Ex-Liverpool star makes Xabi Alonso claim that Arne Slot won't want to hear
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot continues to come under pressure as a disappointing season draws to an end, with Xabi Alonso the most prominent name linked with replacing himXabi Alonso has been linked with replacing Arne Slot at Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)Former Liverpool player Joe Cole expects the Reds to stick with Arne Slot this summer - although he has offered a warning about Xabi Alonso.Slot finds himself under a lot of pressure after what has been a disappointing second season in charge at Anfield, having lifted the Premier League title in his first year.Liverpool is guaranteed to finish without a trophy, while Champions League qualification is still not assured with just three games remaining. Although Slot is understood to still retain the backing of the club, speculation is still rife that he could be replaced, with Alonso’s name regularly linked.READ MORE: Liverpool vs Chelsea LIVE: Florian Wirtz OUT, Ngumoha starts, how to watch, TV channel and streamREAD MORE: Arne Slot responds to Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk's comments on Liverpool standardsThe former Reds midfielder is without a job after being fired by Chelsea earlier this year, although his stock still remains high after his achievements at Bayer Leverkusen.And Cole feels Alonso’s availability could pose an issue for Slot, although he still expects the current Liverpool boss to hold onto his job.“I’ve gone back and forth on this one,” Cole told TNT Sports.
“The club usually sticks with managers, and let’s not forget, Arne Slot won the league, and everyone was talking about it being Jurgen Klopp’s team - it wasn’t, it was Arne Slot’s team.“Things have happened, there’s been circumstances, tragic circumstances, there’s been injuries. They messed about with [Alexander] Isak’s transfer in the summer, that wasn’t supposed to happen and he started poorly.Arne Slot is under pressure for his job at Liverpool“[Hugo] Ekitike’s injury, [Florian] Wirtz hasn’t settled, and nobody could have foresaw how different [Mohamed] Salah would be after last season, so there’s so many factors which make me think he probably deserves another chance.“But I always come back to the fact that Xabi Alonso’s available, and that is the thing that is always hanging there.“He might not be available again, you see what he did with Leverkusen, it didn’t work at Real Madrid, so there’s that.“But of course, Arne Slot should stay.
It’s just Xabi Alonso’s there, and this place would light up again with him in the hot seat.”Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Notoriously, the football club is very good at sticking with people, standing by people,” Crouch said.“Let’s not forget, Arne Slot did win the league in his first season.