The candidates to succeed Klopp at Liverpool are already known: Who are they?
TO A week has passed since the unexpected news at Anfield: Jurgen Klopp, coach of the 'reds' for the last nine years, will leave the club in the summer. Liverpool are now looking to fill one of the biggest vacancies after July, and there are three names on the club's agenda.
According to the daily mail, Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen), Ruben Amorim (Sports Club) and Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton & Hove Albion) are in the race as LiverpoolThe main candidates. The fans' favorite to occupy the bench is Xabi Alonso, although the German's announcement has not yet taken hold.
One is fading, others would arrive with energy.
Klopp has been training for more than 20 years straight. He began his coaching career in 2001 in Mainz (where he retired as a player). In 2008, he approached her Bayern Munich but decided to move to Borussia Dortmundand when he left German football and decided to take a sabbatical, in October 2015 he was called up by Liverpool.
The wear and tear is evident, which is why he has now decided to go to rest despite leading the Premier League standings. The title race appears to be close until the end, with the current champions, pep guardiolaIt is Man City and a team that dreams big. Mikel ArtetaArsenal.
Thus, the club's top brass have already lined up some names, with the three mentioned at the top of the list. There is only one complication: all three have contracts with their teams until 2026.
Why Alonso, Amorim and De Zerbi?
The three young fashionable coaches in Europe (one in the Bundesliga, one in Portugal and the last in the Premier League) have a contract with their teams, who are really satisfied with their work. But it's nothing that can't be solved. Xabi Alonso could emulate what Klopp achieved in Dortmund: winning the League against the almighty Bayern. The Basque coach renewed his contract with Leverkusen in the summer of 2023, thanks to a good first year at the club. This season, his team is undefeated at the top of the standings. Bundesliga.
Amorim is a coach who has also been mentioned as a potential coach for several European clubs. Many are already comparing it with Jose Mourinho due to his offensive style of play, so he would fit well in the first division. Sporting Portugal leads the table with 53 goals scored, making it the most attacking team in the table.
Brighton have been trying for weeks to convince De Zerbi, who has also been linked with a move to Barcelona, to accept a renewal offer until 2027. The Italian coach's current contract with Brighton also expires in the summer of 2026, but he has a 10 million clause that could make him leave if a club decides to pay him.
