Arne Slot reminded he faces 'unique situation' as Liverpool replacement available
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot continues to be put under pressure over his future at the club, with reminders that Xabi Alonso is available this summer as a possible replacement.Arne Slot faces a difficult situation surrounding his job at Liverpool, with questions over his future(Image: (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images))Arne Slot is facing pressure over his position as Liverpool boss, with former player Joe Cole claiming he is in a "unique situation", due to Xabi Alonso's availability.The head coach was booed by fans on Saturday during and after his side's disappointing 1-1 draw with Chelse a, where the Reds were far from their best once again in front of the Anfield crowd.Liverpool enjoyed the opening exchanges, taking the lead through Ryan Gravenberch, but Wesley Fofana's goal brought the away side level and swung the momentum back to them.The vocal disapproval from the home fans points to a manager who has work to do if he wants to win them back, but Cole still believes he needs and deserves time to turn things around again.READ MORE: Liverpool boss once missed Premier League game at Anfield to scout transfer targetREAD MORE: Wayne Rooney knows exactly why Liverpool fans went against grain with Arne Slot boosHe said on TNT Sports: "He definitely deserves (the chance to turn things around). The players seemed like they loved him too."But he won the league last season, Slot.
There are lots of circumstances around it, so he does deserve (more time), but sometimes in football, you don't get what you deserve."Xabi Alonso is available, and I keep coming back to that. I think you look at the quality of players that are here and the type of players that are here, and the Liverpool board might think about moving him on."I don't think he deserves it, but it is a unique situation.
He's such an impressive young manager, and you might not get another chance to get him."Xabi Alonso continues to be linked with a return to Liverpool(Image: (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP via Getty Images))It leaves the Liverpool owners, FSG, in an awkward position with whether they stick or twist on the managerial front, as frustration at Slot builds after two polarizing seasons.Despite winning the Premier League in his debut campaign, the struggles this season have brought around plenty of dismay, as the Dutch coach faces a fight to win back the fans."Yes, I do," Slot said confidently about whether he can win the fanbase back. This season they will have their opinion and it will not change."But if we can have the summer that we are planning to have, then I'm 100 per cent convinced that we will be a different team next season than we are now."Different in terms of results, different in how things look, but it's not always that simple because sometimes you know what you have to do, but it's not always possible to also get exactly what you want."For us, for me, it's really clear what we are lacking this season and we're trying with the players we have now because one of the things we are lacking is players that are fit."But the players we have available now, I think again like last week, like this week, showed in the second half that they want to give everything and tried to push, but it was not enough last week and wasn't enough this week to find that goal, which we maybe deserved if you looked at where the game was played."Because, for me, the game was mainly played in the second half in their half and that is what we've seen a lot of times this season, but we've also seen a lot of times this season that being the dominant team doesn't lead to chance after chance after chance."It remains to be seen whether Slot will get that summer to see through with those plans he has, with a growing expectation that the manager market will be busy.