{"id":55072,"date":"2025-11-22T20:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=55072"},"modified":"2025-11-22T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T20:01:13","slug":"new-favourite-emerges-in-liverpools-odds-to-succeed-arne-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=55072","title":{"rendered":"New Favourite Emerges in Liverpool\u2019s Odds to Succeed Arne Slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code>Liverpool\u2019s season has unravelled dramatically under Arne Slot, despite the club entering the campaign as favourites for the title. While the board is still expected to back the Dutchman\u2014who won the league in his debut season\u2014the pressure around him is undeniably increasing.<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Reports now suggest that Jurgen Klopp has become the bookmakers\u2019 leading candidate to take over should Slot depart.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp previously spent nearly nine years at Anfield, winning every major trophy before stepping down in 2024 due to feeling \u201cout of energy.\u201d He has since taken up the role of Global Head of Soccer at Red Bull, overseeing football strategy across their clubs. However, when speaking on The Diary of a CEO last month, he refused to dismiss the idea of a Liverpool return, admitting that since he vowed never to coach another English side, any comeback would have to be at Anfield. \u201cSo, yeah, theoretically it is possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Possible Replacements for Slot<\/p>\n<p>Klopp leads the odds at 4\/1, but Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner is close behind at 5\/1. The Austrian has a strong r\u00e9sum\u00e9, winning the Europa League with Frankfurt and lifting the FA Cup with Palace last season. He also boasts an impressive recent record against Liverpool, having beaten them in their last three encounters.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is third favourite. The Spaniard earned widespread praise after guiding the Cherries to ninth last season with an attacking brand of football. Despite losing several key defenders and their goalkeeper over the summer, Bournemouth have again started strongly.<\/p>\n<p>Other names linked include Unai Emery, Julian Nagelsmann and Diego Simeone.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Odds for the Next Liverpool Manager<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp (Red Bull \u2013 Global Head of Football): 4\/1<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace): 5\/1<\/p>\n<p>Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth): 6\/1<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery (Aston Villa): 12\/1<\/p>\n<p>Julian Nagelsmann (Germany): 14\/1<\/p>\n<p>Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid): 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Fabien Hurzeler (Brighton): 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Zinedine Zidane (Unattached): 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Marco Silva (Fulham): 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi (Marseille): 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid): 16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino (USA Men\u2019s National Team): 16\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool\u2019s season has unravelled dramatically under Arne Slot, despite the club entering the campaign as favourites for the title. While the board is still expected to back the Dutchman\u2014who won the league in his debut season\u2014the pressure around him is undeniably increasing. Reports now suggest that Jurgen Klopp has become the bookmakers\u2019 leading candidate to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":55006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EOTK-FeaturedHero-Image-Templates-3-11.jpg-1.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55073,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55072\/revisions\/55073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}