Liverpool issued frank Xabi Alonso warning as Arne Slot rumors swirl
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The loss was the heaviest of Slot's tenure, and sends the Reds into this week's Champions League clash away to Paris Saint-Germain low on confidence.Many fans are keen to see a managerial change take place in the coming weeks and months, and former Reds midfielder Alonso has been heavily linked with a return to Merseyside ever since he was fired by Real Madrid three months ago.READ MORE: Arne Slot has been 'found out' as damning Liverpool dressing room verdict madeREAD MORE: Man City losing Bernardo Silva exposes problem Liverpool must work hard to avoidBarnes, though, thinks that Slot deserves time to try and prove that he is capable of turning the Liverpool ship around."Well, I understand the clamor because Xabi is a Liverpool favourite," Barnes told the Liverpool Echo. That's why they got rid of him."Of course we do like the clamor for ex-players.
They're very fickle."John Barnes is not convinced that Xabi Alonso would provide the magic fix to Liverpool's problems(Image: Getty Images)Barnes added: "We won the league with Arne Slot and all of a sudden we want to sack him?"If he then goes and Alonso comes – suppose Alonso fails in his first six months or first year, are we going to say sack him and bring somebody else in?"I always support the managers, whoever they are, because they come to the club because of their success, because they're good managers, and they have to be given time."Jurgen Klopp was 20 points off the top when he first came, but we stuck with him. So I think Xabi will be a great manager one day, but I want Arne Slot to stay."READ MORE: French media offers scathing verdict of 'shaken' Liverpool ahead of PSG with two players singled outREAD MORE: FSG's latest stance on Arne Slot after Man City defeat makes for grim readingBarnes believes that this season was always likely to be a tricky one due to the amount of changes that there were to the squad last summer."We signed lots of players," Barnes said.
We're trying to find the right way of playing."When you sign five or six players to come into the first team, it'll take time. We're trying to find a new way of playing, but you can see that when we play well, we really play well.