Arne Slot has reportedly rejected the opportunity to replace Marco Silva at Fulham, with his focus thought to be on a different position.
At the end of the 2024–25 season, Arne Slot could do no wrong. The Dutchman had the Midas touch, having guided Liverpool to just their second Premier League title during his first campaign at the helm.
A record-breaking summer had pundits projecting a potential period of dominance for the Merseysiders, but it was these heightened expectations that contributed to Slot’s rather bleak undoing at Anfield.
He departed Liverpool with his Premier League winners’ medal safe and sound, but also with a diminished legacy. Slot grew increasingly unpopular among players and supporters by the time his reign came crashing down a week after the 2025–26 domestic season closed its doors.
Still, the 47-year-old is unlikely to have any issues moving forward. Slot remains very hireable, a point proven by Fulham’s interest in his services. However, the thoughtful tactician showed no interest in taking over from Silva in west London, per The Times.
That’s not to say that he would reject the chance to get back into management next season. Here are four potential destinations for the departed Liverpool boss.
What Will Be Arne Slot’s Next Job?
4. Newcastle United
“I’m 100% committed to the job,” Eddie Howe declared last April. It remains to be seen if Newcastle United’s powerbrokers share the same stance after meandering towards a drab conclusion to the campaign.
For now, the possibility of Slot rocking up at St James’s Park remains a slim one, but Newcastle’s board could be inclined to make an ambitious move after a stalled season.
3. Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace may have finished four places and seven points behind the Fulham side which Slot snubbed, but the Eagles have the added bonus of Europa League soccer.
Slot took Feyenoord to the competition’s quarterfinals in 2023, one year after losing the final of the Conference League to José Mourinho’s Roma side. There’s certainly unfinished business on the continent for Slot, but it remains to be seen if Palace are willing to give him that chance to avenge his European demons.
2. AC Milan
A pitiful title charge culminated in a woeful collapse towards the back end of an eventually miserable 2025–26 season for AC Milan. Massimiliano Allegri’s ideals remain antiquated, and Rossoneri supporters suffered plenty as a result.
Thus, Milan have pressed the reset button. Missing out on the Champions League, given their position of strength midway through the campaign, rendered Allegri’s position untenable, and he’s only one of several high-profile figures to get the chop.
Slot was linked with the vacant Milan job right after his Liverpool dismissal.
Milan will want to return to the 21st century with their next managerial appointment, and although Slot’s soccer can be rather functional, his teams, at their best, at least boast a coherent idea of how to use possession.
It’d be a big job for Slot, given Milan’s lofty prestige, and perhaps an opportunity that’d prove too enticing to ignore.
1. Dutch National Team
The Netherlands job has seemingly rotated between Louis van Gaal and Ronald Koeman in recent years, with the latter overseeing their World Cup campaign in North America this summer.
The Oranje, never before world champions and typically associated with glorious failure, were semifinalists at Euro 2024 and could be sneaky outsiders at the upcoming tournament.
Anyway, Koeman’s contract expires at the end of July, and surely Van Gaal won’t be taking the job on again. It’s time for an alternate face.
Koeman’s World Cup staff is laden with Dutch soccer heroes, including Ruud van Nistelrooy, and he may emerge a potential candidate to take the job after the tournament.
Slot hasn’t yet been linked with the national team, and it‘d be a surprise if he dipped out of club soccer at this juncture.
