{"id":636587,"date":"2024-02-27T04:35:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=636587"},"modified":"2024-02-27T04:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:35:10","slug":"liverpool-xabi-alonso-jurgen-klopp-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/27\/liverpool-xabi-alonso-jurgen-klopp-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Hold \u2018Positive Contacts\u2019 With \u2018Talented Young Coach\u2019 Who Could Replace Jurgen Klopp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool currently hold a small lead in the Premier League over title holders Manchester City and rivals, Arsenal. Jurgen Klopp, who has overseen a rebirth at Anfield, announced earlier this year that this would be his last campaign in charge of the Reds. Over in his home country of Germany, Bayer Leverkusen appear set to end Bayern Munich&#8217;s dominant run in the Bundesliga and their manager Xabi Alonso appears the frontrunner to replace &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pb0tvv1ojUE\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Normal One.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Xabi Alonso and Liverpool in Talks for Summer Deal<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udda4\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bundesliga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bundesliga<\/a> |<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3Liverpool had new positive contacts with Xabi Alonso. The manager wants the move to the Reds who will continue to push in the next weeks<\/p>\n<p>\u2705\ufe0f Bayern Munich is there but, for now, Xabi Alonso is more excited to join Liverpool and the PL\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJofhaw8Gf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iJofhaw8Gf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Santi Aouna (@Santi_J_FM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santi_J_FM\/status\/1762146508835553512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Bayern A Strong Contender, but Alonso Eyeing an England Move<\/h3>\n<p>French journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santi_J_FM\/status\/1762146508835553512?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santi Aouna<\/a> tweeted a major update on the pursuit of Alonso stating that &#8220;Liverpool had new positive contacts.&#8221; The 42-year-old former Anfield star is currently on a record-breaking run with Leverkusen. <i>Die Schwarzroten<\/i> are undefeated in all competitions and have established themselves as favourites to win both the Bundesliga and DFB Pokal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/25\/van-djik-liverpool-chelsea-carabao-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">Carabao Cup Final \u2013 Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea: Virgil Van Djik\u2019s Late Extra-Time Winner Secures Trophy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aouna noted that Alonso &#8220;wants the move to the Reds who will continue to push in the next weeks.&#8221; A potential meeting between the two clubs is not unlikely this season. Leverkusen and Liverpool are on top of the odds to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/betting\/football\/europa-league-winner-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Europa League<\/a>. Dublin could play host to the Spaniard&#8217;s last match on the touchline for the German outfit, and it could come against his future club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Why Was Egypt Angry With Mohamed Salah?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So, Mo Salah Made Egypt Angry.... - Last Word on Football, 23\/1\/24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FON12XObV38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/24\/harvey-elliott-improvement-100th-liverpool-appearance\/\" target=\"_self\">Harvey Elliott Must Continue Improvement To Establish Himself At Anfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman reported in an article for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footmercato.net\/a5929620108271920021-xabi-alonso-a-une-claire-preference\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FootMercato<\/a> &#8220;Bayern Munich is a clearly secondary choice.&#8221; The Bavarian club&#8217;s struggles under Thomas Tuchel are highlighting a weakness that could keep Alonso away. Liverpool, at the moment, present a much better chance of contending for domestic and continental silverware.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/02\/20\/liverpool-battle-manchester-united-marc-guehi\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Proposed Transfer Targets\u2019: Liverpool Face Battle From Man Utd For \u2018Impressive\u2019 Premier League Star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Xabi Alonso&#8217;s heart is clearly leaning in favour of Liverpool,&#8221; Aouna stated. Joining Leverkusen from his role at Real Sociedad&#8217;s B Team, the Spaniard has highlighted his capabilities and proven himself to be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescore.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-carabao-cup-final-preview-danny-murphy-exclusive-2024022312254577863\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a talented young coach<\/a>.&#8221; Liverpool, if they can seal the deal this summer, will be bagging a potential dynasty coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool currently hold a small lead in the Premier League over title holders Manchester City and rivals, Arsenal. Jurgen Klopp, who has overseen a rebirth at Anfield, announced earlier this year that this would be his last campaign in charge of the Reds. Over in his home country of Germany, Bayer Leverkusen appear set to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":636604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1708992000","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Xabi Alonso","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,7188],"tags":[126,7298,737],"class_list":["post-636587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours","tag-xabi-alonso"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}