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Liverpool Owners Back Slot as Top-Five Push Boosts Champions League Bid

Club leaders signal a longer rebuild through fresh signings.

Overview

  • Fenway Sports Group intends to keep head coach Arne Slot for next season, according to reporting by David Ornstein.
  • Liverpool plan to recruit three to four first‑team players in the summer, with a wide forward among the priorities, Ornstein reported.
  • A 2-0 win over Fulham lifted Liverpool to fifth place and created a four-point cushion over sixth-placed Chelsea, improving their path back to the Champions League.
  • Former assistant Marino Pusic said Slot "deserves much more credit" and urged patience, pointing to the club’s few league titles in recent decades.
  • Slot won the Premier League in his first season and now faces scrutiny after a dip in results, even after last summer’s spending that Ornstein put at over £400m gross and about £150m net.