Paddy “the Baddy” Pimblett has suggested that Luis Enrique could put himself in the frame to become the next Liverpool head coach.
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This comes after Arne Slot was sacked following a disappointing fifth-place finish in the 2025/26 season.
The Dutchman leaves having helped the Reds lift the Premier League title the campaign prior.
Could Luis Enrique replace Arne Slot as Liverpool manager?
With talks already firmly underway for Andoni Iraola to be the next Liverpool manager, it feels like there’s only a slim chance of Luis Enrique taking the lead.
Yet, you could forgive Paddy for offering up the PSG boss’s name, given his status as one of the leading coaches in the game.
“I want Luis Enrique to win tonight and then step down from being PSG manager, because he’s done the treble twice,” the UFC fighter told CBS Sports.
“And then be like, ‘I want a new challenge’, because we are a challenge at the minute.”
And the logic is sound. Why wouldn’t Enrique at least consider the possibility of life after Paris after lifting a second Champions League trophy with the Ligue 1 giants?
“I want Luis Enrique to win tonight and then step down.” 😅
Paddy The Baddy has made his choice on who he wants to see as the next Liverpool manager 🔴 pic.twitter.com/gsAPtDwIIc
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Jobs like Liverpool don’t come around often, and the 56-year-old has made it pretty clear previously that he’d like to one day manage in England.
So why not come to arguably the greatest footballing institution in the country?
Andoni Iraola remains the top candidate for Liverpool
It’s worth pointing out that Enrique would have to give up that PSG side to come to Liverpool. A team containing the likes of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Joao Neves. Bradley Barcola has been reduced to limited first-team starts this season, such has been PSG’s embarrassment of riches up front.
So you could forgive the manager for wanting to stay put with a side that’s set up to dominate in Europe for the next however many years.
To be clear, we’re not against Liverpool bringing Iraola on board. In fact, we’re big fans of the way he’s had his Bournemouth side playing, with an emphasis on intensity and aggressive pressing.
We do have some concerns, of course, over how that may translate to competing demands between Europe and the Premier League.
But you’d like to think that Richard Hughes and Co. aren’t going to stiff the new man the same way they stiffed Arne Slot ahead of the 2025/26 season.
Give Iraola wingers, give him a b*****d of a No.6, give him numbers to be able to help the squad manage the demands of competing on all fronts.
I would look at the demise and decline of Chelsea and Manchester United, and learn the lessons of why they’ve declined.
Whatever manager you bring in there’s no guarantee of success. But you’ve got more chance of success, especially at a big club if you bring in a manager with a proven track record, winning trophies at the highest level in a good league.
Manchester United mistakes. Solskjaer, Ten hag, Amorim, Moyes, Carrick is yet another mistake.
Chelsea Potter, pochetinho, maresca, Lampard, Rosenior.
Iraola is in the same bracket as Brendan Rodgers and slot.
Choose wisely FSG. You only have to look at the demise of Manchester United and Chelsea when you get it wrong.
Psg win back to back ucl. Now is fsg’s turn to show their ambitions. If they scrap the current structure and hire Luis enrique as manager with full authority on coaching and transfers, I believe this will be an appealing offer for a world class manager to consider. Else just forget about it. No world class manager will downgrade themselves to a head coach position here.
Please note hughes and edwards are on their last year of their contracts. The current structure will end when they leave as well. Who can fsg hire to replace those 2?
That’s another champions league for Enrique.
Currently the best manager on the planet.
It would cost FSG a fortune to get him.
It won’t happen.
Arsenal battled well, but the best team won , 75 percent possession, PSG, for the good of the game the right team won . Arsenal need to be better with the ball, putting 11 players in defence is not answer. Winning games by set pieces effective but it’s boring football.
Luis Enrique is the answer. Please sign him at all costs. He should be given all he needs to enable him to deliver.
Latest news on Enrique, Enrique is on the verge of signing a new four year contract keeping him at PSG until 2030.
You can only imagine what contract he’s getting, the highest paid manager in the world. And worth every penny. Enrique to Liverpool was nothing more than a pipe dream. A fantasy. Do you honestly think FSG would pay huge money to get him?
Not not a million years.