{"id":602270,"date":"2025-11-29T23:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/602270\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T23:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:53:25","slug":"fsg-decide-on-jurgen-klopps-return-to-liverpool-as-major-speculation-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/602270\/","title":{"rendered":"FSG decide on Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s return to Liverpool as major speculation continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2-Insets-17-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Liverpool owner John Henry with Jurgen Klopp inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764460402_709_2f351e28fc88420b1a94b5bbb907d2dc\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Evan Lloyd\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 29 November 2025 22:30, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Arne Slot is under huge pressure at Liverpool, with the coming weeks set to prove key for the Dutchman\u2019s future at Anfield.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/liverpool-are-unhappy-at-all-levels-amid-big-michael-edwards-and-richard-hughes-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Questions are being asked of Slot at Liverpool<\/a>, with the Reds having lost three consecutive games, and nine of the last 12.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> champions will travel to take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/west-ham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham<\/a> on Sunday, in a match that could well decide the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/feyenoord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feyenoord<\/a> boss\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n<p>In all likelihood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/when-liverpool-could-sack-arne-slot-the-fans-have-seen-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slot will have until Christmas to turn around Liverpool\u2019s season<\/a>, with decision-makers at Anfield reluctant to forget last season\u2019s achievements, but pressure is growing by the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/arne-slot-must-axe-absolute-nightmare-vs-west-ham-to-avoid-liverpool-sack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slot is expected to drop Ibrahima Konate for the game against West Ham<\/a>, with the defender in woeful form of late.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imago1064802185-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Slot in the dugout at Liverpool\" class=\"wp-image-777821\" \/>Credit: ImagoFSG keen to avoid \u2018all-powerful manager\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/revealed-the-chances-of-jurgen-klopps-return-to-liverpool-amid-arne-slot-worries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jurgen Klopp has been handed strong odds of replacing Slot<\/a>, should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> decide to dismiss the Dutchman. <\/p>\n<p>The German is currently head of global football at Red Bull, after leaving the Reds 18 months ago. <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old said he was running out of energy when he left, with his nine years at Anfield seeing his team win numerous major honours. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/John-Henry-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool owner John Henry hugs a player\" class=\"wp-image-777994\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/jurgen-klopp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klopp<\/a> has since confirmed that he is not interested in a return to management for now, but should that attitude remain when Liverpool are in need, it remains to be seen. <\/p>\n<p>The Reds themselves may not actually be interested in pursuing their former manager, however, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/nov\/28\/transfer-strategy-arne-slot-liverpool-to-brendan-bad-levels#:~:text=That%20is%20worth%20considering%20as,had%20that%20been%20the%20plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported on Friday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/arne-slot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slot<\/a> works differently from how Klopp did, in the sense that, while the Dutchman has a say in transfers, he merely works within a system put in place by owners Fenway Sports Group (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/fsg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FSG<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFSG does not want an all-powerful manager in charge,\u201d Andy Hunter wrote. \u201c[Michael] Edwards would in all likelihood have not agreed to return to the club in March 2024 had that been the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot has six games to save his job<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will hope that Sunday\u2019s game, against 17th-placed West Ham, will provide a strong opportunity to get back to winning ways. <\/p>\n<p>Meetings with high-flying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a>, relegation-threatened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/leeds-united-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/inter-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter Milan<\/a> will follow in December. <\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>Liverpool \u2013 fixtures<\/td>\n<td>Date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Ham (A)<\/td>\n<td>30 Nov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunderland (H)<\/td>\n<td>3 Dec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leeds United (A)<\/td>\n<td>6 Dec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Inter Milan (A)<\/td>\n<td>9 Dec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brighton (H)<\/td>\n<td>13 Dec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tottenham (A)<\/td>\n<td>20 Dec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>And before Christmas, Liverpool will take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/brighton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brighton<\/a> before travelling to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to take on fellow strugglers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Anything less than three or four wins from those six would surely see Slot dismissed, with Liverpool running out of time to save their season.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sat 29 November 2025 22:30, UK Arne Slot is under huge pressure at Liverpool, with 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