Former Liverpool participant Dominic Matteo has claimed the one man who ought to substitute Jurgen Klopp as Reds supervisor in the summertime is present Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.
The 58-year-old was solely named supervisor of the North London-based outfit in the summertime after a profitable spell answerable for Celtic however the Greek-born tactician has earned plaudits for bringing an attacking and thrilling model of play to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Xabi Alonso emerged because the favorite to switch Klopp when the German introduced in January that he’d be calling it a day on Merseyside on the finish of the present marketing campaign however the former Reds midfielder is as an alternative set to stay at his present membership Bayer Leverkusen for the foreseeable future.
Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim is now the brand new favorite to occupy the Anfield sizzling seat subsequent season together with his facet at the moment high of the Portuguese high flight.
“By way of who replaces Jurgen Klopp, it needs to be Ange Postecoglou at Spurs for me,” Matteo advised William Hill (through Liverpool World). “He performs the fitting model of soccer which might be suited at Liverpool and I don’t assume the character of the job would get to him. I’ve been impressed together with his first season at Spurs – the way in which he offers with the media and the way in which his workforce performs on the entrance foot is admirable.
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“He appears to be a superb man-manager which is required at this excessive degree of the sport – significantly at a membership like Liverpool – plus he can take care of the stress and has gained silverware. It appears Xabi Alonso has chosen to not pursue the job at this stage of his profession and Ruben Amorim and Roberto De Zerbi are different managers on the listing who might be out there, however Postecoglou ought to be their first alternative.”
Postecoglou is an honest supervisor who’s achieved success proper all through his profession however we’re discovering it onerous to agree with Matteo’s feedback.
The ex-Celtic boss began the season properly with Spurs however they’ve considerably dropped off since and at the moment discover themselves in fourth place – 11 factors off the highest.
The prospect of Alonso changing Klopp was one which excited many Liverpool supporters however you possibly can’t blame him for wanting to stay in Germany and proceed the thrilling mission he’s bought occurring with Leverkusen.
Amorim’s Sporting, in the meantime, are at the moment 4 factors clear on the high of the desk and have a sport in hand over fierce metropolis rivals Benfica in second.
At simply 39 years of age the Lisbon-born tactician is probably not as skilled as lots of the different managerial candidates however he’s proving this season that he is aware of what he’s doing.
Anybody will discover it onerous to return in and proceed the good work the previous Borussia Dortmund boss has carried out down the years however we’ll simply have to attend and see who’s given the accountability!
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