Arne Slot already confirmed talks with Liverpool owners and Richard Hughes as pressure grows

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Sporting director Richard Hughes was adamant that the Dutchman was the right man to lead Liverpool following Jurgen Klopp’s transformative reign, and for the best part of a year, it seemed he was right. The Reds’ boss revealed last year that he is in regular contact with Hughes, while he will also occasionally speak to Michael Edwards and the club’s owners.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes (Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) "[Contact] is not on a daily basis but it is the same every month," Slot said last year. "I have had a very good relationship from the start with Richard, which is one of the reasons why I loved to join the club.

"I have talked about the fans and the players we have, but if the relationship with the sporting director is not the best you will not go — but it was the contrary of that because I had a good feeling from the start about the person and definitely about the professional. Of course, sometimes there is a bit of contact with the others (FSG) but there is a clear hierarchy and I speak mostly to Richard." Slot’s task doesn’t get any easier, and having received criticism for fielding a significantly weakened squad against Palace on Wednesday, the pressure to pick up a win this weekend has been amped up.