Arne Slot says he won't be sacked if Liverpool miss Champions League

Arne Slot insists his position as Liverpool head coach is secure even if the Reds fail to qualify for the Champions League, while admitting such an outcome would be "unacceptable." Liverpool sit four points behind Chelsea and five behind Manchester United in the race for a top-five finish ahead of a crucial trip to Sunderland, and Slot pointed to the club’s decision to keep faith with Jurgen Klopp after 2022-23 as a recent precedent.

Asked if his job was on the line he said, "That is again a difficult question for me to answer because I don’t decide on my future. The only thing I do know is that it happened before, recently, and it didn’t affect the future of that manager. But that doesn’t guarantee anything, of course." He added that managers at the club are judged on more than results, with progress and the wider circumstances taken into account.

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