“So I went to see him. He told me no with an elegance… The same elegance he had when he played football, a 40-meter crossbar in his feet. He was telling me no, I should have been upset, but I almost wanted to thank him. (Laughs.) You see that his brain goes at another speed”. Pablo Longoria confided it in the columns of So Foot, he tried to convince Xabi Alonso to join OM, following the departure of Jorge Sampaoli. Xabi Alonso declined, and for good reason, as the president of OM recounts: “he knew exactly the three or four clubs he wanted to coach and was ready to wait for them” .
Bayer Leverkusen in any case had the hollow nose to trust the Spanish coach in 2022, whose experience was limited to the bench of the reserve team of Real Sociedad. This season, Bayer is leading the Bundesliga and holding its own against the Munich ogre. Obviously, eyes were turned to Xabi Alonso. And the 42-year-old Spaniard finds himself cited in numerous papers across Europe.
According to our information, Liverpool contacted their former player (2004-2009), following Jürgen Klopp’s decision to leave the club at the end of the season. A bolt from the blue that the leaders learned in November, before the revelation to the general public a few days ago. They were therefore able to move forward on avenues, and clearly Xabi Alonso is one of them, he is even at the top of the list. For now, Xabi Alonso assures that he is happy at Leverkusen, who he hopes to lead to the Bundesliga title.
But when we think about the clubs he is ready to coach, how can we exclude Liverpool from the list, he who was a fundamental player there, and adored by the fans? Real Madrid recently extended Carlo Ancelotti, and Thomas Tuchel, if he is not untouchable at Bayern Munich, does not seem in danger in the short term. So much for the clubs which could seduce Xabi Alonso the coach, after having had his favors as a player. Liverpool has in any case taken the matter in hand.
