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However, after Xabi Alonso was ruled out last month, Ruben Amorim had seemed like a pretty good bet.

The 39-year-old was reportedly nailed on for an interview at the very least as he looks set to guide Sporting to a second Portuguese title in four years.

However, somewhere along the line things took a turn for Amorim.



Arne Slot emerged as the front-runner on Tuesday and Liverpool are now pushing to agree a deal with Feyenoord.

Well, that has hopefully now been cleared up.

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The first sign that Amorim may not be the man Liverpool wanted to replace Klopp came on Monday.

After news that the Sporting boss was flying to England emerged, it seemed as though he was likely meeting with the Reds.

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However, it was later revealed that Amorim was speaking to West Ham, not Liverpool.

And according to Portuguese journalist Pedro Sepulveda, Liverpool’s reluctance to go with Amorim was solely down to his wage demands.

“LFC informed Ruben’s Amorim agent that they will not pay £10 million net per year and the Portuguese coach doesn’t want to accept less than that,” Sepulveda writes on X.

“The deal can collapse.

No chance to go to West Ham.”

Even if Liverpool can’t work out something with Feyenoord for Slot, it seems unlikely that Amorim would come back into the frame.

If this is indeed the way things panned out with the former Benfica midfielder, then it isn’t a good look for him at all.

Of course, he’s still an incredibly gifted coach who will land on his feet somewhere.

Perhaps we’ll never know.

If it does go sideways for the Feyenoord manager, it would be interesting to see which way the Reds turn.
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