Gary Neville makes Arne Slot prediction after Chelsea appoint Xabi Alonso
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Xabi Alonso had been heavily linked with Liverpool before deciding to take charge at Chelsea (Picture: Getty) Manchester United legend Gary Neville says he expects Arne Slot to keep his job at Liverpool after Chelsea officially appointed Xabi Alonso as their new manager this morning. Alonso has signed a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge (Picture: Getty) Liverpool have reportedly decided to stick with Slot (Picture: Getty) ‘It will be really interesting to see what happens [with Alonso at Chelsea],’ the ex-Manchester United and England right-back said on Sky Sports. ‘It’s a great story for the start of next season for the Premier League. ‘We need great managers, we need managers who promising and he’s one of them who falls between both.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ‘It’s not great and if he was a Manchester United player then I’d be fuming. ‘Arne Slot will not welcome that whatsoever but I think he’ll just want to get to the end of the season and get everybody out of there who aren’t going to be there next season, try and built. ‘It looks like Liverpool, with Chelsea signing Xabi Alonso this morning, it did tell me that Liverpool are going to keep their manager for next season which I’m happy about. ‘I genuinely think a manager that has won the league 12 months ago deserves an opportunity to get it right having had a more challenging season this time around. Salah took aim at Slot in an astonishing social media outburst this weekend (Picture: Getty) ‘It’s for Liverpool to sort out their own problems, I don’t think they need Gary Neville telling them what to do, but it was a telling comment from Mohamed Salah and something that won’t be helpful.’ In their official statement, Chelsea confirmed that Alonso would be appointed ‘manager’ rather than ‘head coach’, a factor which Neville believes is ‘telling’. ‘They need someone to manage the club.
Get previews of every single team at the World Cup sent directly to your inbox, featuring the players to look out for, games you shouldn’t miss and Metro’s big England predictions. ‘I think he’s probably said, “If I’m coming then I’m taking over, I’m not going to let other people determine my outcome in terms of recruitment, managing the medical side, managing all the other things”, and I think it is quite telling. ‘It’s like they’re handing him the keys to the safe. ‘They haven’t got things right, have they? Arrow MORE: Second Chelsea star tipped for Barcelona transfer after Joao Pedro Arrow MORE: Arsenal star told to leave ‘if Mikel Arteta wins the Premier League’ Arrow MORE: Granit Xhaka reveals difference between Mikel Arteta and new Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso In The Mixer’s World Cup special Get previews of every single team at the World Cup sent directly to your inbox, featuring the players to look out for, games you shouldn’t miss and Metro’s big England predictions.