Liverpool fired manager Arne Slot after a hugely difficult second season in charge. Slot, who won the Premier League last season after replacing Jurgen Klopp, saw his side slump to a fifth-place finish this year and lose 19 games in all competitions. Liverpool also finished with just 60 points in the league for the club’s worst tally since 2015-16 and lost in the last 16 of the Champions League. High-priced summer transfers like Jeremie Frimpong and Alexander Isak (before his fibula fracture)