Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso should repeat his 2016 decision and reject Liverpool in favour of a move to Bayern Munich.
That’s according to journalist Raimund Hinko, who believes the Spaniard would be making a ‘serious mistake’ if he were to replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield.
Alonso appears to be the front runner to replace the German manager after he announced his decision to leave Anfield at the end of the season.
The race is on to find his successor and the Spaniard has been quickly pushed to the front of the queue after impressing at Bayer Leverkusen since his arrival last year.
This season he has them sitting at the top of the Bundesliga table, five points ahead of Bayern Munich, who they beat 3-0 at the weekend, and unbeaten in 21 games so far.
They’ve achieved this playing an exciting, attacking brand of football that has earned them plenty of plaudits and most feel would be a perfect fit for Liverpool.
“Dear Xabi Alonso, first of all, I want to save you from making a serious mistake,” he writes in his column for Sport BILD.
“Just don’t go to Liverpool FC as Jürgen Klopp’s successor. There will be stormy, uncomfortable times when Klopp ends there in the summer.
“Why am I making such a big move to give you good advice? Because you have already had to choose between Bayern and Liverpool.
“It was 2016 when Liverpool wanted to bring you back after five successful years as a player between 2004 and 2009. Back then you chose Munich over Liverpool, club patron Uli Hoeneß speaks highly of you.
“Then you turned down Liverpool and were rewarded with the 2017 championship. Perhaps the best solution would be to let Flick take over immediately for a year or two before you, dear Xabi Alonso, populate the Viktualienmarkt again with your children.
“As you said to me in 2016: ‘A Champions League title with Bayern would really be something very special for me. I would then have achieved this success with three different club. So, there are still goals that I have set for myself.’ So, let’s go!”
