The previous Liverpool boss has taken a step away from administration after leaving the Reds
Jurgen Klopp has insisted he has not been contacted by Real Madrid following Xabi Alonso’s departure from the membership.
Klopp has not managed since leaving Liverpool in 2024 and now serves as Pink Bull’s head of world soccer, however he has inevitably been linked with the emptiness created by Alonso’s exit.
Talking on Austrian broadcaster Servus TV, the previous Liverpool supervisor moved to distance himself from the hypothesis.
“I believe the rumours have been circulating for a while now. And I do know precisely what your query is getting at, nevertheless it has nothing to do with me,” Klopp stated when requested whether or not his cellphone had began ringing after Alonso’s departure.
He added with a smile: “It has truly rung, however not from Madrid,” insisting the scenario “hasn’t affected him in any respect”.
Klopp expressed his sympathy for Alonso, whom he described as a extremely gifted coach, and prompt the velocity of his exit was indicative of broader points on the Spanish giants fairly than a private failing. “It’s one other signal that one thing isn’t working completely there,” he stated.
“This reveals a number of issues: on the one hand, that we [coaches] now not have any time, and then again, that the calls for at Actual Madrid are, logically, huge.”
Klopp admitted he was shocked by how shortly Alonso’s tenure unravelled and famous that stories of rigidity between the coach and the squad had emerged comparatively early.
“I believe while you arrive after a legend and an extremely good coach, who had a really particular approach of teaching his group, Carlo Ancelotti, should you arrive there and attempt to implement some new guidelines, this time it appears it has confirmed too troublesome,” he stated.
Regardless of the setback, Klopp voiced confidence in Alonso’s long-term prospects, saying he felt sorry for him and backing him to succeed elsewhere sooner or later.
When requested whether or not Alonso may now be a candidate for a return to Liverpool, Klopp performed down the concept of any instant transfer. He stated he didn’t consider Alonso would go away his job in Spain “and be prepared to begin some place else the following day”, however acknowledged that adjustments had been seemingly throughout the managerial panorama within the coming months.
“Many issues will occur in the summertime,” Klopp stated, including that the teaching market “can be reshuffled”.
