'I'd be surprised': Danny Murphy backs Xabi Alonso to replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool amid Bayern Munich links
Danny Murphy has stated that he would be “surprised” if Xabi Alonso rejected an offer to manage the club.
And the talkSPORT expert has also explained why. Jurgen Klopp He will not fill the soon-to-be vacant position at Bayern Munich this summer.
Klopp announced his shocking decision to backing out at Anfield last month, and the German will leave at the end of the season.
Bayer Leverkusen boss alonso He has become the favorite to replace him after enjoying five years on Merseyside between 2004 and 2009, where he won the Champions League and FA Cup.
But it is also understood that it is in Bayern's radar Thomas Tuchel will leave the Allianz Arena at the end of the campaign.
It was in Bavaria where Alonso finished his career after three trophy-laden seasons in which he won three Bundesliga titles and the German Cup.
However, Murphy believes it is Liverpool Where will the Spaniard end up if he seeks a new challenge outside of the BayArena.
speaking in White and Jordan On Alonso's options, Murphy said: “I don't see anyone turning down the opportunity to go to Liverpool when you're at a lesser club, because it might not happen again.
“The only thing I can think of that would take him to Munich before Liverpool would be some sort of family decision, for the kids to settle down, but who knows?
“My instinct is that his relationship with the Liverpool fans while he was there as a player was so high that it will take him over the line.
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“I can't imagine him turning him down, but maybe it's just my bias. I'm trying to put myself in his shoes, but he didn't grow up a Liverpool fan, did he?
“The reality is that I would be surprised if they offered him the Liverpool manager's job and he turned it down. I would be surprised.”
And Murphy has also revealed that he would be surprised if Klopp moved to Munich, citing fatigue as his reason for leaving Liverpool.
Murphy commented on whether Klopp could be tempted by the Bayern job: “I would be surprised.
“He has abandoned this wonderful relationship he has with the Liverpool fans and the affinity he has with the football club and the people.
“Start working again six weeks later? No chance.
“He seems (to be) a man of his word, it seems like a genuine reason for him (to leave), I can't think of an ulterior motive behind this for him to then say, 'I'm going to be' working somewhere else.”
Klopp's agent Marc Kosicke recently told Sky Germany that the former Borussia Dortmund boss will accept a year out of football.
Denying any possibility of a tie-up with Bayern, he stated: “Jürgen Klopp will not coach any club or national team for a year after this season. That remains unchanged.”
