Xabi Alonso has a clause in his Bayer Leverkusen contract which would allow him to become manager of any of his former clubs - Liverpool, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich - as early as next summer.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12618503/amp/Xabi-Alonso-clause-contract-allow-Liverpool-manager-SUMMER-Bayer-Leverkusen-boss-favourite-fans-replace-Jurgen-Klopp-German-leaves.html
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madsauce178@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
We only had one good attacker. Vinicius became a great player when he left. Would not call it a massive failure. He won a league title.
emre23@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Holding a banner saying thanks for the rivalry in German and Catalan
agonking@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Mourinho outtacticed him
KimngGnmik@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
They will leave together, walking into the sunset holding hands
CarlSK777@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Their improvement last season was due to many factors, not just Alonso. I think he'll be a good one but let's just chill. He hasn't proven much yet.
fullmetal_geek@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
This. Bayer had a decent squad for a while now. If anything they had underperformed previous years.
Ibo_Laser@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I want to believe
CalamitousCrush@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He promoted Real Sociedad B you know. He has shown incredible flexibility by going in from a fully defensive league to a full offensive league. He has shown he can play 3223,433 and his current 3412 seamlessly. He has studied under Mourinho at his peak, Pep and Ancelotti. He took Leverkusen last season from the end to where they should have been.
In this season he has shown his flexibility and the ability to switch tactics on the fly and is undefeated everywhere, despite playing both RaBa and Bayern. It is obvious that he would slip in in January and February due to AFCON, but so far there is a lot to be hyped for.
And well, Zidane dog walked everyone and he barely had any experience with senior sides aside from some experience as assistant manager when he started. Experience doesn't equal tactical prowess.
tensed_wolfie@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
You don’t sack managers like Klopp or Pep, they sack you
Edi1896@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't everyone think the same about Arsene Wenger?
RiverGyoll@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He was sacked after years of mediocrity, not a bad run or even a season.
Marloneious@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Years of mediocrity, falling out with sections of the fans for extended periods of time, poor transfers, lack of CL, stagnating methods and staff appointments, couldn’t win a game away from home…it was time to go sadly.
TinyMaintenance@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, you really went forward when you sacked him.
Marloneious@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Did I say we went forward or did I just list some of the reasons why he left (because he wasn’t sacked).
CerealBit@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I don't think Tuchel will last till next summer at Bayern, so I fully expect Alonso to join Bayern.
Nocturnal--Animals@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't he just retire. I won't know for sure. I'd rather call it retirement ?
EliteTeutonicNight@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He went on to work for FIFA on football policies, but as far as coaching is concerned he’s basically retired (not officially but he’s 73 and seems to be enjoying his life so I think coming back out to coach isn’t on his agenda).
lssie_hyoudou@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Same as gerrard. Gerrard was winning SPl without losing a match.
Last season watched his team when roma played against Bayer laverkusen.
They struggled to get a shot on target in almost 200 minutes of football. He had no clue to how to do things differently. And that was a roma team without 6-7 first teams players.
agonking@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Mourinho outtacticed him
Accurate_Algae8486@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
What about Eibar?
KimngGnmik@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I don't think you guys have it in you to sack him. And that's understandable. So Klopp is Liverpool manager until he decides he no longer is
tensed_wolfie@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
You don’t sack managers like Klopp or Pep, they sack you
Edi1896@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't everyone think the same about Arsene Wenger?
RiverGyoll@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He was sacked after years of mediocrity, not a bad run or even a season.
Marloneious@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Years of mediocrity, falling out with sections of the fans for extended periods of time, poor transfers, lack of CL, stagnating methods and staff appointments, couldn’t win a game away from home…it was time to go sadly.
TinyMaintenance@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, you really went forward when you sacked him.
Marloneious@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Did I say we went forward or did I just list some of the reasons why he left (because he wasn’t sacked).
Nocturnal--Animals@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't he just retire. I won't know for sure. I'd rather call it retirement ?
EliteTeutonicNight@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He went on to work for FIFA on football policies, but as far as coaching is concerned he’s basically retired (not officially but he’s 73 and seems to be enjoying his life so I think coming back out to coach isn’t on his agenda).
MERTENS_GOAT@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I didn't mean it in the way that he would go there, the point was just that RSO is also a former club not mentioned in the article (and contract?) like SD Eibar
Liverlakefc@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I doubt he will become manager of liverpool next summer
KimngGnmik@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I don't think you guys have it in you to sack him. And that's understandable. So Klopp is Liverpool manager until he decides he no longer is
tensed_wolfie@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
You don’t sack managers like Klopp or Pep, they sack you
Euriti@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Solskjaer's initial few months at United was very good right until it wasn't.
Edi1896@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't everyone think the same about Arsene Wenger?
RiverGyoll@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He was sacked after years of mediocrity, not a bad run or even a season.
Marloneious@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Years of mediocrity, falling out with sections of the fans for extended periods of time, poor transfers, lack of CL, stagnating methods and staff appointments, couldn’t win a game away from home…it was time to go sadly.
TinyMaintenance@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, you really went forward when you sacked him.
G0ncalo@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Lmao yeah, Wenger at least got top 4 every season. It took Arsenal almost a decade to find their form again.
Marloneious@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Did I say we went forward or did I just list some of the reasons why he left (because he wasn’t sacked).
skunkrider@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
...that he stays with us, you mean? 🤨
Nocturnal--Animals@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't he just retire. I won't know for sure. I'd rather call it retirement ?
EliteTeutonicNight@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He went on to work for FIFA on football policies, but as far as coaching is concerned he’s basically retired (not officially but he’s 73 and seems to be enjoying his life so I think coming back out to coach isn’t on his agenda).
Raikuun@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
They were only struggling because their former coach was proper garbage. Definitely not a bad job Xabi Alonso is doing, but the hype is too much imo.
iWillShagYourDad@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Gerrard had the massive fortune of Celtic absolutely collapsing after Rodger’s left mid season and gave the job to Neil Lennon. Won less trophies that season than St Johnstone did. His success in Scotland is massively overstated, almost everyone here thinks of his time here as a failure with a bright spot. While being near penniless, he managed to bring on a shit load of debt while raising the playing wage budget greater than celtics. Rangers are suffering for it now.
JOKER69420XD@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Unless Real has a stroke, it's a no brainer for them.
prettybunbun@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Unless Zidane.
CircleTheFire@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I honestly hope Pep Lijnders takes over for Klopp when Klopp leaves. He’s earned it and would be the perfect person to carry on the good work Klopp started and maintain the continuity and clarity in purpose, team building, and man management already in place, but he’d also bring a fresh energy and some new ideas.
I really do think that management transition at Liverpool could parallel that if the switch from Bill Shankly to Bob Paisley, if not in exact trophy count but at least in sustained success season over season.
But if not Pep Lijnders, then Xabi Alonso is my very next preferred choice to take over after Klopp.
san771@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
At this point it's all but confirmed Xabi will be our next manager, right? godspeed, hopefully florentino supports him and sign the players he wants/needs to succeed.
WildeGooner@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Arsenal v Real Madrid next year will be battle of the immaculate hairlines
Arcadela@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
You should know by now that Madrid players respond well to respected (club) legends, and not to professor type coaches who have never won anything substantial.
InbredLegoExpress@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
current team is completely altered from the generation that this was said about. They may respond to a coach like Nagelsmann just as anyone would.
M4RC142@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Pep doesn't rly have a reason to leave City. Only other team where he'd get the same resources is PSG and it's a shitshow of a club in a much weaker league. Unless he gets bored and goes back to Barca I don't rly see him leaving. Maybe to Italy if Klopp somehow ends up there or an NT.
WhenWeTalkAboutLove@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Pep to Spain and Klopp to Germany for the world cup in ... Saudi Arabia :')
NotAnUncle@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Pep is just high maintenance tbh
Nordie27@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Alonso is good but he is no Imanol! I really don't think La Real would change him for any coach in the world
MERTENS_GOAT@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
I didn't mean it in the way that he would go there, the point was just that RSO is also a former club not mentioned in the article (and contract?) like SD Eibar
acwilan@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Real Sociedad in the muddle
TaiwanNambaWanKenobi@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
DailyMail lol
GalaxianEX@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Winner decides the correct spelling of their name for the next year 🤣
Alternate_Chinmay7@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Fucking hell. We are rotating Carlo and Zizou since 2013 like there's no other manager. I love Zizou and would love to have him back but it'd be a nice change if we get someone else.
khanh_nqk@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
Korean and Japanese commentators nightmare
toroMaximo@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
He has yet to coach a full season and still drastically improved a struggling Leverkusen side. If that ain't worth the hype, what is?
SkrrtSkrrt99@alien.top · 1 pts · 2y
reminder that there is NO PRIMARY SOURCE for this and this information was deleted from SportBilds website. Take it with a grain of salt