Liverpool have been instructed that Roberto De Zerbi can be an ideal match to exchange Arne Slot ought to the Dutchman depart the membership.
The ex-Brighton supervisor is presently in control of Marseille, who will face the Reds within the Champions League on Wednesday night time, stay on talkSPORT.
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Slot is going through rising strain at Anfield with the Reds struggling this season following his facet’s Premier League title win final time period.
Liverpool sit fourth within the top-flight, 14 factors behind leaders Arsenal, and eleventh within the Champions League league part desk.
They have not misplaced a single sport since November 26, however regardless of the upturn in outcomes, performances have nonetheless been criticised with six attracts amassed from the 12-game undefeated run.
And questions have been raised over whether or not Slot is the person to steer the Reds ahead and problem for extra trophies.
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Ex-midfielder Xabi Alonso has been tipped to doubtlessly take over from the Dutchman, whereas Steven Gerrard has given his ideas on taking the hotseat at his previous stomping floor.
Nonetheless, former Chelsea striker and talkSPORT common, Tony Cascarino, has now thrown De Zerbi’s identify within the hat.
“I would like Arne Slot to attempt to flip this season round,” Cascarino clarified stay on talkSPORT. “They’re fourth however they’ve not performed anyplace close to like final yr.
“I would like him to attempt to flip issues round in Europe too…but when there was ever a emptiness and De Zerbi was obtainable, I would know what I might wish to do if I used to be Liverpool.
“That will be one supervisor I will surely have a look at as a result of he hasn’t had the funds and switch skill to purchase a number of the greatest gamers in Europe and he overachieves together with his groups.
“That is what he did with Brighton and he is doing it with Marseille.
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“There shall be golf equipment that can have a look at him, Marseille are third for the time being and this season have drawn with PSG twice.
“There was a lot of good indicators of enchancment from the membership.”
‘Very Klopp-like’
De Zerbi grew to become Marseille supervisor after leaving Brighton in the summertime of 2024 and he has made a huge effect.
The Italian boss has taken cost of 63 video games in all competitions since his arrival, profitable 37 of them and solely shedding 19.
He’s getting the most effective out of former Premier League stars on the membership, with Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri highlighting him as ‘the most effective coaches on the planet’ forward of his mortgage transfer to France.
Cascarino continued to pile reward on De Zerbi too, and has likened his aggressive play-style to iconic Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp.
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“De Zerbi may be very Klopp-like, the way in which he units up his crew, the way in which they play,” he defined. “Every part about them is to get targets.
“You suppose that [he’s doing that] with gamers like Hojbjerg from Tottenham, Angel Gomes from Man United, Emerson from Chelsea and West Ham and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.”
Liverpool missing depth
Liverpool underneath Klopp have been the most effective urgent groups on the planet, however issues have strayed away from that with Slot.
And Cascarino is nervous about them enjoying in opposition to De Zerbi’s Marseille on Wednesday, as they play just like the Reds used to.
“Liverpool should get the victory, will probably be robust on the market as a result of Marseille play with excessive depth,” he stated.
“And one factor that Liverpool have not had sufficient of this yr is depth, which they skilled underneath Klopp and in sure intervals of final season.
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“They’ve misplaced it a bit this season, they are often flat at instances, they could be a little bit extra slower from midfield into the forwards and so they’ve had an enormous variety of accidents.
“The competitors is demanding, with extra video games, there’s jeopardy concerned… it is a massive ask to go there and get the kind of victory and efficiency that is required.”
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Liverpool are in France to tackle De Zerbi’s spectacular Marseille facet within the Champions League on Wednesday night time.
Kick-off within the league part conflict is scheduled for 8pm.
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