Liverpool can now hire the PERFECT manager to replace Arne Slot | OneFootball

For a certain period of the season, there were valid arguments for not sacking Slot because there was simply no suitable alternative options.

Having delivered the league title last season, Slot had to be given more time. However, he has had enough.

All those arguments go out of the window now when you look at who is available and how bad Liverpool have been for a consistent period now.

The perfect replacement is literally right there and he can be hired right now, within seconds.

Xabi Alonso is that man. He is the manager Liverpool need, and he's the manager who not only has an impressive track-record in Europe's top five leagues but also has experience working with the club's current stars, including Florian Wirtz.

Things may not have worked out for Alonso at Real Madrid but it wasn't necessarily because he's not a good manager.

He tried to make a group of egos work harder and introduce stricter regimes which is why things ultimately backfired. The likes of Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr were never going to play his intense pressing style.

Liverpool's dressing room is different. There are egos but the club does a lot of background work on their character. First and foremost they are all team players.

That means they will be more willing to listen to Alonso's methods than the Real Madrid squad.

On top of that, if anything Slot has been a little too lax at times. The lack of intensity in training and the constant time off for the players may be negatively having an impact on Liverpool's press and work off the ball.

Alonso will introduce more training time and more work - similar to how Jurgen Klopp ran things prior to Slot.

That is exactly what Liverpool need right now. It's why Alonso is the perfect man for the job and it's why Richard Hughes and co. simply have to make that phone call and bring him to Anfield right now.