Jamie Redknapp has suggested Liverpool’s squad share responsibility for Arne Slot’s dismissal, after the club ended Slot’s two-year spell in charge on Saturday. Slot guided Liverpool to the Premier League title in 2024-25, yet a drop to fifth place in 2025-26, plus a large points fall, led to Liverpool acting.

Redknapp pointed towards Liverpool’s midfield as a key factor in the decline and highlighted players who starred in the title season. The former Liverpool midfielder focused on Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch, arguing that several established names did not match previous levels across the 2025-26 campaign.

Redknapp did not spare Liverpool’s senior figures when assessing the setback. “A lot of players will be quick to blame Arne Slot, but if they look in the mirror this year… Alexis Mac Allister, for example, hasn’t been good enough, Redknapp told Sky Sports. Gravenberch was elite last season, has he been good enough? No. Too many players haven’t been good enough.”

Liverpool’s regression from champions to fifth place was also reflected in results across all competitions. Slot’s team lost 19 matches in 2025-26. Since promotion back to the top flight in 1962, Liverpool have only recorded more defeats in a single season once, in 1992-93, and matched 19 losses in 2004-05 and 2009-10.

The statistics underline the extent of Liverpool’s fall between their title defence and Slot’s final year. Their points total dropped sharply and created an unwanted Premier League record for an ever-present club over two consecutive seasons, adding further scrutiny to both the Liverpool squad and Arne Slot.

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Across the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Premier League seasons, Liverpool’s record shows the scale of that swing in form and output.

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