Liverpool: Report claims ‘obstacle’ may prevent FSG appointing ‘ready’ manager to replace Slot

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·9 December 2025

Liverpool: Report claims ‘obstacle’ may prevent FSG appointing ‘ready’ manager to replace Slot

According to reports, an ‘obstacle’ could prevent a manager who is supposedly ‘ready to step in’ from replacing Arne Slot at Liverpool.

Slot helped Liverpool win their 20th Premier League title at the end of last season, but he has been under immense pressure in recent months.

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The Dutchman has contributed to Liverpool’s sudden decline as he has struggled to find answers for his side’s issues following a summer of change, which has seriously hampered performances.

FSG and Liverpool’s underperforming players are also to blame, but these factors have ensured the Premier League holders have exited the title race before the New Year, slumped in the Champions League and exited the Carabao Cup.

Liverpool have lost nine of their previous 15 matches in all competitions, while they have only picked up five points from their recent games against West Ham, Sunderland and Leeds United.

Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that Slot has become one of the favourites to be the next Premier League manager sacked, though respected journalist David Ornstein has insisted that he retains backing at Liverpool.

Ornstein claimed: “Liverpool are 100% behind him [Arne Slot.

“There is no doubt in their mind at this point in time over his future.

“They are backing him to improve the form and continue the success we saw last season wholeheartedly for the time being.”

Still, Slot’s situation could change if Liverpool lose against Inter Milan and/or Brighton this week and it has been reported that club legend Steven Gerrard is ‘ready to step in’ on an interim basis.

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A potential move for Gerrard is far from simple, though.

It is claimed that this ‘obstacle’ could block Gerrard from managing Liverpool or another club until April 2026.

The report explains:

‘This is understood to provide an “obstacle” to any potential return to the Premier League, as he would be forced to pay back a lot of his earnings from his stint in Saudi Arabia. Sources have told Football Insider that Gerrard is unlikely to be able to take another job on UK shores until at least April, which marks the end of the current tax year. ‘As a result, the chances of the 45-year-old making an imminent return to a Premier League dugout are seen as unlikely, even if the possibility of an Anfield return came onto the table.’