Fabrizio Romano shares big update on Arne Slot’s Liverpool future

The 2025-26 season at Liverpool has caused questions to be asked about several members of their squad.

Arne Slot's future has been under scrutiny while some of his players have also had fans turn on them.

Most people thought that the Anfield outfit would run away with the Premier League title this season due to the quality of players that they chose to bring in.

However, due to injuries and a lack of cohesion among Slot's first-team squad, Liverpool are now sixth in the Premier League with no chance of winning the title.

As mentioned, Slot's future isn't guaranteed with fans only demanding the best from their team, so, it's hardly a surprise to see that Fabrizio Romano has shared an update on the Dutchman's future.

Arne Slot's job depends on one thing happening at Liverpool this season

It's clear that Liverpool have been far from their best this term.

The Anfield outfit have struggled against teams that they should have easily beat which has caused fans to question whether Slot is the right man to take them forward.

That is, despite the fact that he managed to bring the Premier League title back to Anfield at the first time of asking.

And now, ahead of the 2026-27 campaign, fans are wondering what the future has in store for the former Feyenoord boss with Romano sharing his thoughts on the situation.

"For Arne Slot, the situation is quite clear. Obviously being in Champions League next season would be absolutely crucial for Liverpool," Romano said via his YouTube channel.

"So that would also help Arne Slot arriving to the end of the season in a more relaxed situation with the club.

"Otherwise, if Liverpool will not be in the Champions League next season, and let’s see what kind of Champions League second part of the season now they will do. I think this could bring Liverpool into an important review in the summer.

"So now the full focus is on the pitch is on Champions League on the opportunity to win a trophy of course would be massive for Liverpool.

"Then in the summer review of the club let’s see if Liverpool will be in Champions League next season or not and that’s going to be one of the factors to decide on Arne Slot.

"So I expect the club at the end of the season to meet owners board management all together decide what they want to do. At the moment they’ve always been protecting Arne Slot even in difficult moments around October November when the situation was really complicated.

"They’ve always been backing the manager so always showing the trust, but then at the end of the season there will be an internal review and we will see."

Arne Slot must focus all of his attention on winning the Champions League for Liverpool

If Liverpool don't win the Champions League this season, Slot's job is clearly going to be under some major scrutiny.

Indeed, the Reds also have the FA Cup to fight for but, if given the choice, I'm sure that every fan involved with the club would rather win the Champions League.

Alexander Isak is likely to return to action by the end of March which means that, if Liverpool can get through their round of 16 game, the Sweden international will be back to lead their attacking line.

There's also a lot resting on their Champions League outings as, at the moment, they're sitting outside of the Premier League's top four spots.

Missing out on Champions League football is also likely to hinder Liverpool's chances of signing their main transfer targets in the summer as most, if not all of them will only join a team if they're part of Europe's premium competition.

So, if Slot doesn't put everything he has into winning the Champions League this term, it's hard to see how Michael Edwards and FSG would want to keep him around.

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