Arne Slot's Liverpool future was never reliant on the FA Cup, but his reign is in danger of unravelling

The setting was a plush executive box at Fenway Park, home of baseball’s Boston Red Sox, in July 2012.Liverpool’s principal owner John W Henry took a seat, having granted a rare interview to those of us from the Merseyside media who were covering the club’s pre-season tour of North America.Two months earlier, Liverpool’s Fenway Sports Group (FSG) ownership had sacked a club icon in manager Kenny Dalglish and subsequently appointed Brendan Rodgers as his replacement. In that 2011-12 campaign, Liverpool had won the League Cup and narrowly lost the FA Cup final to Chelsea but trailed home a disappointing eighth in the Premier League.Advertisement