It’s not going to be Xabi Alonso, it won’t be Unai Emery, it doesn’t look like it will be Roberto De Zerbi or Ruben Amorim.

But there is now the growing possibility that Liverpool’s next manager is going to be Arne Slot of Feyenoord.

The 45-year-old is in talks to replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield and now seems to be the frontrunner for the job.

Liverpool fans will now be desperate to know more about the Dutchman because he probably wasn’t front and centre of their thoughts when Klopp initially announced that he was going to leave.

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Look, whoever replaces the German, they are going to be in for a very, very tough gig, not just because of the pressures of managing the club, but the man you are replacing.

If it is indeed Slot, then he would join Liverpool on a high.

Is he a Liverpool-style coach and does he have the man-management skills to take over at English football’s biggest club?

Well, European football expert Kevin Hatchard was on hand to answer all those questions and how Slot is a manager who likes ‘aggression without the ball’, as he told talkSPORT (23/04/24 at 6:40 pm).

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That is right down Klopp’s street.

Obviously, there was interest in Xabi Alonso but he has distanced himself from that and Liverpool have had to look elsewhere. 

“If you look at Arne Slot and what he has done at Feyenoord, and how he has done it.

He has had success, won the Eredivisie title last season, won the Dutch Cup this time around and has had some good runs in Europe. 

“There are concerns, as there would be over any coach, because if it was Ruben Amorim and he came in from Portugal, then you would say ‘can he make that leap from the Primeira Liga?’ It’s the same with Arne Slot, it doesn’t necessarily translate into surefire success in the Premier League.

A good man manager and he has a lot of the things I could see Liverpool would want in a coach.”

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As mentioned previously, the powers that be are going for risk and not popularity – and they should be!

This is a big, big call and they can’t afford to be playing to the crowd because that isn’t going to get you anywhere other than finding a new coach in less than a year.

But you just know the Liverpool fans and the whole club, if It were to be Slot, would back him and remain patient with him.