Liverpool's surprise choice to replace Arne Slot makes so much sense | OneFootball

Arne Slot simply has to go and there could be a brilliant but surprise choice to replace him at Liverpool.

Brighton was the latest indictment of a truly terrible season for the Reds. Not only a season but a year of football, where apart from the odd moment like against Galatasaray, Liverpool have been a shadow of themsleves.

Slot's style of play was never really entertaining.However, at least in the beginning it got results. Now, that the results are not coming, the games are becoming harder to watch.

Less Liverpool fans are tuning into the matches week in, week out. It's so bleak that Liverpool don't look likely to make Champions League qualification next season,

Ultimately, football is a game of entertainment. Big corporations might have turned it into a business of results but the bigger indictment is the lack of excitement. When entertainment dies, so does the business and Liverpool are heading towards massive losses if things are not rectified.

The reality is that Liverpool have a plethora of exciting players, they should be playing a lot better - and that is an understatement. They should be playing a million times better.

It's why Slot has to go. Liverpool need someone who can turn things around and the international break is the perfect opportunity for the Reds to fix things.

There's still things to play for and a change could inspire an exciting run that may result in silverware. Paris Saint Germain and Manchester City stand in Liverpool's way, two mighty opponents in the Champions League and FA Cup respectively, but it's not impossible for the Reds to go through.

If change can be made, who comes in though?

The likelihood remains that Liverpool won't hire a permanent manager if Slot has to go. Until the end of the season, it will either be Slot or someone coming in as an interim.

Steven Gerrard will be a candidate for that interim role. However, a surprise choice could be someone who is already employed by the club and working in the shadows.

Someone who has quietly done an excellent job at Liverpool since being appointed.

Rob Page took over Liverpool's U21 side at the start of this season, and since then the has improved tremendously at this level.

The former Wales international manager, has given a new lease of life to the likes of Kieran Morrison and has made Liverpool into a dominant force.

Last season, Liverpool were struggling in Premier League 2 but this time around the Reds have been brilliant and they are currently fifth on the table having not lost only one game since November.

In that period they have scored an incredible amount of goals and have played really entertaining football.

They've defeated Arsenal 7-0, recently thrashed Wolves 5-0 and are definitely more entertaining than the first-team right now.

With such impressive work, and also experience at senior level in the past managing Wales, Page will and absolutely deserves to be a surprise candidate to replace Slot, if he is fired before the end of the season.

And who knows, Page may just be willing to give some of Liverpool's talented youngsters more chances on the pitch, too, if he is appointed.

It could be a brilliant decision, and one that galvanises this club and gives Liverpool an exciting end to the campaign.