Liverpool boss Arne Slot sent sack message by Arsenal legend - 'He'd be worried'
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Liverpool and their head coach Arne Slot will look to bounce back from Tuesday's dismal Premier League defeat at Wolves when they face the same side in the FA Cup on FridayArne Slot will be worried for his job if Liverpool fail to finish in the top five and fail to win anything this season. He led the Reds to the Premier League title and after a summer spending spree that saw the club shell out more than £400m on signings, while brining in more than £200m in sales, there was a hope they could defend their crown.Instead Liverpool face a fierce fight to finish in the Champions League qualification places.
On Tuesday they face Galatasaray in Istanbul in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 clash.While Liverpool lost 1-0 to the Turkish giants in the league phase of European football's premier club competition earlier in the season, they will be favourites to progress to the quarter-finals, where they would face Chelsea or holders Paris Saint-Germain. And, looking further ahead, one of Manchester City, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich are likely to await in the semi-finals.That's why Alan Smith, a double title winner with Arsenal who is now a co-commentator and pundit for Sky Sports, does not believe the Reds will win the Champions League for a seventh time.And he believes Slot may need to guide the club to a ninth FA Cup crown, if they don't finish in the top five, to stave off the threat of the sack."I don’t think they’re going to win the Champions League," the two-time Golden Boot winner wrote in his latest column for BestBettingSites.co.uk."(They were) So poor on Tuesday against Wolves.
If they don’t finish in the Champions League spot, given the money that they’ve spent, you can talk about injuries and all that all you like, he’ll be under big pressure."I mean, historically, Liverpool haven’t been a sacking club. Has that changed now with time, given how football is?"I think he’d be worried for his job if they finish out of the top five and don’t win anything."Speaking last month, Slot admitted it would be "unacceptable" if the Reds were not to qualify for next season's Champions League."Yes, if we don't have Champions League football, it is definitely not been an acceptable season," he said."The season I arrived here, we could only sign Federico Chiesa and that was after a Europa League season.