Liverpool are still searching for their Jurgen Klopp successor and Xabi Alonso remains the favourite for the job
Xabi Alonso continues to be linked with a move to Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp's reign as manager of the Reds approaches its end.
READ MORE: Liverpool Academy secrets unveiled as club goes to great lengths to ensure next generation are perfectly preparedPlenty has been said in recent months regarding whether the Spaniard is the right fit for the Reds, with the thoughts of former players turned pundits highlighted below. "With all due respect, and it’s incredible what Leverkusen are doing at the moment, but they’re not going to win the Champions League on a consistent basis or be one of Europe’s elite. He has got to move at some point and it looks like the two obvious ones are Bayern and Liverpool and as I say, you could be waiting forever for the perfect time to take over at the club so sometimes you just have to go for that gut feeling.
“They were in the relegation zone when he came in and he almost qualified for the Champions League last year and got to the Semi-Finals of the Europa Conference League. This season, they are top of the league and in the Europa League. You think of the managers he’s been managed by – Carlo Ancelotti, Rafa Benitez, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, and the football they play. He’s the type of guy that if he came in, he’d have the crowd straight away.
"However, Xabi has gone into Bayer Leverkusen, taken them from struggling near the bottom of the table last season into a European place, and then what he's doing this year is quite incredible.”
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