According to a media report, there could be a coaching upheaval at Liverpool FC. Xabi Alonso could succeed Arne Slot in the summer.
Is a spectacular coaching change brewing? According to a report by As , FC Liverpool is reportedly concretely considering Xabi Alonso as Arne Slot’s successor.
The Reds are said to have already contacted representatives of the Spanish coach to sound out whether the 44-year-old would generally be interested in taking over the reins at his former club in the summer.
Is one leaving? Is the other coming? Xabi Alonso could succeed Arne Slot
As the Spanish sports newspaper further reports, the environment of the former coach of Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid responded positively to Liverpool’s inquiry, where Alonso has enjoyed cult status since the 2005 Champions League triumph.
Will Alonso be Slot’s successor?
After his nerve-wracking and exhausting interlude with “the Royals,” who parted ways with Alonso in mid-January after just over half a year, the coach is currently taking a break to recharge his batteries.
Slot, Jürgen Klopp’s successor at Liverpool since 2024, led the club to the championship in his very first season, but the current season, despite high-profile new signings, has been a constant up and down, which is why the English apparently are considering a new appointment for the summer.
The Reds, for whom Alonso played from 2004 to 2009, reportedly tried to sign the Basque in 2024, as did FC Bayern. But at that time, Alonso decided to stay for another season with the Werkself, with whom he won the historic double of championship and DFB-Pokal in 2024.