Jan Molby: Senior Player Unrest Is Hurting Liverpool More Than People Think

Pressure On Slot In A Changing Liverpool

I have spent most of my football life inside dressing rooms that understood pressure. Liverpool has always been a place where expectations live in the air. Right now those expectations feel heavier than at any point in recent memory. Every conversation I have had in media work over the last few days has started with the same question. Is Arne Slot under pressure. Of course he is. Any Liverpool manager is under pressure when the team is not winning, when performances are poor and when new signings are struggling to settle. That is the reality of the job and he knows it.

But that does not mean we are about to sack him. People immediately jump to the most drastic conclusion. They follow it with the phrase if it continues, then it becomes a different story. That part is true. Football always reaches a tipping point if results keep going the wrong way. Yet as things stand now, my view is simple. He is under pressure, but he is still Liverpool’s manager and still deserves the opportunity to put it right.

The concern is not just about results, it is about uncertainty. Liverpool used to have a clear idea of what the next 18 months would look like. When we did the business in the summer, that sense of certainty existed. Now it does not. That is what worries me most. For years we felt sure about the direction of the club. Even when results dipped, there was a feeling that form would correct itself. That blanket of comfort has gone.