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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: (THE SUN OUT) Rafael Benitez (R) manager of Liverpool shares a joke with his assistant Sammy Lee during a team training session at Melwood training ground on December 11, 2009 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) | Liverpool FC via Getty Images
As Liverpool limp towards the end of the 2025-26 season, now out of Europe with no shot at silverware and facing a difficult task of finishing in the top five and so qualifying for next seasonās Champions League, focus shifts to what comes next.
For many, head coach Arne Slotās position is tenuous at best. Liverpool have appeared to be drifting in the wrong direction for more than a calendar year now, their press declining their fitness falling off their finishing running poor.
Yet even as consistently poor results and poor performances have spiked the mood around the club, there remains doubt. After all, even as they declined towards the end of last season they managed to win the Premier League.
And this is Liverpool Football Club. Historically, Liverpool donāt like to fire managers quickly. For some, that theyāre not like Chelsea or Manchester United in that sense is a point of pride.
āWeāve been coaches so I understand the pressure heās under and that the buck stops with the manager,ā was former Liverpool midfielder and coach Sammy Leeās take on the situation. āBut listen, I know weāre Liverpool Football Club and we donāt [fire managers], but somethingās got to change.
āBecause one thing that is so un-Liverpool is that 26 our of 31 games weāve been out-run. Itās so un-Liverpool where one guy, a 40-year-old, even if heās a fitness fanatic like [James Milner], you know heās out-running all of our midfield. So somethingās gotta change.
Liverpool is out of Europe, struggling to secure a top-five finish, and has shown a decline in performance and fitness.
Yes, many believe Arne Slot's position is tenuous due to the team's poor results and performances over the past year.
Despite their current decline, Liverpool managed to win the Premier League at the end of last season.
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āNow itās not all about the numbers, but when the numbers hit you in the face and weāre all looking at it being such a difficult watch you start putting two and two together.ā
Lee made nearly 200 appearances for the Reds during the 80s, with the midfielder winning league titles in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1986 as well as being part of a pair of European Cup winning sides in 1981 and 1984 and a slew of domestic cups.
As a coach he took on the role of assistant manager to Rafa Benitez in 2008 and, for many, will be one of the most recognizable Liverpool figures going back over the past 40+ years.