Carra: An elite manager would have fixed Liverpool

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Jamie Carragher was shocked by Arne Slot's sacking but believes an elite manager would have fixed Liverpool last season. Yes."There's a lot of people to point the fingers at where Liverpool were last season, and also the players who were there the year before, a complete contrast in their performances." Image: How Liverpool fared in Arne Slot's two Premier League seasons in charge Carra: Salah situation is not onCarragher believes many Liverpool supporters had turned on Slot while Mo Salah's public falling out with the head coach also didn't help."There was no doubt he lost most of the supporters this season," Carragher said.

I'm not happy with that, I don't ever want Liverpool to become a club where there's player power or players that speak out publicly about a manager who won them the league the year before. That's not on, but of course that wouldn't help."All those things put together, maybe it's forced the club's hand."Recently-departed Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iroala is the frontrunner to succeed Slot, Sky Sports News understands, with formal talks expected to commence.Carragher reckons Iraola's philosophy can rediscover the high-tempo playing style that is preferred at Anfield, but his appointment would still be a risk."He's done a brilliant job in the Premier League, what Bournemouth have done is absolutely fantastic, but there are still huge question marks," he said."The way he plays is definitely the way Liverpool want to go back to: high-intensity football.

We know he's fantastic at that, but it's not just all about that when you're the Liverpool manager."Off the ball was a big problem for Arne Slot, that was the thing that really worried me, and I said all season that Liverpool off the ball were so poor. That's a big question mark around him, or any manager coming in, but Liverpool had a manager who's won the league, so that's why I was always torn."