Liverpool head coach Arne Slot might face increased pressure after the Reds lost once again.placeholder image
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot might face increased pressure after the Reds lost once again. | Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Liverpool are facing times of uncertainty after another big Premier League defeat to Nottingham Forest
Liverpool and Arne Slot are set to face increased scrutiny in the coming weeks if results do not improve quickly, with one former Red already touted to become the club’s boss in the future if they were to part ways with Slot.
As per a recent interview, Igor Biscan has tipped for Xabi Alonso to manage at Anfield in the future, stating that it is “always a possibility” for the Spaniard to return to his former side at some stage.
The Real Madrid head coach only took over Los Blancos in June, but has already been tipped by former team-mate Biscan, alongside whom Alonso won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, to find himself in the hot-seat for the Reds in the future. He previously won the Bundesliga title as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen.
But Biscan made sure to credit Slot for how he transformed Liverpool in his first season at the club, amidst emerging reports surrounding the Dutchman’s ‘strict deadline’ by which to turn things around.
‘There is pressure’ - Biscan speaks on Slot and Alonso
Biscan said: “There is pressure, but for every manager at that level, there is always pressure. I don’t think his job is in question.
“Even if he doesn’t win the league, just by doing what he did last year, after what happened before he arrived and how difficult his job was, it was exceptional. Everybody was saying it would be extremely difficult for him to really continue what Jurgen Klopp had done before him.
“He is a quality manager, and he deserves a lot of credit and he needs time. There are so many new players, and you need time to make them work together. I’m really sure that they will start winning again very soon.”
Biscan added on Alonso: “Xabi Alonso as Liverpool manager? I think that’s always a possibility.
“If he keeps on doing what he’s doing, and to be successful and make a difference. Whenever you watch his teams, they are doing so well, they have a clear structure, and the quality is always there. Who wouldn’t want to have a manager like him?”
Arne Slot sack deadline emerges as Fabrizio Romano speaks
Meanwhile, reports detailing Slot’s future timeline at Anfield in the coming weeks have emerged amidst a ‘strict deadline’ cited by TEAMtalk. Currently, he’s got the full backing of the club owners, which is pretty significant. The owners are standing by him and are willing to give him until the new year to turn things around. They genuinely believe he’s a top manager, and with the right structure and support now in place, they think he can navigate through this rough patch.”
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano said of the situation on his YouTube channel: “What happens with Arne Slot? Guys, at the moment I don’t have any sort of information on Liverpool owners deciding to take a decision imminently on Arne Slot. So Liverpool are not thinking about changing the manager now.
“Obviously, they, the owners, the club, they want to see different kind of results, they expect so much more from Arne Slot and his team. So for sure, Liverpool want to see something different from the manager and also the players, because this is not only Arne Slot.
“The players also have to take responsibility as Virgil van Dijk said, so it’s the players and the coach. Obviously, Arne Slot knows the situation is dangerous, it’s complicated now, but at the same time Slot can feel the backing and the support from the club.
“Liverpool are NOT in talks with any other manager or considering the possibility to fire the coach. That’s the situation as of today. Of course, results have to change, imminently, so in the Champions League and Premier League, especially in the Premier League, because Liverpool are really in a complicated situation. That’s the feeling as of today.”
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