Gary Neville Reveals 'Murmurs' He’s Heard About Arne Slot’s Liverpool Future
Gary Neville has spoken out about the murmurs he has heard about Arne Slot and his Liverpool future.
On Saturday afternoon, Liverpool's dismal Premier League season continued at Anfield against Nottingham Forest.
The Reds, who were looking to bounce back after their 3-0 defeat by Manchester City, produced yet another dreadful performance.
Goals from Murillo, Nicolo Savona and Morgan Gibbs-White sealed a comfortable 3-0 win for Sean Dyche's men, who piled more misery on Slot.
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As a result, the Reds dropped to 11th in the Premier League table, and are now 11 points behind leaders Arsenal as their title defence is going up in smoke.
Following the latest defeat and horrifying performance, Slot is now under increasing pressure, having spent over £400 million on new players during the summer transfer window.
Amid speculations surrounding the Dutchman's future, ex-Manchester United and England man Neville has spoken about Slot's position.
He said on the Gary Neville Podcast: "There's no way that Arne Slot should be in danger or losing his job. I've heard murmurs; you go on social media and all that nonsense, forget that.
"Some Liverpool fans will say, 'Don't talk about my football club like that', but come on, let's have some sense here. This is a really good manager, who's a brilliant front man for the club as well in the way he handles himself. He's got real class."
Neville added: "For me, he's having a really bad time. I think he's got to somehow reverse back down the road quite quickly and do something different, intervene and sort out what he thinks might be some really difficult decisions staring him in the face, maybe give the players a little bit of help with the make-up of the teams he is picking."
Wayne Rooney urges Arne Slot to make major starting XI change
Speaking about the team selection, Neville's former teammate, Wayne Rooney, has urged Slot to think about dropping talisman Mohamed Salah.
He said on The Wayne Rooney Show: "Salah is not helping them defensively. I'm sure if you're one of them players they've signed, you're sat on the bench and you've seen them not running -- I get he's a club legend and everything he's done on the club - but if you're on the bench then what message does that send if you see one of your teammates not running back and he's starting every game?
"If I was Arne Slot, I'd try and make a big decision just so it has an impact on the rest of the team. When you're not winning games, you want to stay compact and hard to beat."
Rooney continued: "While I think they're going through this period, 100% he [Slot] needs to make a decision and get them compact, get them hard to beat and every player running back and then when they start winning games you can bring him back in and hope that he is running back more. I think that will have an impact on the team for sure."
Liverpool are back in action on Wednesday night when they take on PSV in the Champions League.
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Topics: Liverpool, Gary Neville, Arne Slot, Football
Marcus Chan