Roberto De Zerbi will reportedly be Bayern Munich’s subsequent favorite goal ought to they be unable to recruit Xabi Alonso.
Sky German’s Florian Plettenberg shared the replace on X (previously Twitter) – as was confirmed by German outlet SportBILD – this morning.
🚨Roberto De Zerbi, high candidate for FC Bayern in case Xabi #Alonso stays at Bayer 04 Leverkusen!
➡️ @SPORTBILD confirms our information now
➡️ De Zerbi is conscious of Bayern’s curiosity however is at present totally targeted on the season finale with Brighton. That is why he isn’t in… pic.twitter.com/F1USYV1s5b
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) March 27, 2024
The Merseysiders additionally admire the Brighton & Hove Albion supervisor, although Ruben Amorim is regarded as greater on the precedence checklist.
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Liverpool might have a transparent run at Amorim
It’s value noting that Manchester United have additionally been linked with the Sporting Lisbon boss. That mentioned, one may fairly enterprise that our venture will show much more interesting than the present mess over at Previous Trafford.
Reassuringly, we in any other case seem to have a comparatively clear run on the 39-year-old ought to we even be unable to persuade Alonso to finish his relationship with Bayer Leverkusen.
The Spanish head coach has but to make public any resolution over his future while his facet competes for a primary Bundesliga title in its historical past.
Leverkusen might but additionally field off additional silverware within the Europa League and DFB Pokal.
Does De Zerbi have higher deserves?
The apparent differentiator between De Zerbi and Amorim is Premier League expertise.
Albeit, it’s value stating {that a} transfer to Anfield would nonetheless symbolize a seismic leap for the previous Shakhtar Donetsk boss.
It’s much more prone to come all the way down to how the pair comparatively performs on inside knowledge checks.
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