It seems Jurgen Klopp has already given Liverpool two names to replace Arne Slot and one of them is Steven Gerrard.<\/p>\n
Except he hasn\u2019t really. And nor has a sack agreement been reached. It\u2019s another day in the Mediawatch bunker\u2026<\/p>\n
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Slot sack agreement reached as two alternatives linger<\/p>\n
Mediawatch wrote at length about the semantics of the headline-mangling \u2018agreement reached\u2019 phrase on Wednesday<\/strong><\/a>, concluding that in big 2025 an \u2018agreement reached\u2019 is literally absolutely f*cking anything where two or more people have the same opinion on a thing.<\/p>\n Which is how we arrive at \u2018Liverpool sack agreement reached after Arne Slot disaster vs PSV\u2019 in the Express<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And of course the \u2018Liverpool sack agreement\u2019 that has been \u2018reached\u2019 is that Steve McManaman and Steven Gerrard both think that \u2018it remains \u201ctoo early\u201d to consider sacking Liverpool boss Arne Slot\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Reached an agreement\u2019 sounds a little more Potsdam than the reality of two relatively sensible men having a sensible reaction while in the same room; we don\u2019t think it merits a handshake in front of a lectern.<\/p>\n Mediawatch\u2019s eyes are then drawn to another Express<\/strong> headline: \u2018Jurgen Klopp has already given Liverpool green light to appoint \u2018fantastic\u2019 boss\u2019.<\/p>\n We\u2019re not entirely sure he still has that kind of power at Liverpool, but we suppose his words may still carry some weight.<\/p>\n Though maybe not the words he spoke in 2018 when he was still Liverpool manager, Zidane was still Real Madrid manager and Arne Slot was assistant manager at AZ. Any green light given over seven years ago will surely need a new bulb by now.<\/p>\n And then literally on the very same page, we stumble upon \u2018Jurgen Klopp has already teased Liverpool\u2019s next manager to replace Arne Slot\u2019.<\/p>\n Zidane again? No, this time it\u2019s Steven Gerrard, who Klopp endorsed four years ago when the idea of Gerrard replacing him at Liverpool was not yet utterly ludicrous.<\/p>\n That theme is repeated in the Liverpool Echo<\/strong> with their \u2018Jurgen Klopp has already told Liverpool supporters who will replace Arne Slot<\/strong><\/a>\u2018 headline.<\/p>\n He really f***ing hasn\u2019t. He was asked in December 2021 when Gerrard had not long been in charge of Aston Villa whether he thought he would one day manage Liverpool and Klopp said: \u201cOh yes I do, absolutely. I believe it will definitely happen. Good for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n And we believe that if you asked Klopp for his opinion four whole years later, he might give a rather different answer, not least because saying \u201cnot a sodding chance\u201d would have been unthinkable back in 2021.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Criminal damage<\/p>\n Sticking with the Jurgen Klopp theme, the Mirror<\/strong> have weighed in with quite the hook\u2026<\/p>\n 5 telling things Jurgen Klopp has said about Arne Slot after \u2018criminal\u2019 Liverpool start<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n You know what telling thing Jurgen Klopp definitely hasn\u2019t said? Anything about a \u2018criminal\u2019 Liverpool start. So that\u2019s a big fat lie to start with.<\/p>\n \u2018Liverpool manager Arne Slot appears to have the backing of former Reds boss Jurgen Klopp as pressure mounts on the Dutchman,\u2019 is how this piece begins, before relating all the things Klopp has said about Slot long before pressure mounted on the Dutchman.<\/p>\n It\u2019s as irrelevant as what he said about Steven sodding Gerrard in 2021.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Liverpool Arne Slot sack LIVE<\/p>\n \u2018Liverpool news LIVE: Arne Slot sack verdicts with press conference planned after PSV loss\u2019 screams the Mirror<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Was the press conference \u2013 to preview Sunday\u2019s clash with West Ham \u2013 already planned? Oh yes. Is that clear from the headline? F*** no.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The WORST Liverpool team in 72 years<\/p>\n There are lots of outlets happy to trot out the \u2018worst run in 72 years\u2019 line, which is a really lazy way of saying that Liverpool were relegated in 1953\/54 and haven\u2019t finished in the bottom half of any table since.<\/p>\n The last time Liverpool had a run as bad as this Winston Churchill was Prime Minister. 72 years. #LIVPSV<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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