Liverpool manager Arne Slot has been told what he should tell owners FSG, with the Dutchman set to go under review for his performance at Anfield this season.
On BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club, former Everton star Phil Jagielka explained how Slot could convince FSG to keep him at the club for another season.
Jagielka says the former PSV manager should request up to two centre-back signings, plus a new forward if they want an improvement on the 2025-26 season. Slot has overseen 15 defeats in charge of Liverpool this campaign.
“If Arne Slot walked in there and said, ‘give me next season,’ he says, ‘give me a centre-half or two, give me a strike force that is fit, and you will see a different team,’” Jagielka said.
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He continued: “Whether that will make a difference or not [for FSG]… but I think that is what he will argue.
“They should have got a centre-half in the summer and didn’t. They have not had [Alexander] Isak; OK, he wasn’t playing great before he got injured, but they have not had him.
“Obviously, we know the news that [Mohamed] Salah won’t be there next season, so that could be a slightly different formation, or maybe a bit less of a headache of how to play him.
“I think if you are Arne Slot and are going in to speak to your board, that is how you sell, I won’t say the dream, but you say sign me three players, a couple of defenders and maybe another forward option, and he’d probably back himself.
“He might class himself as being a bit unlucky or naive not getting another defender, but they are two positions where they have struggled.”
Arne Slot is in no position to demand anything after wasting £460million transfer budget
Liverpool will definitely see a return on the £460m spent to bring the likes of Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike to the club, but the way Slot has managed his players since FSG sanctioned a record summer transfer budget leaves the 47-year-old in no position to make any demands.
Based on the current reports, Slot is in grave danger of losing his job following Liverpool’s 4-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter final on Saturday.
Calls for Xabi Alonso to replace Slot have only intensified since the weekend while major reporters have now started laying the groundwork for Slot to be sacked after the PSG depending on the result.
