Fans want to see Liverpool do their 'due diligence' before next season
[Getty Images] With just seven fixtures left to play out in the Premier League this season, Liverpool will be hoping to finish in a Champions League qualification spot and maybe even claim some silverware. It hasn't been the title defence of dreams for the Reds, but they are about to embark on an important run of games in the FA Cup, Champions League and Premier League. However, we asked for your views on Liverpool's top-five chances earlier this week and some of you were quite pessimistic.
The Late Challenge podcast's Mo Stewart has also shared his stance on head coach Arne Slot on BBC Radio Merseyside's FA Cup special: "The club has to be carrying out a level of due diligence at this precise moment. "I feel that simply because Xabi Alonso, who most people believed was one of the prime candidates, is currently sitting around twiddling his thumbs. "If Liverpool don't qualify for the Champions League, most people will be expecting a change in manager.
The club have to start making plans for that eventuality now, even if they don't want that to be the eventuality. "For me, it would be negligent of the club to not have had any conversations with Xabi Alonso around any kind of hypothetical appointment. "I still don't believe there will be a mid-season managerial change, but I'm getting further and further down the line in thinking that this might be Arne Slot's last season as Liverpool manager.
" Author Steven Scragg added: "If Slot wins the FA Cup and finishes fourth by the skin of his teeth, I still think the club would feel valid in making a managerial change. "If he wins the Champions League off the back of winning the Premier League last season, you just cannot sack a Champions League-winning manager. " Watch the show here or listen on BBC Radio Merseyside