Luis Enrique has made his stance on Liverpool clear as speculation grows that he is the club’s top choice to replace Arne Slot if the current manager is dismissed.
Liverpool’s 4-1 Champions League loss to PSV on Tuesday was their ninth defeat in 12 matches across all competitions. The poor run has dragged them out of the Premier League’s top half, and they now sit below local rivals Everton following the Toffees’ 1-0 win at Manchester United on Monday.
Slot faces a potentially decisive eight-day stretch, with away fixtures against out-of-form West Ham and Leeds before Sunderland visit Anfield on December 2.
Club legend Jamie Carragher wrote in The Telegraph that the Dutchman effectively has three games to “save his job”, insisting that earning fewer than seven points would make his position “untenable”. Liverpool rarely change managers mid-season, with only Roy Hodgson and Brendan Rodgers losing their jobs before the end of a campaign in the last 100 years.
If Slot does become the next exception, The Sun reports that Liverpool would first try to convince former boss Jurgen Klopp to return on an interim basis until the summer. Their long-term preference is said to be PSG manager Luis Enrique, who led the French side to their first Champions League triumph last season.
Enrique has long expressed an ambition to work in the Premier League. Speaking to FourFourTwo back in 2013, he said: “I’d like to manage in England one day. My wife wouldn’t love the weather—she’s from Barcelona and likes the sun—but it would depend on the club and the style of football.”
In the same interview, he admitted he had analysed Liverpool’s style under Brendan Rodgers: “I appreciate how Brendan Rodgers sees the game, and how he gets his team playing together, even though his first year at Liverpool has been challenging.”
More relevant now, though, are the remarks Enrique made in March 2025 about the Reds. PSG faced Liverpool in last season’s Champions League round of 16 and progressed on penalties after the two-legged tie finished level, with a 2-1 win at Anfield taking the aggregate score to 2-2.
Ahead of that decisive match, Enrique said: “Liverpool have been one of Europe’s top teams in recent years. We’re going up against the side that has played the best football in this season’s Champions League. They’re recent winners of the competition.
“After the Jurgen Klopp era it could have been tough for Arne Slot to improve things, but he’s built an excellent team that can press, defend, and attack. They can construct patient attacks and break quickly. They are a very complete side.”
