Xabi Alonso
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Because it's Bayern....he has a connection with the club being a former player long before becoming Leverkusen manager, something I'm sure Leverkusen fans are aware of.
He'll also fancy his chances with the squad there to build it into the best in Europe and win the CL.
Liverpool: "Am I joke to you?"
If he's our #1 guy then we'll reach out to him or his management team with the view to offering him the job won't we?
Your question was why would he go to Bayern, not why would he turn down Liverpool.
I honestly forgot that he played for them cunts. Still, if the offer doesn't come from us he should stay and finish what he started.
Xabi will do what's best for Xabi, if the options are staying at Leverkusen (1 more year) or going to Bayern......it's a pretty instinctive choice, no? I can't imagine a world where any manager would give themselves too much thinking time.
What will make it interesting is if he gets offers from both clubs, who he'll pick.
Imo the smart move would be to stay put and test himself in CL with the team he knows, instead of joining their rivals and another project. Unless LFC come calling.
Are Leverkusen really Bayern's rivals though? They've never won the Bundesliga. If you were to ask 100 Bayern fans, who their rivals were, I don't think many would say Leverkusen.
It's like saying Leicester 7-8 years ago whenever it was, they're now rivals to Utd Liverpool Chelsea etc.
It's different in Germany, you're right it's not their rival in the sense of Man U being our rivals but EVERYONE in Germany hates Bayern. It's everyone's rival.
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Right now several of our regular posters are convulsing at your use of the term 'reach out'.
Surely it depends on what happens to the team, no doubt some of his players will be purged by other clubs
Yes there's a slight chance of that happening but I'm not so sure. One player they might lose in the summer is Jonathan Tah since he only has a year left in his contract. But ultimately it'll be down to if Xabi stays or goes, I think. Leverkusen aren't desperate for cash.
That's how I view it too.
He has nothing left to prove in Germany. Especially if he wins the double and goes unbeaten. How do you top that? Certainly not with Munich.
Only club I'd be wary of is Madrid and they've extended Ancellotti. So unless he suddenly loses energy...
I think it's perfectly set up for him at Liverpool. I've listed the reasons before but we are a team in transition already performing at a very high level - the sky's the limit for the right manager and Summer spending.
We'll blow his current financial package away. We'll be more than patient and give him time to implement his strategies.
No issues at all with the family, city or fans who already love him and will support him through thick and thin and he's recently stated we are his favourite team.
This is a major tell. This and the lack of "interviews".
to be honest - even though they are performing really well, are we really that desperate for the players they have ? - we just want their manager not necessarily their players. The key to that team doing well is Xabi, not any single player.
Exactly this.
There's no reason for the club to get rid of the coaching staff unless it was pretty much sorted.
There is no reason why they would wait until Klopp publicly announced it to start searching for a new manager.
Going to Bayern where he’s guaranteed to win the league and have a crack at big ears where he’s increase his station vs replacing our greatest manager in 50 years and will be compared against him constantly and most likely never beat City. Absolutely madness to choose us.
If he's a possibility then surely Amourim would be too, but not sure what the fuck Carra would know.
Also whatever happened to Jardim?
I get the Devil's advocate thing but if Alonso was unambitious and fearful of taking the reins from Klopp now then he would always be unsuited to a high profile job.
Jesus wept.
Yeah doing what he's just done is compelling. CL? He's got as good as chance with us as Bayern, maybe better. And the other points I elucidated on ? You have no answer to.
I think dreamy has a point, moving to Bayern is the safer option for his career. It's a nice litmus test. If he takes it we don't want him anyway. We need someone with giant balls, especially someone wholly unproven like Alonso. Otherwise he will just melt into a twitching puddle.
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