What future for Xabi Alonso? While the Casa Blanca coach left last Monday, replaced by his friend Alvaro Arbeloa, the former Merengue midfielder seems to maintain a good rating on the market. His adventure in Madrid is certainly a failure, but there are many things to take into account to put this failure into perspective, such as this locker room being difficult to maneuver and anything but receptive to his instructions.
In the hours following his departure, the Spanish press indicated that the Basque tactician is in the plans of several high-calibre European clubs for the future, such as Manchester City, Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Currently occupied, these benches could become free in the more or less near future and Xabi Alonso is one of the favorites of the management of these big European teams. But will he be willing to wait? Especially since as indicated Bild in Germany, a great proposal may arrive on his desk…
A great option for Alonso
Indeed, Eintracht Frankfurt is seriously considering offering him its bench. The Bundesliga club fired coach Dino Toppmöller over the weekend, and sporting director Markus Krösche reportedly plans to reunite with Xabi Alonso in the coming days. Other names like those of Edin Terzic, Marco Rose or Roger Schmidt are also on the table, but the Spaniard would be the favorite.
A few months after leaving Germany, the former La Roja and Liverpool midfielder could already make his comeback to our German neighbors. But in a rather complicated context since Eintracht, seventh in the Bundesliga standings, is on a series of four games without winning in the league, in addition to having also obtained catastrophic results in the Champions League with a thirtieth position in the general standings…
