The trail from Liverpool to Actual Madrid is a well-trodden one, as Reds supporters know all too properly.
Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, Alvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso have all swapped Anfield for the Bernabeu in instances gone previous, and Trent Alexander-Arnold appears to be like set to affix that checklist as he reportedly closes in on agreeing a transfer to the Spanish capital within the coming weeks.
Rafael Benitez has additionally managed each golf equipment (albeit not transferring instantly from one to the opposite), and a contemporary report hints on the risk that he mightn’t be the one ex-LFC boss about whom that could possibly be mentioned.
Actual Madrid contemplating Klopp as Ancelotti’s successor
As reported by Graeme Bailey for TBR Soccer, Actual Madrid are exploring potential successors to Carlo Ancelotti, who’s believed to be able to step away from the Bernabeu dugout on the finish of this season.
Whereas Bayer Leverkusen boss Alonso (who’d been closely linked with the Liverpool job final yr) is Los Blancos’ most popular candidate, the hierarchy are additionally engaged on different attainable candidates, certainly one of whom is believed to be Jurgen Klopp.
Some members of the Actual Madrid hierarchy consider that an skilled supervisor could also be required to take cost of a squad comprising a combination of world superstars and prodigious skills.
The 57-year-old can be understood to be of curiosity to Brazil and USA ought to both of these change coaches, though it’s believed the previous Reds supervisor – now Head of World Soccer for Purple Bull – isn’t in any rush to return to the coalface of administration, one thing that he’s reiterated since leaving Anfield final Could.
We’d be shocked if Klopp takes the Actual Madrid job
Klopp brazenly said that he stepped away from Liverpool as a result of he was so drained from the exertions of managing at a excessive stage for greater than 20 years, and regardless that it’s been almost a yr since he was final within the dugout, we don’t think about him returning to that occupation any time quickly.
We undoubtedly can’t see him taking one of many hottest hotseats in world soccer on the Bernabeu, the place previous managers have been sacked regardless of profitable LaLiga, such is the strain to ship Champions League glory on the membership who’ve dominated that specific match within the twenty first century.
Additionally, whoever subsequent takes that job could have an especially laborious act to comply with in Ancelotti, who’s gained Europe’s largest prize thrice with Actual Madrid (and will retain the trophy this yr).
Perhaps at some point we’ll see Klopp return to the dugout, however regardless of the unbelievable status which comes with managing Los Blancos, we don’t envisage him getting into such a traumatic position so quickly after leaving Liverpool for that very cause.
Nonetheless, that the Bernabeu hierarchy would even think about him to be a viable candidate illustrates simply how distinctive a supervisor he’s been, and we are able to thank our fortunate stars that he spent virtually a decade answerable for the Reds.
