Zinedine Zidane Among Five Candidates to Replace Arne Slot Amid Liverpool’s Crisis

Zinedine Zidane is currently being linked with Liverpool in England after pressure on Arne Slot reached fever pitch amid the team's worst run of results this season.

The most prominent nominations, in order:

• Zinedine Zidane (No Club)
• Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace coach)
• Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth coach)
• Julian Nagelsmann (Germany coach)
• Jurgen Klopp (No Club)

In September Liverpool looked unstoppable under Slot — 7 consecutive victory across all competitions including 2-1 Carabao Cup win over Southampton had created optimism about title challenge in 2025 /26.

But just month later, the team’s form has collapsed dramatically:

• Four consecutive Premier League defeats
• A shock Champions League loss to Galatasaray
• Latest setback: 2-3 defeat to Brentford last Saturday

The run has left Liverpool drifting from the top four and sparked growing sense of unrest among supporters .. many of whom now question whether Slot can reverse the slide.

Ironically .. Liverpool’s next opponent is Crystal Palace led by Oliver Glasner the current betting favourite to replace Slot.

A poor result on Wednesday could accelerate discussions inside Anfield about potential change.

Khaled Hegazy |

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