That is the way I think it’s heading, but Slot will want close to his full pay off.
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Sure he has a contract. Still I reckon it’s cheaper than continuing down the road we’re on.
I don’t think they ever did despite what Joyce and other club affiliated journalists have been parroting for some time now.
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Sorry, no way lfc agree to this.
Option 1…offer to stay until end of season…win nothing and finish outside CL qualifying plus get huge pay off…
Or we could…
Sack him now, get a new (temp) manager bounce and maybe win CL plus finish strong.
Players have downed tools already so knowing hes off at end of season isnt gonna help now.
If and its a big if he offered to step down and end of season then we say ok you might as well go now.
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Unless Hughes and Edwards are savvy enough to add in a clause with lower termination fee for not meeting KPIs…Are they savvy enough to do that though?
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I wonder what changed his mind???
Well, he is not going to walk away from millions of dollars in compensation. There will most likely be a clause activated that allows Slot to get his compensation but probably not as high as directly terminating his contract.
Slot was probably overconfident in the start of the season with all the plaudits still ringing in his ears. Once the slump came, he probably panicked and started to doubt himself. Right now, he probably knows he is struggling to cope with the demands of a very competitive league and probably knows his next job will not come as high profile as this one.
He also knows that the club is currently waiting for 1st June to pull the trigger after all the European leagues has finished their fixtures including the UCL final which in all likelihood, will see LFC players watching it on TV.
Exactly! Who the hell is gandalfsdick then?
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I can’t speak for Hughes but Edwards is. We’ve discussed it.
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Slot won* the league and he deserves his full payoff but he also deserves to be sacked for quite some time now. Can’t believe how nobody seems to have the balls to pull the trigger. The damage that’s been done in the last 6 months will be felt in the next few years.
*with Jürgens squad
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Again, that comment was not a prediction that Slot will walk. It was a rejection of the idea that leaders who have faith in themselves will necessarily stay until the bloody end. I wont repeat why because its all in the original post, but important to note here is most leaders acknowledge that their fit is based on the specifics of the situation not just their quality and we need to appreciate the job today is unfortunately now a very different one to the one he was hired for.
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I dont think he has, there are a number of factors why it’s not working for him that include probably the level of competitiveness in the premier league (and perhaps is missing his old no.2 from Holland to help with refinements) but that article talks about how the double pivot plays a key part in his system - and our options there dont appear to be suitable for what he needs them to do.
It’s the same guy.
Aren’t they both PeachesEnRegalia?
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A fucking imposter!!!
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When the club negotiates a contract with a player, it often takes a long time. Why? Because it is complex, and there will be numerous stipulations for numerous eventualities. It will all be pored over legally. It is big business.
So it stands to reason that Slot’s contract will have various mechanisms in it to part company. If Key Performance Indicators are not achieved he will be off. But I very much doubt it will be a straight sacking, with no compensation. That would only happen for some sort of egregious behavior bordering on something illegal.
It will be mutually consented, and the sum of money will be less than a full payout, but still in the millions - which would probably be worth 5 years of managing in the Dutch league to Slot, so there’s no way he falls on his sword and walks away.
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I looked it up and it would be more like 3x, not 5x. Still, the point stands. It’s a lot of money and Slot won’t walk away from it.
The club will end it, that seems fairly certain. The timing is the issue, and with PSG to face it is not happening until, at the earliest, after that tie. Even then, let’s see if we go out, and how we go out. If it is a large defeat without much fight, I think they will pull the trigger and bring Stevie in to the end of the season. If it is a narrow defeat, or if we somehow manage to advance, I think Slot will stay on to fight for the CL spot via the league.
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True. When managers are ‘sacked’ it normally means they get paid a huge sum to fuck off (often the remainder of their contact I think?). It’s just misused terminology. They have the same protection under employment law as everyone else.
I don’t expect Stevie to come in anyhow.
Especially if they want Alonso. I don’t think the U21s have any more ties so it’s probably what they may look at especially if Fulham is a loss as well.
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I named Stevie, but I hear you, the possibility of Stevie coming in, even temporarily, has its issues. Club legend, who would love to be the long term manager, or failing that, would happily be part of Alonso’s set up if we are bringing Xabi in.
So if Stevie came in, it would have to be crystal clear that it is a temporary arrangement to the end of the season. Even then it is tricky, as if he does well and we qualify for the CL, his star rises and there will be a sense that he is waiting in the wings even while a new manager comes in.
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He shouldn’t willingly resign because we’re pissed at him but because he’s proven himself to be out of his depth this season. There’s no dishonour in admitting that - it could (have) be(en) done in a way that showed he respected the club (yeah, a classic PR move but I’d take it because it would make everyone come out looking decent). He’s still young in terms of overall managerial careers, so he should be doing everything he can to come out of this with his reputation saved.
The longer he’s here, the deeper he’s sinking into the mire that this season became months ago and I think it will affect the choice of his next club. I’ve been saying for a while that I was afraid this was rich man’s 2014/15 - unlike Rodgers, though, I think that Slot has what it takes to have a better career at a club that is stronger than Celtic, especially with these two seasons under his belt, for different reasons. That said, we live in fickle times (I’m no different, I guess) and if/when PSG dish out the drubbing they promised in the first leg last year, which clubs aspiring for the top would take him then?
As for the compensation, Klopp effectively resigned but got a decent wedge for both his staff and himself (according to the end of season financial report). Again, it’s a personal choice but one I can assure you I would make.
I was just discussing Slot with one of my best mates (the one who told me half a year ago that the difference between Rodgers and Slot would boil down to Stevie slipping) and he wrote in complete exasperation that Slot was a football coach equivalent of ChatGPT: saying only the positive stuff, while being completely disconnected from reality. I told him it was one of the best jokes I’d heard so far, I just wished we hadn’t been at the receiving end of it.
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