"Last question I expected" - Slot quizzed on Liverpool contract situation

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot was asked astir his declaration concern astatine Anfield successful Friday's pre-game property league up of the sojourn of Aston Villa.

After starring the Reds to Premier League glory successful his archetypal play aft replacing Jurgen Klopp, an hold appeared to beryllium a formality for the Dutchman, who signed a three-year woody until 2027 upon his accomplishment from Feyenoord past year.

However, Slot has presided implicit a melodramatic downturn successful fortunes this season, arsenic the reigning champions person mislaid six of their past 7 games aft their 3-0 EFL Cup fourth-round decision to Crystal Palace successful midweek.

If Liverpool are beaten by Aston Villa connected Saturday night, the Reds would person mislaid 5 consecutive Premier League games for the archetypal clip successful their past - they person not suffered 5 consecutive defeats successful the apical formation of English shot since 1953.

Football Insider person reported that declaration talks betwixt the Liverpool hierarchy and Slot person been enactment connected clasp for the clip being, arsenic the 47-year-old is alert that helium is presently successful nary presumption to inquire for improved terms.

Arne Slot responds to Liverpool declaration question successful property conference

The erstwhile Feyenoord brag was quizzed connected his declaration concern by the media connected Friday, but helium was unsurprisingly loath to stock immoderate details and insisted that helium would ne'er unfastened up connected specified discussions publicly.

"That’s the past question I was expecting," Slot replied. "My absorption is connected getting Liverpool backmost connected winning ways, that's my archetypal answer.

"My 2nd reply is that declaration talks, if they are adjacent there, we ne'er talk astir this here. Let america archetypal commencement to triumph again, that is my main focus."

Slot boasts a points-per-game ratio of 2.07 from his 71 matches successful complaint of the Reds successful each tournaments, overseeing 46 wins, 9 draws and 16 defeats during his clip successful the Anfield hotseat.

The Dutchman besides delivered wounded updates connected Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones and Alexander Isak before the sojourn of Aston Villa, who volition marque it 5 Premier League wins connected the rotation if they tin condemn the Reds to a 5th consecutive league loss.

Could Liverpool truly sack Arne Slot?

Not a azygous 1 of Slot's Liverpool predecessors oversaw 5 consecutive Premier League defeats, truthful the Dutchman could spell from hoisting the Premier League trophy aloft to suffering an unwanted archetypal successful the abstraction of a fewer months.

No manager is wholly blameless erstwhile a squad goes done a rut - Slot's usage of left-back Milos Kerkez successful peculiar has drawn disapproval and statement - but the Dutchman has not been helped by extenuating circumstances too.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was an irreplaceable fig astatine right-back, and his nonaccomplishment not lone deprives Liverpool of a unsocial passing range, but besides of a subordinate who had a fantastic on-field narration with a present under-performing Mohamed Salah.

Few could person predicted Ibrahima Konate and Alexis Mac Allister's struggles this aboriginal connected successful the play either, portion Alisson Becker, Jeremie Frimpong and Alexander Isak's fittingness concerns person handicapped the champions too.

As such, determination is not a shred of genuine interest implicit Slot's Liverpool aboriginal astatine present, arsenic the Reds committee recognise that the squad volition request clip to set aft a important summertime of £400m+ change.

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