Neil Jones has claimed that Liverpool ‘can have an in depth eye’ on Xabi Alonso’s progress as a supervisor because the membership begins to think about Jurgen Klopp’s alternative.
The German tactician is beneath contract at Anfield for one more three full seasons and though he’s prone to see out his deal on Merseyside, there should nonetheless be some consideration for who will substitute him in 2026.
Alonso was appointed as Bayer Leverkusen supervisor in October of final 12 months and the German outfit are at the moment sat ninth within the Bundesliga, ten factors outdoors the Champions League spots.
Writing for GOAL (by way of Caught Offside), Jones famous: “Liverpool, naturally, can have an in depth eye on his [Alonso] progress. Jurgen Klopp, after all, remains to be contracted till 2026, however the struggles of Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa imply his presumed successor is much from apparent. Alonso stays fondly remembered by Reds followers, and has nothing however good reminiscences of his personal from his 5 years on Merseyside.”
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There’s after all no speedy rush to discover a appropriate candidate to exchange the previous Borussia Dortmund boss, however discovering somebody to hold on the place Klopp had left off won’t be straightforward.
Though we’re at the moment making an attempt to navigate our approach via a really troublesome interval at current, the 55-year-old has introduced the glory days again to the membership and we’ve little question that we’ll be tasting success once more quickly.
Many supporters had initially thought that Steven Gerrard was the clearly alternative for Klopp when he calls it a time at Anfield, however after the Scouser struggled to impress at Aston Villa, that’s one thing that now appears to be like much less seemingly.
Alonso, in the meantime, was enormous favorite of Liverpool followers and if he has a profitable spell in Germany, he may very properly be the person to succeed the Regular One.
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