Arne Slot confirmed he was never fit to manage Liverpool with stunning comment | OneFootball

Slot has to do both at Liverpool, and he's not succeeded at all. It was obvious that despite the successful start during the beginning of his reign, he was not quite the right fit.

The first sign of that was immediately after his first competitive game against Ipswich Town.

Slot hooked off Jarell Quansah at half-time after he struggled in the first-half against Liam Delap. This was something we had not really seen from a Liverpool head-coach.

After the full-time whistle, Slot decided to single out Quansah in his post-match press conference with a stunning comment.

"First thing I said - we don't have to speak about tactics if you lose so many duels," he said.

"Jarell lost every duel, many of us lost too many duels. We needed Konate to win the long balls for the number nine. That gave us control.

"They put so much energy in the first half, keeping fighting, playing all over the pitch 1 vs 1, I don't think they could keep up that tempo in the second half."

These were unusual comments from a Liverpool head-coach. Many though celebrated it at the time. It was seen as Liverpool now having a more ruthless side.

It always sat wrong with me. The context is that Slot here was calling out a young player, probably one of Liverpool's best academy graduates at the time, publicly in the media.

Young players need nurture and support. Something Jurgen Klopp provided aplenty during his time at the club.

Slot though never seem to grasp this element. His management of the club's young talent has been very poor to say the least, and that can be overlooked when the results on the pitch are a success.

But when those results aren't coming, it's harder to ignore when so much of Liverpool's financial security depends on promoting young players.

Ultimately, it was from the beginning that Slot made it clear he wasn't quite the right fit to manage Liverpool. The 21 wins in his last 42 matches is just confirmation of that.