Jurgen Klopp has been installed as the shock favourite to replace Arne Slot should Liverpool part company with their under-fire manager.

The Reds” catastrophic Premier League title defence hit a new low on Saturday following a 3-0 defeat against relegation haunted Nottingham Forest at Anfield.

A sixth loss seven league matches has left the defending champions 11th place, the first time in more than a decade the club have been in the bottom half of the table.

Skipper Virgil van Dijk usually offers a level-headed assessment after matches but the latest defeat prompted words like ‘mess’ and ‘panic’.

‘We are definitely letting him (Slot) down but we’ve let ourselves down as well,’ he said. ‘You look at yourself first and then you help each other, you help each other get out of this mess be

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