'Liverpool will be aware': 'A lot' of Premier League clubs all think the same thing about Xabi Alonso - journalist
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Xabi Alonso has once again been linked to Liverpool this week, and the Spaniard is expected to take up a new role this year.Reports in Germany claimed Alonso was ready to join the Reds this summer, though those suggestions of an impending Anfield return have been dismissed since.Regardless, the ex-midfielder could still be on Liverpool and a number of other clubs’ lists after 2025/26, as ‘a lot’ are now of the opinion that he is attainable for the time being. Rate Arne Slot’s second season as Liverpool head coach Can anyone make a serious argument for higher than a C? 😶 Photo Credit: Getty Images/Carl Recine Premier League clubs think they could get Xabi Alonso nowJournalist Lewis Steele told Anfield Index that several Premier League sides think the former Real Madrid coach is ‘quite attainable now’.However, there may only be a small window for teams like Liverpool, Manchester City and potentially Chelsea to make a move, as Steele expects his future to be decided before June 1, 2026.He said: “Now, what I heard the other day was a lot of these clubs think that Alonso is quite attainable now.“However, it is a bit of a now or never situation because he’s going [to] take a job this summer.
Whether that’s City, whether that’s Liverpool, whether it’s well, I don’t know who else, but you know, Chelsea might have sacked Rosenior by them, for example.“So, it’s either you get him now or you don’t because once he’s into one of them Premier League clubs, he’s not going to be your man anymore.“Liverpool will be aware of that when they come to make their mind up on Slot, and they probably will have it’s not the sort of thing where they can make a call to Alonso in on the 1st of June, for example. I think his future would be decided by then.” Will Xabi Alonso be Liverpool manager by the start of the 2026/27 season?
If no, where will he be instead? Photo Credit: Getty Images/Alberto Gardin/NurPhoto Steele’s claims come on the back of reports earlier this year that Man City could look at Alonso to replace Pep Guardiola.The Spaniard remains under contract at the Etihad Stadium until 2027, but there is continued speculation that he could leave the Manchester outfit this year.As for the potential Chelsea interest Steele mooted, Liam Rosenior hasn’t been in the job for that long, and there are no reported plans for the Blues to make a change right now.But the West London outfit have fallen below Liverpool in the Premier League table and have lost seven and drawn two of his 19 matches at the helm so far.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox