{"id":433353,"date":"2026-01-26T01:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/433353\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:30:07","slug":"rumour-mongering-liverpool-make-contact-with-xabi-alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/433353\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour Mongering: Liverpool Make Contact with Xabi Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Liverpool continue to stumble through their 2025-26 campaign, with the brief buoyancy provided by victories over League One\u2019s Barnsley in the FA Cup and Marseille in the Champions League crashing headfirst into a deserved defeat at the hands of a Bournemouth side that had won once in their previous 14 outings, talk of manager Arne Slot\u2019s future is once again on the front burner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After 23 matchweeks, the Reds are sixth, passed by both Chelsea and Manchester United after their latest stumble. For a team that has dealt with fewer injuries than leaders Arsenal\u2014and had fewer missing on Saturday than opponents Bournemouth\u2014and spent over \u00a3450M last summer, it simply isn\u2019t good enough. As for who might be in line if Slot is sacked, there\u2019s only one obvious answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That answer is Xabi Alonso. Or at least that\u2019s what everyone in the media and probably every Liverpool fan to boot is convinced of. And on that front, the latest chatter out of Spain via <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/xabi-alonso-ya-ha-recibido-la-primera-llamada-desde-liverpool-f202601-n\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AS<\/a> has the recently dismissed Real Madrid boss having been contacted by Liverpool\u2019s higher ups in an effort to determine if he\u2019s the right choice should Slot depart and just as importantly if he\u2019d take the gig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Further, it\u2019s suggested that for Alonso it would be an easy decision\u2014he would see Liverpool as his preferred next destination should the job become available. He\u2019s also said to be happy to wait at least until the summer for the right job rather than rushing straight back into the first job offered. As for Liverpool, the Spanish reports claims he has been given at least until the end of the current season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That stance, that Slot deserves a full season to prove he can get this Liverpool side back on track, is entirely commendable. After all, it was only last season the Reds celebrated a league title. Even with that, though, it\u2019s impossible to ignore that Liverpool haven\u2019t looked great going back to autumn 2024, and if they start to fall away from the top four race it will be hard to continue backing him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool continue to stumble through their 2025-26 campaign, with the brief buoyancy provided by victories over League One\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,68668,561,82],"class_list":["post-433353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-liverpool-team-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}