Former Liverpool defender, Conor Coady thinks Bayer Leverkusen manager, Xabi Alonso will succeed Jurgen Klopp as Reds boss next season.
Last week, Jurgen Klopp shocked the world of football by announcing that he will be leaving Anfield at the end of the current campaign. Many were surprised by the German’s decision because his current contract was supposed to last until 2026.
After winning every trophy possible during his time in Merseyside, Klopp will surely go down in Liverpool history as one of the team’s greatest managers.
However, there has already been a lot more talk about who will replace him, with Xabi Alonso emerging as the early favorite to take over this summer.
Julian Nagelsmann and Roberto De Zerbi have also been linked.
Conor Coady, though, thinks Alonso will be the one to take Klopp’s place and make an Anfield comeback, this time as a manager.
Coady gave his opinion on Liverpool’s potential new manager while speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live as echoed by TBRFootball.
“I can see it being Xabi Alonso, if I’m being honest with you,” he told the Monday Night Club.
“We have seen over the last few months Trent Alexander-Arnold coming inside from right-back and different things,” the Liverpool academy product added.
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“I have had a think about it and looked at it over the last few days, and you see a lot of people coming in now from right-back and playing this role and making a four in midfield and basically as a three-box three.
“Listening there about how Xabi Alonso builds up with a three and a two, I think it may be something along the lines of just trying to keep up with the Man City’s of this world.”
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