Dan Thomas

Well, I'm just playing you again.

I'm just playing you again.

Xabi Alonso took over a team that were fighting relegation.

and turned it around and they were unbeaten and won the Bundesliga, Arneslott took over a team who had the calibre to win the Premier League and that's exactly what happened.

So I think you need to dismiss Xabi Alonso in the manner that you have.

I'm not dismissing, I'm playing you a game.

I'm playing you a game because every single thing we've spoken about over the last five minutes depends on which way you want to look at it.

Yes, I believe that.

You just happened to have looked at Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen and conveniently decided to forget the disaster that was Real Madrid.

But I've chosen to do the opposite.

I've chosen to look at the disaster at Real Madrid and forget about Leverkusen.

So we're just playing the same game.

Whichever way, right?

You could play that game.

If we do decide to sack Arnaz, whether you start the next season or six months in, we'll have that same conversation.

Manager A, but what happened at such and such a club?

There's nobody right now, outside of probably Cesc Fabregas, who has a squeaky clean reputation that that would come in.

Now, Xabi Alonso, I think, ticks all the boxes for Liverpool for a number of reasons.

I think the Liverpool fans would love to see him come in there.

Now, again, you've tasked me to make that decision.