Xabi Alonso 'has Liverpool release clause in his contract'
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Liverpool legend Xabi Alonso reportedly has a clause in his contract which would allow him to return to Anfield as manager next summer.
  • M4RC142@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Pep doesn’t rly have a reason to leave City. Only other team where he’d get the same resources is PSG and it’s a shitshow of a club in a much weaker league. Unless he gets bored and goes back to Barca I don’t rly see him leaving. Maybe to Italy if Klopp somehow ends up there or an NT.

  • CircleTheFire@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I honestly hope Pep Lijnders takes over for Klopp when Klopp leaves. He’s earned it and would be the perfect person to carry on the good work Klopp started and maintain the continuity and clarity in purpose, team building, and man management already in place, but he’d also bring a fresh energy and some new ideas.

    I really do think that management transition at Liverpool could parallel that if the switch from Bill Shankly to Bob Paisley, if not in exact trophy count but at least in sustained success season over season.

    But if not Pep Lijnders, then Xabi Alonso is my very next preferred choice to take over after Klopp.

  • iWillShagYourDad@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Gerrard had the massive fortune of Celtic absolutely collapsing after Rodger’s left mid season and gave the job to Neil Lennon. Won less trophies that season than St Johnstone did. His success in Scotland is massively overstated, almost everyone here thinks of his time here as a failure with a bright spot. While being near penniless, he managed to bring on a shit load of debt while raising the playing wage budget greater than celtics. Rangers are suffering for it now.

  • Nordie27@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Alonso is good but he is no Imanol! I really don’t think La Real would change him for any coach in the world

    • MERTENS_GOAT@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I didn’t mean it in the way that he would go there, the point was just that RSO is also a former club not mentioned in the article (and contract?) like SD Eibar

  • madsauce178@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    We only had one good attacker. Vinicius became a great player when he left. Would not call it a massive failure. He won a league title.

  • san771@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    At this point it’s all but confirmed Xabi will be our next manager, right? godspeed, hopefully florentino supports him and sign the players he wants/needs to succeed.