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Arne Slot sack U-turn as Liverpool icon voices concerns - 'I wouldn't be surprised'

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This comes just a few months after the former striker urged Liverpool to back their head coach.READ MORE: Danny Murphy says in-limbo Liverpool star will be 'desperately open' to change in managerREAD MORE: Jamie Carragher fears Liverpool are repeating Man United mistake with Arne Slot 'worry' clearYou can listen to brand new episodes of In The Mixer on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!Speaking on In The Mixer brought to you by Sky Bet, Heskey said: "Look, it's difficult to sack someone off the back of winning the league. It's difficult."But when you've spent that sort of money and the football is not quite where you believe it should be… To lose that many games in a season as well.



It's a tough watch."I wouldn't be surprised if they did it [sacked Slot] in the sense that there are managers out there that could probably fit the system that they want."It's been a tough season. I don't know if it's laboured or it's just a slow approach."It's so tiki-taka when we've been so used to gung-ho, rock and roll, go and run through players.

For me, [Sadio] Mane and then you had Luis Diaz come in and now he's gone."Slot has addressed the speculation surrounding his future and when he was asked last month if he believes he can win the fans back after a poor campaign, he said: "Yeah, I do."Not this season, by the way. This season they have their opinion and it will not change.