All this talk about Cesc Fabregas, Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso being in some secret queue for the Liverpool job just doesn’t stack up with how the club actually runs these days. It makes for good forum chatter, but when you strip the emotion out, the most likely outcome is still pretty simple: Arne Slot is in post, and he’ll be given a proper crack at it.
Fabregas And Gerrard: Nice Names, No Chance
The idea of Cesc Fabregas as Liverpool manager feels more like a social media fantasy than anything grounded in reality. Even if someone did speak to him at some point, there’s pretty much zero chance of him ending up in the Anfield dugout any time soon. It doesn’t fit the way the club works, or the level of risk FSG tend to accept with big decisions.
Then there’s the Gerrard stuff. As a player, he’s a giant. As a manager at the elite end, his stock is low. That’s just where it is right now. FSG have been far too clear-headed and business-minded over the years to suddenly throw their biggest asset at a sentimental punt, however much we all love him. If they were going to go down the nostalgia route, they might as well ring Kenny Dalglish again, and nobody really believes that’s happening either.
The Alonso Assumption Doesn’t Quite Add Up
Putting Alonso straight in as “next Liverpool manager with no interim” only really works if you imagine a world where everyone has already agreed everything months in advance and just pretends nothing is happening. That would mean Slot quietly knowing he’s finished, Real Madrid knowing Alonso is leaving at the end of the season, and all parties happily playing along for seven months.
In reality, what’s in it for any of them to do that? Managers want clarity, clubs want stability, and uncertainty rarely helps performances. It feels like people are connecting dots they want to see, rather than dots that are genuinely there.
Slot Is Here Now, So Let Him Build
Slot is the one actually in the job, and come the summer it makes far more sense that he’s still in charge. Between now and then, he’ll have the chance to show progression, get more of his ideas onto the pitch and earn at least the start of next season to see how it really looks with a bit of bedding-in time.
Alonso is a fantastic story for Liverpool fans, but right now his season isn’t miles away from what Arne is doing, and he’s already turned the club down once. Strip out the emotion and history, and there’s no obvious reason to treat him as a guaranteed upgrade. For now, the sensible approach is backing the manager we’ve actually got, rather than planning for a future that might never arrive.
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