{"id":548430,"date":"2025-11-04T12:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/548430\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:28:23","slug":"stefan-borson-surprised-by-arne-slot-development-at-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/548430\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefan Borson \u2018surprised\u2019 by Arne Slot development at Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arne-Slot-John-Henry-Liverpool-5-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Arne Slot looking concerned with John Henry included in a circular inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Imago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jamesmurray-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"James Murray\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Tue 4 November 2025 12:22, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Arne Slot is looking to come through his most challenging period as the Liverpool manager following a disappointing run of form.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/arne-slot-facing-pressure-at-liverpool-after-446m-summer-splurge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool backed Slot with multiple new signings<\/a> in the recent summer transfer window, with the club spending \u00a3446million. <\/p>\n<p>It is understood <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/stefan-borson-liverpool-have-made-surprising-arne-slot-contract-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have been in talks with Slot about a new contract<\/a> as his current deal is set to expire in June 2027. <\/p>\n<p>However, questions have been asked about whether that is the right move following the Reds\u2019 recent form. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/arne-slot-explains-what-is-actually-different-at-liverpool-compared-to-last-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool lost six out of seven games in all competitions<\/a>\u00a0before beating Aston Villa 2-0 on Saturday (1 November), bringing their four-game losing streak in the Premier League to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/arne-slot-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Slot on the touchline.\" class=\"wp-image-748012\" \/>Credit: ImagoLiverpool to make Arne Slot contract decision<\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City<\/a> financial adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/author\/stefanborson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stefan Borson<\/a> exclusively told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> he\u2019s been \u201csurprised\u201d by the noise surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/arne-slot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slot<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> claimed the Premier League title in the Dutch manager\u2019s first season at Anfield, having replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/jurgen-klopp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jurgen Klopp<\/a> in the summer of 2024. <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> about Liverpool\u2019s contract talks with Slot, Borson said: \u201cYou would think that everything would carry on. You would take a view and say, \u2018Well, this is just how football goes sometimes\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s quite a lot of noise. I am actually surprised by the level of general noise that sort of follows him around. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe that\u2019s the social media thing and not in the actual real fanbase, but it seems to me to be a bit over the top. I mean, of course, it\u2019s very poor in terms of losing six out of seven, but they won the title not too long ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/john-henry-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"John Henry Liverpool\" class=\"wp-image-697200\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have moved up to third in the Premier League table following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ex-refs-chief-urges-unai-emery-to-have-self-control-as-aston-villa-boss-slammed-vs-liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their victory over Aston Villa<\/a>, but they remain seven points behind league leaders Arsenal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Slot backed to turn things around at Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Borson has insisted Liverpool\u2019s recent form isn\u2019t a major issue as he backed them to turn things around. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve got fantastic players,\u201d said Borson. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still think that the players they signed this summer will turn out to be successes. I don\u2019t think personally there\u2019s any major issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/arne-slot-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool manager Arne Slot clapping his hands\" class=\"wp-image-719528\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo win the title in the first season, I think it\u2019s unfair to say it\u2019s just Klopp and you should discount it as somebody else\u2019s team. I think that\u2019s very unfair. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, to win the league is an amazing achievement.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are now preparing to take on Real Madrid at Anfield in the Champions League on Tuesday (4 November). <\/p>\n<p>For more Liverpool and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/insiderfootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaKxj144yltNlAd6Bd1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Imago\/Getty Images) Tue 4 November 2025 12:22, UK Arne Slot is looking to come through his most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1121,748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-548430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-arne-slot","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115491433578075573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}