Xabi Alonso is the bookmakers favourite to take over from Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool
Liverpool will appoint a coach who values the process if they select Xabi Alonso to replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield. Klopp shocked the football world on Friday morning by announcing his decision to step down at the end of the current English Premier League season.
This is Klopp’s ninth season in charge of the Red Devils and with the club 5 points higher in the standings and competing on all four fronts, he has the opportunity to leave Merseyside in great shape. Ideally, his players and coaching staff will focus on firing the German coach, but work has begun behind the scenes to find his successor.
To many, Alonso seems to be the ideal candidate for the Red Devils. The current Bayer Leverkusen coach made 143 league appearances and scored 15 goals during five years at Liverpool during his playing days, and his achievements as a coach are enough to make sure he deserves to take over the Anfield leadership role.
The Spaniard won promotion with Real Sociedad B in his first coaching role before heading to Germany in October 2022 to take charge of Leverkusen, as the club languished in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga. Alonso quickly turned the situation around to finish sixth. However, this season has taken the club to new heights, and heading into this weekend’s game, the team were four points clear at the top with an unbeaten record.
As a result, Alonso is now in the running for the bookmaker’s job, and in an interview with Sporting News, published earlier this week, Alonso explained his philosophy and methods as a coach, members and managers. “For me, the priority is to get the commitment and participation of the players,” Alonso told Sporting News.
“With this we will start to get an idea about football and take the next steps. But I think first we need to convince the players, we need to convince them that we can play beautiful football.