As of: March 18, 2024, 6:37 p.m
By: Alexander Kaindl
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Will Xabi Alonso be the new coach at FC Bayern Munich?
Now there is new information about the currently highly sought-after Leverkusen coach.
Munich – Will FC Bayern find its new coach with the current biggest competitor in the Bundesliga?
It's no secret that Xabi Alonso is currently one of the most sought-after coaches in European football.
The record champions' personnel should also be hotly debated after Thomas Tuchel's farewell at the end of the season has been fixed since February 21st.
Xabi Alonso and FC Bayern: There have already been initial discussions
Pay-TV broadcaster
Sky
is now reporting that there has already been contact between Alonso and Bayern.
Florian Plettenberg explained in “Transfer Update – the Show”: “According to our information, it is like this: There have already been discussions, Bayern have felt ahead, not just with the management.
There are said to have already been discussions with Alonso.”
And it shouldn't have gone that badly, because according to Plettenberg, people on Säbener Straße have a “cautious confidence”.
This is said to be because the Munich team supposedly has the following information: “If he moves, he will lean towards Bayern and not Liverpool.
Because Alonso says: Liverpool, Klopp heir: This is a difficult number, you can lose more than you can win.
Xabi Alonso and the uncertain look into the coaching future.
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“Xabi Alonso has not yet finally decided whether he will leave Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the summer”
A plausible explanation.
On the other hand, you could also play this game with FC Bayern and the chaos of the recent past.
Hansi Flick, Julian Nagelsmann and now Tuchel – plus the many changes at management level.
Continuity looks different.
Does Alonso really want to do this to himself?
Plettenberg continued: “We can say clearly: Xabi Alonso has not yet finally decided whether he will leave Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the summer.”
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Leverkusen expects Alonso to stay – and in the event of a move, a high transfer fee
His current employer is “99.9 percent” sure that Alonso will remain Bayer’s coach beyond the summer.
If the 42-year-old did want to move, no obstacles would be put in his way - but they would demand a high transfer fee.
Sky
expects 15 to 25 million euros.
According to Plettenberg, Alonso does not have an exit clause until the summer of 2025. This would then amount to 15 million euros.
Alonso's contract in Leverkusen runs until June 30, 2026.
Xabi Alonso was already a player at FC Bayern Munich
A complicated starting situation.
The fact is: Alonso knows FC Bayern from his active time as a player; he wore the Munich jersey from 2014 to 2017.
He finally ended his world career in the Bavarian capital.
Will he return seven years later to clean up the current shambles and build an orderly future for Bayern together with the new sports director Max Eberl?
(akl)