{"id":177107,"date":"2024-04-30T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/30\/why-liverpool-decided-not-to-hire-ruben-amorim-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:36:07","slug":"why-liverpool-decided-not-to-hire-ruben-amorim-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/30\/why-liverpool-decided-not-to-hire-ruben-amorim-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Liverpool decided not to hire Ruben Amorim \u2013 report \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool officials had concerns over how Ruben Amorim\u2019s preferred tactics would work at Anfield, reports have claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After seeing top target Xabi Alonso confirm his desire to remain with Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool drew up a new shortlist of potential targets to replace Jurgen Klopp as manager and Amorim was widely believed to be a major candidate for the role.<\/p>\n<p>However, Liverpool ultimately decided against Amorim and instead struck a deal with\u00a0Feyenoord\u2019s Arne Slot, who will move to Anfield this summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em>Sky Sports<\/em>, Liverpool were impressed by Amorim but his preferred tactical setup \u2013 a three-man defence- did not win over those leading the manager search.<\/p>\n<p>There were concerns that moving away from a four-at-the-back defence would be too difficult for Liverpool at this stage, while a tactical switch would also have a significant impact on the club\u2019s long-term plans.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool set their academy sides up to mimic the tactics of the first team and therefore there are several youth teams whose development has focused on a four-man defence. A move away from this would cause significant problems further down the pyramid.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01hwmm42c1pfc3hkxhgk.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Slot\" title=\"Arne Slot\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Liverpool hired Slot instead \/ Soccrates Images\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>While there is obviously an awareness that Liverpool\u2019s tactics are going to change this summer, those in charge of finding the next manager did not want to do anything that would impact the balance of the current squad.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than move forward with Amorim and face significant tactical changes, the Reds have opted to move for Feyenoord\u2019s Slot, whose setup has even drawn comparisons with Klopp in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Slot, who tends to use a 4-2-3-1 formation, is known for high tempo, attacking football with a focus on pressing, and there is hope that adjusting to this new system will not be too difficult for the first team or any of the academy sides beneath them.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim could still end up in the Premier League. West Ham United held talks \u2013 Amorim later\u00a0admitted he made a \u201cmistake\u201d by picking up the phone\u00a0\u2013 while Chelsea are long-term admirers of the Sporting boss.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool officials had concerns over how Ruben Amorim\u2019s preferred tactics would work at Anfield, reports have claimed. After seeing top target Xabi Alonso confirm his desire to remain with Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool drew up a new shortlist of potential targets to replace Jurgen Klopp as manager and Amorim was widely believed to be a major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Liverpool decided not to hire Ruben Amorim \u2013 report \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/30\/why-liverpool-decided-not-to-hire-ruben-amorim-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Liverpool decided not to hire Ruben Amorim \u2013 report \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool officials had concerns over how Ruben Amorim\u2019s preferred tactics would work at Anfield, reports have claimed. 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