Bayern Munich contacts Roberto De Zerbi handing Liverpool boost in pursuit of Xabi Alonso
As per Bild, via Express, Bayern Munich reached out to Roberto De Zerbi, the manager of Brighton & Hove Albion, and this handed Liverpool an extra push in their quest to make Xabi Alonso their next managerial hire. This suggests the German club is exploring their options for their next head coach.
This provides leeway to the Reds, who are keen on making their former player, Alonso, their next head coach for the upcoming season. The Italian work has been admired by many European clubs, besides Liverpool and Bayern, Manchester United and Barcelona are also interested in making him their next gaffer.
Bayern are enduring one of their poorest spells and are likely to go trophyless if they get eliminated from the Champions League, additionally, they are 10 points behind first-place Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkusen. As a result, Bayern have already made the decision to part ways with Thomas Tuchel after the end of the season.
Meanwhile, Liverpool are in the title race alongside Manchester City and Arsenal and are hoping to give the German manager a great send-off by winning the title.
When De Zerbi was named Seagulls coach last season and led them to a Europa League berth, his style of play challenged other big sides in the Premier League. But his squad hasn’t played well this season, which makes sense noting that he lost a couple of key players to Premier League teams.
The Italian manager is well-known for his attractive playing style, and he achieves positive outcomes when he is given a fully functional squad. Alonso, in the meantime, took over the management of a mediocre Bayer squad, focused on the specific attributes of the players first, and assembled a competitive squad for this season.
Being familiar with the club and its operations, Liverpool will entertain the possibility of having Alonso. Furthermore, he will have a good team at Liverpool, which he lacked at Leverkusen, this may speed up the pace at which he integrates his principles.
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The Liverpool fans will certainly show patience and back Alonso to succeed German manager Jurgen Klopp, who took three to four seasons to establish Liverpool as a formidable force.
