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"Thank you for everything coach, and best of luck for the future," Frimpong wrote.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot talks to Jeremie Frimpong(Image: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Today14:41 BSTReal Madrid back in for Ibrahima Konate Ibrahima Konate could move to Real Madrid this summer, according to AS. I think it's sudden, caught everyone off guard including Arne Slot."I was torn on Arne Slot, I must say, I would've backed any decision and I can see both sides of the argument but an elite football manager finds a way to fix Liverpool to make it better but he wasn't helped with recruitment, have anyone of them done well?"You could put that on the manager; does he need to get more out of them?
There's a lot of people to point fingers at."Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher.(Image: James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images)Today10:40 BSTVirgil van Dijk breaks players' silenceVirgil van Dijk has become the first Liverpool player to react Arne Slot publicly after the Reds fired their head coach earlier this weekend.Alongside a picture of himself and Slot after winning the Premier League title a year ago, Van Dijk wrote on his Instagram story: "We'll never forget winning the Premier League in our first season together. Slot lost his job after a dismal title defense that saw Liverpool finish fifth and secure Champions League qualification only on the season's final day.READ MOREArne Slot on the bench before Aston Villa vs Liverpool.(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Today09:55 BSTPierre Sage praisedManchester City star Rayan Cherki thinks Liverpool-linked manager Pierre Sage is a 'genius' as the Reds seek a replacement for Arne Slot.The Liverpool hierarchy is on the hunt for a new head coach after dismissing the 47-year-old following two seasons at Anfield.Despite Sage's limited first-team experience prior to his Lyon appointment, Cherki was swift to champion him.Speaking to Le Progres, he remarked: "People forget just how much of a tactical genius he is."Every match is prepared down to the millimeter.
Whoever it is that comes in to replace Arne Slot would want to bring in their own coaching staff.Arne Slot and his assistants on the Liverpool bench.(Image: Simon Stacpoole/Offside via Getty Images)Today08:35 BSTMohamed Salah claimAlan Shearer says Liverpool players including Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak will benefit from being "mentally" freed following Mohamed Salah's departure."It is a big transfer window for Liverpool on the back of a really, really frustrating season after winning the league," he said."Their recruitment last summer hasn't worked yet. The signings need to hit the ground running and do well from the off."Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak of Liverpool.(Image: Harry Langer/DeFodi via Getty Images)Today07:55 BSTEli Junior Kroupi linked Liverpool has joined Chelsea and Man City in the race to sign Eli Junior Kroupi from Bournemouth, according to teamTALK.It is suggested that the French forward would be valued at around $108 million (£80 million) after a brilliant season under Andoni Iraola.Bournemouth forward Eli Junior Kroupi.(Image: David Horton - CameraSport via Getty Images)Today07:25 BSTLuis Enrique claimPSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says his head coach, Luis Enrique, is very happy in Paris, with some Liverpool fans having put forward the theory that he might fancy replacing Arne Slot."He's very, very special," Al-Khelaifi said on TNT Sports.