Liverpool 'contacts' Real Madrid for Xabi Alonso checks as fans voice Arne Slot frustration

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Liverpool continues to face doubts over the future of Arne Slot, following a difficult campaign for the head coach, while a return for Xabi Alonso has been touted as an option this summer.Xabi Alonso continues to be linked with a return to Liverpool(Image: (Photo By Dennis Agyeman/Europa Press via Getty Images))Liverpool has contacted Real Madrid for clarity over Xabi Alonso's situation and management, according to recent reports, as the hierarchy ponders a potential switch in the dugout.It comes as the Reds face doubts over the future of Arne Slot, who has struggled to get the team back to their best after guiding them to the Premier League title last season.Calls against the manager have only grown louder in recent weeks, with the Anfield crowd booing Slot during and after the game against Chelsea, as frustrations and voices of dissent continue to rebel against the current direction of the club.With that in mind, AS reports that Liverpool has called Real Madrid to understand more about the coach, and to clear up any lingering doubts the hierarchy may have over their former midfielder since he took to the world of management.READ MORE: Mohamed Salah presented with touching keepsake from Liverpool fan Sean CoxREAD MORE: Andoni Iraola issues fresh statement on future as pressure builds on Arne Slot at LiverpoolAlonso spent just over six months with Los Blancos, having joined them last summer after calling time on a successful spell with Bayer Leverkusen.Despite showing some impressive signs, the Spaniard quickly lost the dressing room, and it appeared as though player power forced his exit in January.With one positive spell and one negative spell in management, there are questions over how well Alonso could do in another environment, but plenty of teams will be willing to take a chance on him.Ironically, it's a similar situation to the decision Liverpool has to make on Slot, who enjoyed one positive season followed by a negative one.While that may suggest giving him a third season to find out whether he is the man for the long term, the fans appear less convinced, having voiced their frustrations on more than one occasion now.Xabi Alonso could make a move to Liverpool this summer, if the club changes manager(Image: (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP via Getty Images))Slot responded to the boos he has heard at Anfield this season, and responded by saying: "I would love to show them something else, but at this moment of time we're not [often] enough able to."What we are able to [do] is to be the dominant team, to have more than the other team the ball, as has happened so many times this season."And I want to give them much more to be positive about or happy about. And I'm 100 per cent sure the team wants the same.

But as I said many times now, ball possession is one thing, but to generate chances of that… second half last week, everybody was probably really positive about our second half, but from open play we did not create one chance. And then we scored two goals and then everybody is much more positive."It's that talk which has Liverpool fans concerned, however, as they simply want to see an improvement on the pitch, and a team that represents them.Whether Slot can do that with a fresh start in the summer remains to be seen, but it's nearly time for FSG to stick or twist with their man in the dugout.