'Has to': Gary Neville tells Arne Slot how to change his Liverpool starting XI but it simply isn't possible

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The same players have been stuck on the Liverpool bench week after week while the Dutchman’s favoured starters have failed to deliver.Clearly, something different is needed, and Manchester United legend Gary Neville has now stepped in to tell Slot the blueprint for a way back home.Unfortunately for the Liverpool head coach, though, Neville’s idea is just not workable with his current group of players.Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty ImagesGary Neville wants Liverpool to play with four centre-backsArguably the biggest issue at Liverpool right now is the continued ease at which they are giving up goals.The Reds have conceded 20 times in the league this season, and currently sit with a negative goal difference. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images “Kerkez, he’s struggling, Konate, he’s struggling, so do you have to put a little bit like Arsenal or City have done, almost four centre-backs in your back four, a narrow tight back four and tell everybody that you’re adapting then put a narrow four in midfield.

Just do something a little bit different.“Maybe Joe Gomez should play right-back, Andy Robertson should come in at left-back and play as a narrow back four and be a little bit more pragmatic.”Why is this not possible at Liverpool?Arsenal and Man City have both had real success with playing centre-backs at full-back in recent years and Liverpool have seen how it can work with Gomez.However, both of those clubs are overloaded with players who can do that having gone into the transfer market specifically for them. Should Liverpool sack Arne Slot?

You are responsible when you’re winning, but you are also responsible when you’re losing.”Arne Slot after Liverpool’s defeat to Nottingham ForestPhoto by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images Liverpool do not even have four fit, senior centre-backs on the books, let alone playing them all in the same team.Another issue is the form of Konate. Neville suggests taking him out, which Slot should absolutely do, but his only current replacement is Gomez, taking away the one player who can play centre, left and right-back for Liverpool.There are ways Slot could work around it, but it would mean shoehorning players who are not defenders into defensive positions.