Is Xabi Alonso the next super coach? | BBC Sport 

The timing of this is crazy

Watching him ping those passes in training makes me smile. He's still got it.

For the love of God- if Klopp is Shankly then Xabi Alonso has gotta be our Paisley pleeeease 🙏

Who’s here after Klopp just announced he’s stepping down?

As a LFC fan (52 years) Alonso is no surprise to me in what he's doing in management and i hope Leverkusen win the Bundesliga ,i also wouldn't be surprised to see him back at LFC one day.YNWA XABI

Our boy is coming home.

Xabi, Agger, Firmino are the ones I love most as a Liverpool supporter since 1994

José Mourinho saw this coming years ago 👌🏼

Fully deserved. Such a class act on the pitch

Alonso will be the next Liverpool manager

“The man is a midfield maestro, his passing is so delightful, everyone wants to know.. Alonso, Alonso, Alonso”

Absolute legend of the game. You forgot to mention his national team coaches. Del Bosque n Aragones

We need hire him at the end of the season!

I am hoping he is the next manager of Liverpool, always loved him as a player and he seems to have the same magic touch so far with management…

Klopp successor

Welcome back to Liverpool my friend

After Kloop just stood down end of the season, I wonder...

To have won major trophies and been successful at 3 major European clubs is one hell of a track record!

Ynwa xabi if klopp ever leaves would love him he was such a intelligent player

Just leave him at Leverkusen ffs, they play the best football in Europe and could win at least one title this year.

Players who have such game intelligence and dont rely on athleticism usually go on to make good coaches or good managers. Guardiola is the perfect example, not the quickest player but understood the game intrinsically. Alonso again not the most athletic, but world class on the ball and understood the game like very few. I have a sneaky suspicion that when Sergio Busquets decides to hang his boots up, if he ever decides to become a coach he will be elite. I seen a video recently and when Griezmann was asked to name the world best football brain his immediate reaction was "Busquets".

Man was a magician as a player, and hes carried that over to management. Liverpools next coach when klopp leaves was always meant to be an ex legendary midfielder, and it will be 😂

Gonna be one of the greats❤

Simple, if Alonso win Bundesliga than he is an Elite manager, because looking at history, the last manager that was able to win Bundesliga without Bayern was Jurgen Klopp and he is proven to be one of the best manager in the world in this era.

He is a football Genius of exceptional calibre , i wish all the very best to him , as a Utd fan i wish if they can somehow accede him to manage ManUtd

He is amazing

Wild this was released before the klopp announcement.

The revolutioner of Leverkusen

Only one club Alonso would 100% manage in the Premiership, just one club he has a connection with, the staff the fans. Being from the Basque country, he understands the difficulties the area faced and still does with papers like the Mail & Sun, a war that's been going on since Thatcher. He understands the football ethos and what it means to be a RED. After Kloppo? We don't want to think, but he was and will be at Anfield....

top player & will be a great manager one my favourite players i loved to watch one day hopefully manage my beloved Liverpool guy has wealth experience as player & mangers he played under pep Mourinho n others etc n one best passer of the ball ever seen wish alonso all the success in world

Too early to say, but so far he has been awesome.

This aged well.

Let him stay at Leverkusen I say, of course he could jump right into the thick of it after only a season or two like Guardiola, but I'd rather see him work on the project he already has. Carlo nor Jurgen won't leave till 2026 now, so the jobs he really wants aren't available. I hope Bayern don't snipe him, and an international job won't help him have a good club career.

This vlog hit the point.

Soon as Liverpool sold him to Madrid it took them years to get back on track. What a player

He deffo will 100%

Destined for the top

Next liverpool manager incoming......

Yes he will!

Madrid and Liverpool will both want him next

Yes.....I think this will be fantastic.

BBC knowing future events

It’s funny how Madrid/Liverpool/Bayern fans aren’t surprised on how god Xabi is as a Manager we all seen it ourselves when he was on the field he was a Quarterback in a sense making the plays and long passes. With Klopp and Carlo extending I really see him at Bayern next and then after a 3-4 year stint going to either Madrid or Liverpool tbh.

2 weeks later i’m back watching this again

Now, it is time!!

Its great that the Bundesliga and Serie A seem to be becoming quite competitive leagues now; hopefully they can give the premier league a run for their money. In Serie A the top 7 teams are competitive (Inter, Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Lazio) and in Bundesliga the top 6 are competitive (Leverkusen, Bayern, Stuttgart, RB Leipzig, Dortmund, Frankfurt). Hopefully La Liga, Ligue 1 and Eredivisie will also become more competitive eventually too

I think Alonso is wise enough to know how extraordinarily big the job at Real Madrid is. Don’t think he'll go until he’s ready

Best modern day coach out there

Wow the timing 👀👀

Xabi as Klopp's successor? Why not 😏

Alonso will be manager of Liverpool some day. That day might be sooner than people realise

Xabi… Liverpool manager when Klopp goes…. 👌🏻

Top coach Leverkusen are on smoke 🔥

Time to come back please

More impressed you found a leverkusen fan from Northern Ireland 😅

Alonso my manager after klopp retires at lfc 🤗

Ooh shit here we go again😮😮😮

It will be tough for Alonso to rebuild the squad.

He's going to become the best manager in the world. Real Madrid and Liverpool are the main teams planning on getting him but Manchester City could be invincible if they sought him out as a long-term eventual replacement for Guardiola.

It’s all building to his eventual return to….

Yes! (and please stop putting Tuchel in the same sentence as these really top coaches)

Well everyone speaks so well of him at the moment wait until he starts struggling

Whose watching this after Klopp's announcement :(

Next manager of Liverpool.

Ten hag successor

If Guardiola actually leaves City in 2025 I can see Alonso being his replacement.

I guess we will see and I don’t have to watch this video 🥰

He will and he's growing at Leverkusen, I made a great video on this :P

Alonso for next Liverpool manager

The BBC are better at predicting events than The Simpsons!

LFC next manager rite there !!

Interesting

Why is there a random Leverkusen fan amidst all the journalists? 😂

Somehow i feel he will pick international coaching in long run. He will coach Spain

Ok Xabi. I’m ready to love you next.

All of the sudden the internet is be like xabi, xabi, xabi…. I wish Klopp had kept his leaving a secret.

Its only one year guys, calm down!

Not before Ange bosstecoglou emeffers

Pep is a gourmet chef who crafts exquisite dishes, but he demands only the finest ingredients. Give Klopp a few potatoes, some spices, and a bit of cheese, and he'll whip up a hearty meal that'll put a smile on your face.

Let's see him finish 3 full seasons at leverkusen then if he peforms very well, he goes to a big club .

Anyone here after the heartbreak? :(

Right, and people were saying last season that vincent kompany is on track to replace pep. Keep hyping up baby coaches and comparing them to the greats; it'll only make you look pathetic soon enough.

Alonso perfect fix for Liverpool

He's better already

The British Press can be unforgiving to foreign managers !

This is two early to predict

Liverpool is waiting him after Klopp leaves! But I hope He won’t go to RM

After Jurgen it’s time to Xabi to step up at Liverpool

Question: Who is Alonso a bigger legend for: Liverpool, Real or Bayern?

United should bring him in

Xavi’s career is every footballer’s dream ❤

I think technically and tactically he is a brilliant coach and mentality wise as a player. But he may hit a point where he can't excel further.... Right now, his doing a fantastic job. Not all players make a good coach

Please come and be our manager as Klopp is leaving. YNWA ❤❤❤

He grew up with Arteta, something in the water in the Basque Country.

Alonso After Klopp But My Wishes My Heart I Know Wont Happen Vut Would Be For Jurgen And Backroom Sraff To Say Hey We Cant Leave This Sacred Place We Just Cant ! Not Yet Its Far To Early To Go YNWA

Unfortunately for the Irish fella things changed and he was wrong about Klopp. Alonso to Liverpool in June! ;)

I'll be upset if it is anyone other than Xabi.

As a Liverpool fan it feels good knowing were in safe hands for when Klopp retires.

Come to Liverpool xabi

i think Xabi Alonso should be the next manager for Liverpool because Klop wants to leave Liverpool because Xabi Alonso playerd for Liverpool he good Liverpool Should take too him now Liverpool must not delay bring him in the summer for the next season