Former Liverpool star claims Arne Slot has to go

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By Samuel Thompson
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Liverpool Pressure Mounts as Arne Slot Faces Pennant Backlash

Liverpool’s season has reached that dangerous point where frustration no longer sits quietly in the stands. It spills out, sharp and public, and Arne Slot is now feeling the full force of it.

Jermaine Pennant has become one of the few former Liverpool players to openly call for Slot’s dismissal, following the damaging 4-2 defeat at Aston Villa and growing anger over the direction of the team.

Pennant’s Fierce FSG Message

Pennant wrote on X: ‘FSG, how on earth do you see something totally different to what I see and 99.9% of the fans see? To think next season will be any better under this management.

 

‘Do you have unlimited funds we don’t know about?

‘I do not care what’s going on with injuries… reigning Premier League champions should NOT have the same amount of losses as two promoted teams, Leeds and Sunderland.

‘Slot has to go, that is NOT acceptable, the buck lies with you, and managers have gone for a lot less.

Damaging Records Define Slot Debate

For Liverpool supporters, this is no longer only about one result. It is about a pattern. The boos that followed Rio Ngumoha’s substitution last weekend felt like a visible fracture between crowd and dugout.

Pennant added: ‘Liverpool FC have never previously conceded 52 goals in a 38-game league campaign. And there’s still one more game to go!

‘Do you know how many records this manager has accumulated? And not for the good. It’s horrendous. One game to go and [I] still can’t say if we will get UCL.’

Fan Anger Leaves FSG With Decision

Reports suggest FSG remain prepared to back Arne Slot with summer signings rather than seek another managerial reset. Yet Pennant’s comments capture a mood that is becoming harder to ignore.

Liverpool supporters have watched a title defence unravel into uncertainty, with defensive fragility, poor results and tactical doubts feeding a wider sense of drift. Whether FSG view that as a coaching failure or a squad issue will define the summer.

For now, Slot remains in place. But at Liverpool, once Anfield turns anxious, silence rarely lasts for long.

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