he's jobless. Feyenoord have announced he's going and LFC haven't announced anything yet.   

Arne's a doley

[Samie]

Arne's a doley

AND Bald. Jobless baldy.

[newterp]

I mean the mentalists response is so bizarre.  Everyone knows he’s joining us.  Everyone. He formally needs a chance to say he’s leaving Feyenord.
People can be such twats sometimes

[Dim Glas]

Nah. Why is he announcing that he is joining us before the club? He could have just confirmed that he is leaving and that's it. I think it shows a lack of class imo. Klopp is still in a job and these next couple of days should be just about Klopp and only Klopp. I can't believe that we would have given him permission to announce it before announcing it ourselves. It makes no sense to me.

BVB had already officially announced Tuchel when Kloppo was still there. It’s just football.

Yeah, its sort of wild how keen Slot is to talk about it before it’s official by LFC, but I’m not sure Jürgen is that arsed to be honest 

[Racer]

Nah. Why is he announcing that he is joining us before the club? He could have just confirmed that he is leaving and that's it. I think it shows a lack of class imo. Klopp is still in a job and these next couple of days should be just about Klopp and only Klopp. I can't believe that we would have given him permission to announce it before announcing it ourselves. It makes no sense to me.

I completely agree, he can’t stop talking about Liverpool, it’s been going on for weeks. It all seems a bit distasteful and certainly not the Liverpool way, just wait until Jurgen has left the room, that should be the minimum requirement. Having said that he seems to have something about him, and I wish him good luck.

[jillcwhomever]

Is a manager not allowed to be excited about joining Liverpool? 

[Qston]

Is a manager not allowed to be excited about joining Liverpool? 

It seems not Jill

[Caston]

Some bizarre people in this thread

[killer-heels]

Is a manager not allowed to be excited about joining Liverpool? 

I guess its because its new, never really happens the way its happened. Also quite positively he will no doubt tell us which players we will be buying, quite up for that

[TepidT2O]

Is a manager not allowed to be excited about joining Liverpool? 

He’s genuinely made up to be joining us.  That’s great! 

[jillcwhomever]

He’s genuinely made up to be joining us.  That’s great!

I hope he is, if only to overcome some of the gloom on here.

[kennedy81]

I get the feeling that Slot is going to wind a lot of people up in the coming years. Which will be great fun as long as results are good. I'm warming to him already.

[Andar]

'The series — Bij Andy in de Auto — sees the ex-Everton man drive round in his car with some famous faces from the world of football.

Slot got involved back in January as the pair took a ride around the Netherlands before pulling up outside Slot's house in the city of Zwolle, around 146km from Rotterdam. Van der Meyde poked fun at Slot, saying: "What a shack man. You can buy nice things with those $2.2m (£1.7m/€2m) per year at Feyenoord."

It is unclear how much Slot will earn at Anfield but he decided to have the last laugh as he left the car. Turning to Van der Meyde, he said: "I really enjoyed it, if only because I don’t often sit next to bald people who have even fatter heads than me"

[Samie]

I completely agree, he can’t stop talking about Liverpool, it’s been going on for weeks. It all seems a bit distasteful and certainly not the Liverpool way, just wait until Jurgen has left the room, that should be the minimum requirement. Having said that he seems to have something about him, and I wish him good luck.

Feyenoord have confirmed he's leaving and he gets asked questions from the English journos camped over in Rotterdam. What is he to do?

[rob1966]

Is a manager not allowed to be excited about joining Liverpool? 

Obviously not

[rob1966]

Feyenoord have confirmed he's leaving and he gets asked questions from the English journos camped over in Rotterdam. What is he to do?

Tell them to fuck off obviously

[afc tukrish]

Obviously not

Distasteful, really; we prefer vague disinterest...

[smutchin]

I completely agree, he can’t stop talking about Liverpool, it’s been going on for weeks. It all seems a bit distasteful and certainly not the Liverpool way, just wait until Jurgen has left the room, that should be the minimum requirement. Having said that he seems to have something about him, and I wish him good luck.

He can’t stop talking about it because people won’t stop asking him questions about it.

Not really fair to call him disrespectful when it was our side who first leaked the story. Everyone still thought we were after Amorim until 23 April, when Ornstein put it out that Amorim wasn’t our top choice, then later the same day Joyce drops Slot’s name into the mix, having been mentioned by absolutely no one at all up to that point - who do we think was briefing them? Certainly wasn’t Slot himself, who remained silent even though we must have been deep into discussion with his team by that point.

[cptrios]

Oh I'm feeling the opposite to most on here it seems. Klopp, without doubt has been my favourite thing about this club. What he has done will go down in legend.

There isn't anyone that could replace him. He was perfect for us.

However, as the great man said. It's overdue, he has no energy and he's ready to forget football for a while.

I'm truly excited to be getting someone in that's just started his journey and is full of energy. I cannot wait to see what Slot can do for our team, and I'm sure the players will be too.

I'm also excited. Still sad to see Klopp going and I wish he weren't, but I've had months to make my peace with that and like you said, you can see how little he's got in the tank. Looking at the way the team has played in the last couple of months, one can't help but feel like everyone is ready for a change.

The thing I'm most looking forward to is seeing Slot's much-lauded ability to improve players. We have a bunch of young guys with a lot of upside (Elliott, Gravenberch, Jones, Bajcetic, Bradley, Quansah) as well as a couple in Gakpo and Nunez who could theoretically be world-beaters if someone with a different approach is able to unlock their potential in a way that Klopp hasn't been able to. I mean, just imagine if he could get Nunez scoring even 25% more of his chances. There's no reason to think that Slot can't help at least a few of these players reach another level.

[CHOPPER]

I get the feeling that Slot is going to wind a lot of people up in the coming years. Which will be great fun as long as results are good. I'm warming to him already.

A slot on the landscape.

[jillcwhomever]

A slot on the landscape.

Jeez, Chopper. Stop trying to throw hints about your ruddy thread. 

[CHOPPER]

Jeez, Chopper. Stop trying to throw hints about your ruddy thread. 

Slot you on about?

[Dench57]

Turning to Van der Meyde, he said: "I really enjoyed it, if only because I don’t often sit next to bald people who have even fatter heads than me"

OK, he's won me over

[jillcwhomever]

Slot you on about?

I am trying to slot you from going on about your thread. 

[Suareznumber7]

People get upset over the dumbest things. 

[Hazell]

People get upset over the dumbest things. 

Exactly. That's the real Liverpool Way.

[Robert_B]

I'm not ready for a new manager. It feels like my wife's just left me for no reason and now I'm being thrown into a blind date the next day. It's too raw. I need to grieve.

[rob1966]

He can’t stop talking about it because people won’t stop asking him questions about it.

Not really fair to call him disrespectful when it was our side who first leaked the story. Everyone still thought we were after Amorim until 23 April, when Ornstein put it out that Amorim wasn’t our top choice, then later the same day Joyce drops Slot’s name into the mix, having been mentioned by absolutely no one at all up to that point - who do we think was briefing them? Certainly wasn’t Slot himself, who remained silent even though we must have been deep into discussion with his team by that point.

Sky have had a reporter out there for weeks pestering him, Slot said he'd seen him at his previous press conference, when he was asked about the Liverpool job

25th April, Cotterill outside the team hotel  https://www.skysports.com/football/video/30998/13122727/arne-slot-tight-lipped-on-liverpool-links

Two weeks ago, Cotterill asking if he'd got his tan in Liverpool

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/-XV0XM5oxjM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/-XV0XM5oxjM</a>

6th May - Cotterill interviewing his old neighbours  https://www.skysports.com/football/video/30998/13130439/from-rotterdam-to-liverpool-who-is-liverpool-target-arne-slot

[Red_Mist]

Can see the deal being called off now, there's no way back from this for me.

Or have I just been whooshed?

Edit: yes I believe I have

[lionel_messias]

Feyenoord have confirmed he's leaving and he gets asked questions from the English journos camped over in Rotterdam. What is he to do?

He should say

"Shtop, Shtop, this announcement is not ready!"

[Samie]

He should say

"Shtop, Shtop, this announcement is not ready!"

You want him to channel his inner Steve Mclaren?