Overview
- Bookmakers now price Xabi Alonso as odds-on to be Liverpool’s next manager, with one major firm cutting him to 1/2, according to Football Insider.
- Arne Slot faces heightened scrutiny after a title-winning first season gave way to a drop to fifth and a fight to secure Champions League qualification.
- Spanish reports claim Alonso has practically agreed terms and has asked for summer targets such as Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Arda Guler and Marc Pubill, though none of this is confirmed.
- The Athletic’s David Ornstein and the Daily Mail’s Lewis Steele report Liverpool are planning with Slot and have given no thought to changing coach for now.
- Yahoo Sports notes former Liverpool winger Albert Riera, now Eintracht Frankfurt head coach, is in town for a charity legends match, with any talk of him for the job framed as speculative.