⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[Bananington]

Source- https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/liverpool-warned-hiring-xabi-alonso-rafa-benitez-claims-everything-going-too-fast-bayer-leverkusen-coach

I honestly do not think Alonso is going to do bad if he goes to Liverpool.
I think it is actually going to be great. But as now he has options, he should check his options carefully to make sure that wherever he goes, he will be able to bring in good results. But I think if he goes to a good team, he will definitely do good. After all, he is doing really well with Leverkusen. And that team was not supposed to be where it is right now. But he might actually wait one more year to get a contract from Real Madrid, who knows?

Xabi Alonso is the prime target for every elite team and he's the prize. He must exercise patience and be careful with the decision he makes next because joining either of them might fall out to be bad or good. Bayer Leverkusen enjoyed every moment spent with Xabi Alonso and also, Liverpool looking forward for the young coach to be the replacement of Jurgen Klopp who's leaving at the end of the season. Liverpool is not only the team interested in Xabi Alonso but also, there are other elite clubs that's fighting really hard to get his signature.

So far, the coaching candidate with sufficient criteria this season to replace Jurgen Klopp is of course Xabi Alonso as far as I hope. But it comes back to whether Xabi will just leave Leverkusen. As for the club itself, they are very open and always want to give the best for Xabi, whether it's moving to Liverpool or staying. I applaud the choice that Leverkusen gave even though they themselves still want to be trained by him, but Leverkusen showed their gratitude to Xabi by allowing every decision to be taken. Liverpool needs a creative coach, but keep in mind that the Bundesliga competition is clearly different from the EPL, it will definitely not be as easy as imagined.

Xabi to Liverpool is a very good choice because with all the results Xabi has produced at Leverkusen, it goes to show he has the ability to make a great coach at any club and in any league.
The EPL is a different kettle of fish altogether but am sure if Klopp survived and made Liverpool what it is today, Xabi Alonsi would also adapt and bring a touch of genius that the EPL has yet to witness.

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[RaltcoinsB]

Source- https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/liverpool-warned-hiring-xabi-alonso-rafa-benitez-claims-everything-going-too-fast-bayer-leverkusen-coach

I honestly do not think Alonso is going to do bad if he goes to Liverpool.
I think it is actually going to be great. But as now he has options, he should check his options carefully to make sure that wherever he goes, he will be able to bring in good results. But I think if he goes to a good team, he will definitely do good. After all, he is doing really well with Leverkusen. And that team was not supposed to be where it is right now. But he might actually wait one more year to get a contract from Real Madrid, who knows?

Xabi Alonso is the prime target for every elite team and he's the prize. He must exercise patience and be careful with the decision he makes next because joining either of them might fall out to be bad or good. Bayer Leverkusen enjoyed every moment spent with Xabi Alonso and also, Liverpool looking forward for the young coach to be the replacement of Jurgen Klopp who's leaving at the end of the season. Liverpool is not only the team interested in Xabi Alonso but also, there are other elite clubs that's fighting really hard to get his signature.

So far, the coaching candidate with sufficient criteria this season to replace Jurgen Klopp is of course Xabi Alonso as far as I hope. But it comes back to whether Xabi will just leave Leverkusen. As for the club itself, they are very open and always want to give the best for Xabi, whether it's moving to Liverpool or staying. I applaud the choice that Leverkusen gave even though they themselves still want to be trained by him, but Leverkusen showed their gratitude to Xabi by allowing every decision to be taken. Liverpool needs a creative coach, but keep in mind that the Bundesliga competition is clearly different from the EPL, it will definitely not be as easy as imagined.

Xabi to Liverpool is a very good choice because with all the results Xabi has produced at Leverkusen, it goes to show he has the ability to make a great coach at any club and in any league.
The EPL is a different kettle of fish altogether but am sure if Klopp survived and made Liverpool what it is today, Xabi Alonsi would also adapt and bring a touch of genius that the EPL has yet to witness.

Liverpool are extremely patient when it comes to long-term management. If they weren't so patient, they would have to change coaches very often and it could also be dangerous for Xabi. Speaking for Liverpool right now, I think it would be the right choice for Xabi to leave. Xabi has the opportunity to improve himself further there.

[Helena Yu]

These are names that i knew have been linked to the liverpool as potential coach

Gerrard
Xabi alonso
Franck haise
De zerbi

Gerrard, this guy is nothing different to Lampard, he's only good when he was a player, not as a coach.

Xabi Alonso, believe me if he can brought Leverkusen to win Bundesliga and Europa League, there's no team don't want to sign him, so it back to Alonso's decision to leave or stay in Leverkusen.

Franck Haise, a decent coach.

De Zerbi, not consistent, look the current Brighton's ranks.

[temple]

Xabi is perhaps experiencing his brightest period right now with Bayer Leverkusen. Liverpool could be a good option to take this further. While Liverpool are on their way to the Premier League championship, they want to be champions in every tournament they play to pay their respects to their legendary manager Klopp, who will leave the team this year. If they achieve these successes this year and Xabi becomes the new manager, expectations will naturally rise even higher. If he can meet these expectations, Xabi may be a new manager who will leave his mark on world football history.

In my opinion, Xabi Alonso should consider an offer from Liverpool to fill the vacant coaching position after Juergen Klopp left. Currently he is at the level of coach that many other clubs want after successfully building Leverkusen into a top team in the Bundesliga. Before accepting an offer from Liverpool, Xabi Alonso had to learn from the incident that David Moyes experienced when he replaced Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Luis Garcia also experienced the same situation when Napoli appointed him to replace Luciano Spalletti, a heavy burden had to be borne to lead the team to maintain its performance. Klopp is a coach who has given Liverpool various trophies. If this season Liverpool succeed in winning several trophies under Klopp management, it will be a heavy burden for Xabi Alonso next season.

Staying at Leverkusen will be better for his future, he can work without any pressure from any party because the players are very integrated with the strategy he uses. He just needs to bring in several other top players to increase Leverkusen's strength so they can compete in the Champions League next season.

I agree and as I mentioned before, I know that many people will say it is too early for Xabi Alonso and he should take the time for his own development, but the truth is that these opportunities are only there once in a while. Liverpool is one of his favorite clubs and if he now turns down the offer, who knows when he gets the chance the next time? If there will again be an era and someone becomes the Liverpool coach for five years, then the opportunity for Alonso is gone. Ancelotti stays at Real Madrid until 2026 (at least I guess) and Liverpool is the other club.

There might be one issue that Alonso is thinking about: if he had the had the choice between Bayern Munich and Liverpool, I think Bayern Munich would be the easier route to success for him. Winning the Premier League is no joke at all. It's a touch business with all these top clubs. The probability that Alonso can train a top team while having a realistic chance to win titles would be bigger if he trains Bayern.

But if I had the chance to choose between these two teams, I think Liverpool is more fun despite being more stressful. Bayern doesn't seem to be in the best condition anyway.

[reagansimms]

Staying at Leverkusen will be better for his future, he can work without any pressure from any party because the players are very integrated with the strategy he uses. He just needs to bring in several other top players to increase Leverkusen's strength so they can compete in the Champions League next season.

Alonso has many reasons to stay at Leverkusen, maybe even go to Bayern instead of Liverpool at this time. German football is compatible with Alonso's tactical thinking, and it is working extremely well with Leverkusen's current success in the Bundesliga. Moving to Liverpool is quite a big challenge for him as the two football backgrounds are completely different, and the Premier League is much more competitive and tougher than the Bundesliga. However, if you ignore the successes and titles, Alonso wants to challenge himself and improve his abilities further, then going to Liverpool and the Premier League is a very good choice, as here gather top coaches head so he can compete and practice his expertise like Mikel Arteta, Pochettino, Pep Guardiola, Ange Postecoglou...

Yes, Xabi Alonso has many reasons to continue to take charge of Leverkusen for the next few seasons. Xabi Alonso has made Leverkusen much more developed than before. It didn't take long for him to create new history with Leverkusen, who had never won the Bundesliga and had not won a title for 30 years. Leverkusen's statistics under Xabi Alonso this season are also very impressive, he managed to bring Leverkusen to the top of the Bundesliga standings with an unbeaten record.

It is almost possible to win the Bundesliga trophy if the team is able to maintain its performance in the next match. The 10-point difference from Bayern Munich makes it even clearer that Leverkusen will soon reduce the dominance that Munich has long established in the Bundesliga. He would be better off staying there to manage the team he worked so hard to build than moving to Bayern Munich or Liverpool, he has the opportunity to become a legend at Leverkusen if he is able to bring Leverkusen to glory.

[Hirose UK]

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About Andreas Christensen indeed Barcelona has thinking to sell him this summer because they really need required more money to bought some players and one of the team who showing their interest to Andreas Christensen is Manchester United and it says Manchester United give his priority to buy some defenders because they currently lack of good quality defender players and Ten Hag feel Andreas Christensen will be suitable player to guarded Manchester United defensive lines moreover if i am not mistaken Christensen was playing with Chelsea since 2013 so he really know the atmosphere of Premier League and easy to adapt but recently Christensen has been respond to this rumour and he said this news is not true because Christensen feel he still comfortable to playing with Barcelona and he has no plan to leave Barcelona this summer

There are several players who are being targeted by Barcelona in the upcoming transfer market and of course they will spend more money so the only way to do this is to sell several players who they feel cannot make big contribution to the team.
I don't know who will be sold, but I sure that Andreas Christensen will not be the only player Barcelona will sell, there will definitely be several other players who might just sit on the bench too much.
I don't know who will be interested in several players from Barcelona, but it seems like there will always be team that accept players from Barcelona even though they only play with suboptimal performance.

News that has been heard is that there will be far more team from England showing interest in Barcelona players and this is good opportunity for Barcelona to try to improve the squad by buying and selling players.

[asriloni]

Staying at Leverkusen will be better for his future, he can work without any pressure from any party because the players are very integrated with the strategy he uses. He just needs to bring in several other top players to increase Leverkusen's strength so they can compete in the Champions League next season.

Alonso has many reasons to stay at Leverkusen, maybe even go to Bayern instead of Liverpool at this time. German football is compatible with Alonso's tactical thinking, and it is working extremely well with Leverkusen's current success in the Bundesliga. Moving to Liverpool is quite a big challenge for him as the two football backgrounds are completely different, and the Premier League is much more competitive and tougher than the Bundesliga. However, if you ignore the successes and titles, Alonso wants to challenge himself and improve his abilities further, then going to Liverpool and the Premier League is a very good choice, as here gather top coaches head so he can compete and practice his expertise like Mikel Arteta, Pochettino, Pep Guardiola, Ange Postecoglou...

Alonso's departure from leverkusen can also be motivated by several things too. However, it remains to be seen whether he will be loyal to the leverkusen that has nurtured his talent and helped him to reach the current state. Even if leverkusen will no longer be coached by alonso and it thinks leverkusen will still shine on the pitch.
Alonso has vast experience played in some of the top leagues like la liga and EPL. His experience has made him a valuable asset to any team that will use his service. I can understand when some may question whether he still has what it takes to compete at the top league.
His result in leverkusen suggests otherwise. Whether he stays or moves on to a new club. Alonso will always be one of the most potential manager for this decade for this era.


Ange was an experienced coach who never got an opportunity to coach a club in EPL but he was able demostrating his competence and skill when he led to him being a totenham's head coach. I believe alonso is also has the same potential as ange.
I never doubted it caused by i knew how capable alonso to coaching the EPL club. he had been there for many years and it's time for him to go back to the EPL again. It has been so long since he was still playing as liverpool's player.
Things will change if he will decide to join leverpool as a new appointment. There's nothing wrong with seeing him back to the liverpool again soon.

[koang]

Liverpool are extremely patient when it comes to long-term management. If they weren't so patient, they would have to change coaches very often and it could also be dangerous for Xabi. Speaking for Liverpool right now, I think it would be the right choice for Xabi to leave. Xabi has the opportunity to improve himself further there.

The noise dying down is usually who Liverpool wants, the loud names I always worry about
And I think Management will publicly announce the next manager at the end of the season.
Whichever manager it is wants to concentrate fully on their season and not plan for next season. Klopp won't want even more distraction with so much on the line either

[Nheer]

These are names that i knew have been linked to the liverpool as potential coach

Gerrard
Xabi alonso
Franck haise
De zerbi

Gerrard, this guy is nothing different to Lampard, he's only good when he was a player, not as a coach.

Xabi Alonso, believe me if he can brought Leverkusen to win Bundesliga and Europa League, there's no team don't want to sign him, so it back to Alonso's decision to leave or stay in Leverkusen.

Franck Haise, a decent coach.

De Zerbi, not consistent, look the current Brighton's ranks.

I totally agree with you on this, Gerrard and Lampard are no much different in terms of coaching, they were good exceptional players during their days of playing but i wouldn’t say the same for their coaching career. They started their early coaching career well but when signed to a bigger club it showed that they are not good enough to handle a bigger team. Gerrard had a wonderful season at Rangers but after signed to Aston villa he was later sacked and replaced due to poor management and now he is currently in Saudi league managing Al ettifaq.

De Zerbi is a good coach with potential to manage a bigger team, with a squad like that of Liverpool’s he could actually be able to achieve a lot with them. He is currently linked to Barcelona and Liverpool with Bayern Munich also keeping an eye on him.

Xabi Alonso seem to be the hottest coach at the moment with what he is doing in the Bundesliga all teams are looking to sign him. He was able to transformed the team but how sure are we that he wouldn’t end up like Gerrard and Frank Lampard when he is signed to a bigger team. With all the teams he is linked to i don’t think he will consider for Barcelona, Liverpool will be the favorites to get his signature because of the relationship between them.

[Alpha Marine]

Liverpool isn't poor, but they're stingy.

There were many discussions that Liverpool lacks of play maker, people were want Musiala to join Liverpool. Actually they can, but why they sign Mac Allister and Szoboszlai? obviously they want to cut off the cost.

I don't believe Liverpool is poor, and I don't also believe they're stingy. They only make decisions based on their financial level. You don't expect them to take out $100 million to sign one player to fill where they don't need when they could sign 2 players they need with that money.

Musiala is not a playmaker. He's more of an attacking midfielder. That's not what Liverpool needed at the time. They needed central attacking midfielders. Midfielders that can dictate the tempo of the game. Midfielders that control the game and Mac Alister and Szoboszlai do exactly that.
Musiala is the kind of player that forces the attack. He is more like a De Bruyne profile, except he doesn't create as many chances as De Bruyne yet.
Musiala is the kind of player any team would want, but you can't sign him as a luxury signing when there are more important positions that are lacking in your team.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1764768987529843145

Having not even coached Chelsea for a season has made Pochettino's fate even more pressing because of the lack of good results obtained this season and Chelsea management has already selected several candidates for Pochettino's replacement coach. Apart from De Zerbi, who has long been rumored to be the next Chelsea coach, now the name of a new coach has emerged, namely Ruben Amorim. He is the coach of Sporting Lisbon and thanks to his cool hands this season, Sporting Lisbon is at the top of the Portuguese league. He managed to overcome fierce competition with other strong teams such as Benfica and Porto, which is why his name began to be considered.

I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to make an offer to Ruben Amorim at the end of the season and if he wants to come to Stamford Bridge that would certainly be a good thing. But you also need to remember that even though a coach had a good season with the previous team, it doesn't necessarily mean he can handle a new team in the following season. Moreover, Chelsea is still in transition with their expensive players and I think this is not only about a good coach but also an experienced coach is needed. Pochettino can indeed be said to have failed because he was unable to make significant changes this season, but whether he is fired or not, we will still find out at the end of the season.

[hyudien]

Liverpool isn't poor, but they're stingy.

There were many discussions that Liverpool lacks of play maker, people were want Musiala to join Liverpool. Actually they can, but why they sign Mac Allister and Szoboszlai? obviously they want to cut off the cost.

The money they have is better to allocate to sign a great manager.

How do we know the difference? I mean so far I have always thought about them being poor, and yes I get that the "poor" here doesn't mean like they have no money, they just paid so much money to players this off season so it is not like they have no money, but they are not like Madrid or PSG that they can spend whatever they want, or not like City neither. Looking at this summer, they paid as much as they can and I felt like that's all they have.

This is also a strong reason for Jurgen Klopp to leave because financial support from Liverpool does not fully provide options. So I agree if it is said that Liverpool financial management is stingy in terms of purchasing players, Klopp wanted more support during the transfer market but that didn't happen and not just once, so it ended up playing available players. If we still remember when Liverpool was in decline, not many changes were made, especially in terms of purchasing players. Only Liverpool is lucky to have a coach like Jurgen Klopp because if the coach was not Klopp and with his stingy financial condition, things might not have gone this far.

Hopefully Klopp departure can be a lesson for Liverpool officials to pay attention to the team's needs and support the new coach efforts to maintain stable performance. Reflecting on Man United monotonous financial support, this club has lost its direction and style of play. One more thing, don't compare it to Chelsea because this club is financially supportive but the player options chosen are messy.

[JeffBrad12]

Source: https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1764768987529843145

Having not even coached Chelsea for a season has made Pochettino's fate even more pressing because of the lack of good results obtained this season and Chelsea management has already selected several candidates for Pochettino's replacement coach. Apart from De Zerbi, who has long been rumored to be the next Chelsea coach, now the name of a new coach has emerged, namely Ruben Amorim. He is the coach of Sporting Lisbon and thanks to his cool hands this season, Sporting Lisbon is at the top of the Portuguese league. He managed to overcome fierce competition with other strong teams such as Benfica and Porto, which is why his name began to be considered.

I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to make an offer to Ruben Amorim at the end of the season and if he wants to come to Stamford Bridge that would certainly be a good thing. But you also need to remember that even though a coach had a good season with the previous team, it doesn't necessarily mean he can handle a new team in the following season. Moreover, Chelsea is still in transition with their expensive players and I think this is not only about a good coach but also an experienced coach is needed. Pochettino can indeed be said to have failed because he was unable to make significant changes this season, but whether he is fired or not, we will still find out at the end of the season.

I would like to give an additional info too.

Chelsea and Todd Boehly have identified Sporting boss Ruben Amorim and Brighton's Roberto De Zerbi as their favourites to replace the Argentine at Stamford Bridge, according to The Guardian. Amorim has heavily impressed the Chelsea brass with his work with Sporting who currently sit top of the table in Portugal ahead of Benfica and Porto. De Zerbi, on the other hand, has received plenty of plaudits for his work at Brighton since taking over from Graham Potter in 2022.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/chelsea-identify-two-potential-replacements-for-blues-boss-mauricio-pochettino/bltd0ba54093759537d#cs17b94c42d6e97eaf

Amorim's performance with sporting impressed chelsea officials. I think that he is more suitable to become a new coach for chelsea instead of de zerbi, we have two names heavily linked to chelsea in the summer. Afaik, chelsea has planned to sack pochettino from the club at the end of the season following poor results got by chelsea.
Todd boehly lost his patience caused by pochettino made many mistakes that cost the club a lot. In my perspective, zerbi is still very inconsistent and i hope the story about graham potter will not be repeated. Chelsea needs to have someone who can lead the club to go up at least to enter UCL.

Chelsea needs to find someone who will be completely loyal to the club and will not ruin the club's gameplay with terrible substitutes like Pochettino. Many supporters are aware of how awful Poch is at substitutions. Chelsea must move on, and the process must begin by hiring a new coach to carefully manage the club.
Someone who will not make the same mistakes as prior coaches. Someone who completely comprehends the club and amorim is worth trying. We are never going to know the outcome if he never gets recruited.

[Plaguedeath]

Hopefully Klopp departure can be a lesson for Liverpool officials to pay attention to the team's needs and support the new coach efforts to maintain stable performance. Reflecting on Man United monotonous financial support, this club has lost its direction and style of play. One more thing, don't compare it to Chelsea because this club is financially supportive but the player options chosen are messy.

The chance for Liverpool to become a mediocre team is very high because no one is ready with the Liverpool's new era, few players even choose to leave if the other teams willing to buy out from Liverpool.

Manchester United is going to broke, they can't do anything except sell the team to the rich.

Chelsea is sadly managed by a stupid manager, if not they can use the money to buy all star players.

[Palakka]

Liverpool are extremely patient when it comes to long-term management. If they weren't so patient, they would have to change coaches very often and it could also be dangerous for Xabi. Speaking for Liverpool right now, I think it would be the right choice for Xabi to leave. Xabi has the opportunity to improve himself further there.

Liverpool performance so far has not been greatly affected since Klopp announced his resignation, precisely now the Liverpool squad is motivated to be able to give a sweet farewell gift to Klopp by winning one of the League and europa League trophies, but that is not what is felt by the current Liverpool management who are actually very depressed and trying to get a new coach they can rely on,  Liverpool is not a team that often changes coaches but even so they do not hesitate to fire coaches who are indeed unable to measure Liverpool performance and achievements.

Since Klopp announced his departure from Liverpool and it didn't take long for the media to directly link Liverpool with Xabi who has so far brought glory to Leverkusen, but personally I have not found any strong confirmation from both parties for all these speculations, neither Liverpool nor Xabi seems  not yet approached let alone talk about the possibility of the two working together,  In addition, I think we are too sure if Xabi goes to Liverpool it will make Liverpool better and stronger, but have you ever thought if Xabi left the and he failed at Liverpool later?

[Cryptomultiplier]

Liverpool isn't poor, but they're stingy.

There were many discussions that Liverpool lacks of play maker, people were want Musiala to join Liverpool. Actually they can, but why they sign Mac Allister and Szoboszlai? obviously they want to cut off the cost.

The money they have is better to allocate to sign a great manager.

How do we know the difference? I mean so far I have always thought about them being poor, and yes I get that the "poor" here doesn't mean like they have no money, they just paid so much money to players this off season so it is not like they have no money, but they are not like Madrid or PSG that they can spend whatever they want, or not like City neither. Looking at this summer, they paid as much as they can and I felt like that's all they have.

This is also a strong reason for Jurgen Klopp to leave because financial support from Liverpool does not fully provide options. So I agree if it is said that Liverpool financial management is stingy in terms of purchasing players, Klopp wanted more support during the transfer market but that didn't happen and not just once, so it ended up playing available players. If we still remember when Liverpool was in decline, not many changes were made, especially in terms of purchasing players. Only Liverpool is lucky to have a coach like Jurgen Klopp because if the coach was not Klopp and with his stingy financial condition, things might not have gone this far.

Hopefully Klopp departure can be a lesson for Liverpool officials to pay attention to the team's needs and support the new coach efforts to maintain stable performance. Reflecting on Man United monotonous financial support, this club has lost its direction and style of play. One more thing, don't compare it to Chelsea because this club is financially supportive but the player options chosen are messy.

Klopp didn't make some of us and the press believe his reason for leaving Liverpool at the end of season was due to financial lapses of the management, but because of the fact that he was tired managing the team for so long and with the league pressures as well as pressures from the management to perform, that he just needs to rest.
Something may have made him come up with such a decision but we would get to hear if he joins another club as coach after leaving Liverpool.

There's rumours about Xabi Alonso being a possibility for the team, Liverpool as coach, but he is also linked with a move to Bayern Munich, but like I said, it's mere rumors although I believe he would have kept the team together while being as phenomenal as Klopp is or even better.

Many of the players might leave if no good coach is signed to replace klopp, but what do I know, we would get to wait until the middle of another playing season to debate on the efficiency of any coach Liverpool gets to sign.

[Altryist]

Liverpool performance so far has not been greatly affected since Klopp announced his resignation, precisely now the Liverpool squad is motivated to be able to give a sweet farewell gift to Klopp by winning one of the League and europa League trophies, but that is not what is felt by the current Liverpool management who are actually very depressed and trying to get a new coach they can rely on,  Liverpool is not a team that often changes coaches but even so they do not hesitate to fire coaches who are indeed unable to measure Liverpool performance and achievements.

Since Klopp announced his departure from Liverpool and it didn't take long for the media to directly link Liverpool with Xabi who has so far brought glory to Leverkusen, but personally I have not found any strong confirmation from both parties for all these speculations, neither Liverpool nor Xabi seems  not yet approached let alone talk about the possibility of the two working together,  In addition, I think we are too sure if Xabi goes to Liverpool it will make Liverpool better and stronger, but have you ever thought if Xabi left the and he failed at Liverpool later?

Today I already saw the news that Bayern made an offer to Alonso, so besides Liverpool there are other teams that would like to see this coach. If this transfer takes place, Bayern will also have to pay Bayer compensation of about 15-20 million euros.
Perhaps for Alonso this offer will be even more interesting than a move to Liverpool, because he is familiar with the Bundesliga, and was previously a Bayern player. But it is clear that this is just a proposal and nothing has been decided yet, and for Alonso such popularity will only play into his hands.

[Marvell1]

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Xabi Alonso is the prime target for every elite team and he's the prize. He must exercise patience and be careful with the decision he makes next because joining either of them might fall out to be bad or good. Bayer Leverkusen enjoyed every moment spent with Xabi Alonso and also, Liverpool looking forward for the young coach to be the replacement of Jurgen Klopp who's leaving at the end of the season. Liverpool is not only the team interested in Xabi Alonso but also, there are other elite clubs that's fighting really hard to get his signature.

So far, the coaching candidate with sufficient criteria this season to replace Jurgen Klopp is of course Xabi Alonso as far as I hope. But it comes back to whether Xabi will just leave Leverkusen. As for the club itself, they are very open and always want to give the best for Xabi, whether it's moving to Liverpool or staying. I applaud the choice that Leverkusen gave even though they themselves still want to be trained by him, but Leverkusen showed their gratitude to Xabi by allowing every decision to be taken. Liverpool needs a creative coach, but keep in mind that the Bundesliga competition is clearly different from the EPL, it will definitely not be as easy as imagined.

@Belarge, For some reason, I think it is not going to be a good idea if he joins Bayern Munich. Maybe a lot of people are going to treat him like a traitor. And if he joins Liverpool, he has a chance to leave a legacy in the English Premier League. But at the same time in Liverpool he is probably not going to get everything as he wishes. Because we know that the owner of Liverpool does not like to spend too much money

@bitLeap, It is a big thing to do when you know you are probably not going to be the same club as you were if the coach actually leaves. They know that very well and still have given him the chance to actually leave the club. But at the same time, I expect Alonso to not be emotional about this and actually leave. Because he can have a great career elsewhere. And if he wins the Bundesliga with Leverkusen I believe he will not have much to prove with the club anymore.

[KTChampions]

There will be similar expectations in Liverpool, even if they don't win the cup. Because Liverpool is one of the teams that always aims for the top. They always want championships and trophies. If Xabi goes to that team, he must do better than Bayer Leverkusen. This year, Xabi is making history with Bayer Leverkusen. Naturally, they may want him to write similar history in Liverpool.

Considering that Bayer did not have a single Bundesliga title before this season (with five 2nd places), it will be impossible to surpass this result in Liverpool. Liverpool is one of the most titled teams in the world and it is natural that coaches are invited there to win these titles. This is precisely the difficulty of moving to Liverpool - what is considered an unnecessary miracle in Bayer will be a common expectation in Liverpool. However, I wouldn’t say that it will be easier to beat City than Bayern. At the moment, there is no hint of a crisis in City, which means that in order to surpass them you will have to show something phenomenal like 100 points in a season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Gerrard, this guy is nothing different to Lampard, he's only good when he was a player, not as a coach.

Xabi Alonso, believe me if he can brought Leverkusen to win Bundesliga and Europa League, there's no team don't want to sign him, so it back to Alonso's decision to leave or stay in Leverkusen.

Franck Haise, a decent coach.
De Zerbi, not consistent, look the current Brighton's ranks.

Steven Gerrard? I would gladly agree with what's said about the Liverpool legend, we don't need dig too much into the legendary midfielder, take a look backwards at the short time he had with Aston Villa, any improvements from that season and this season? No! I doubt that Liverpool fans would want to see him as a replacement for Jurgen Klopp.

Steven Gerrard no different from Frank Lampard, and Wayne Rooney, Yes?  Xabi Alonso? He'll definitely be the next manager of Bayern Munich next season. If all of these goes well for him this particular season. He's having such a great season with these players, and hopefully all of these hardwork pays off completely then.

Frank Haise? I honestly do not know who the Fvck he is!
Roberto De Zebri? Lol! He qualified these lads for the very first time into the European Europa League Competition, would be playing his first knocked out for Brighton come Thursday against As Roma and you're not saying anything good about the journey she's already had? Who signs him up would  benefit a whole lot.