Liverpool are waiting for world-class coach to replace Arne Slot

Liverpool might just be waiting for a world-class coach to enter the picture.

Why haven't the Reds sacked Arne Slot? If a 50% win rate wasn't enough in 2025, three wins since late August in the Premier League and just four wins in the club's first 10 matches of the 2026 calendar year.

Slot's on one of the worst runs in the club's entire history. He doesn't seem to have a clue how to turn things around. The performances are worse and worse every week.

There just simply isn't any redeeming quality to his style of football. Yet somehow Liverpool persist with him.

At least publically he seems to have the backing of the boardroom. The roundtable talk with Billy Hogan and Richard Hughes was confirmation of that last week.

But is that really true behind the scenes? Are Liverpool really fully behind him after everything that has happened on the pitch this season?

We cannot fully know the answer. But there is an alternative scenario where Liverpool are merely publicly backing him but behind the scenes perhaps something else is going on.

The club may already be preparing for his successor.

But what if that successor is not available right now? What if that successor is only available in the summer so Liverpool have to wait?

This could be entirely possible. The most perfect candidate to replace Slot might be Julian Nagelsmann, who won't be leaving his role as manager of Germany until the World Cup concludes in North America.

Nagelsmann is the ideal fit because he has very similar principles to Jurgen Klopp, just with a more modern hint.

He is also a young and developing manager with world-class potential. In fact, given his achievements in the game at Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, FC Hoffenheim and now the German national team, you'd probably already call him world-class.

Nagelsmann is only 38-years-old but he already has so much experience for someone of his age. His methods are extremely effective and despite Germany not having a great squad, they will be one of the favourites because of Nagelsmann at the World Cup.

What makes the German such an ideal fit is that he comes from the pressing mindset. He was someone who admired Jurgen Klopp's style of play and who always implemented successful gegenpressing systems.

Right now, Liverpool's lack of pressing is a massive issue. Slot just doesn't seem to be able to introduce a press that works effectively. It's all over the place.

Nagelsmann has a track-record of doing this at international and club level. He has worked at more teams than Slot and more importantly he has worked with several of the club's current stars, including Dominik Szoboszlai, Ibrahima Konate and Florian Wirtz.

He's the perfect candidate, and waiting for him might make sense.

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