Liverpool boss Arne Slot(Image: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Arne Slot has dismissed claims from Wayne Rooney he doesn't have the "aura" to be Liverpool boss by pointing out such complaints weren't being made when winning the Premier League last season.

Slot has been under pressure for much of the campaign after a difficult title defence for the Reds in which they presently find themselves outside the top four and the automatic Champions League qualification places.

It prompted ex-England international Rooney to this week compare the Liverpool boss negatively to predecessor Jurgen Klopp and state Slot doesn't have the required presence to do the job.

But when asked for his view on the comments, Slot said: "Comparing people with each other is something everyone has the right to do, but is that fair to compare people with each other? We are all different.

"The only thing we have in common, Jurgen and me, is...