Richard Keys has accused Xabi Alonso of 'bottling' the Liverpool job and the presenter is keen to 'question the size of his cojones'.
Richard Keys has accused Xabi Alonso of “bottling” the Liverpool job and the presenter is keen to “question the size of his cojones’.His Leverkusen side are unbeaten this season across all competitions and they are ten points clear of Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.to replace Jurgen Klopp but Liverpool must now consider potential alternatives after the Spaniard announced on Friday that he is staying with Bayer Leverkusen for at least one more season.
“Early parts of the week, I had conversations with a number of people who were convinced that Alonso was going to Liverpool. There was another group who got in touch to say he was staying, you might be wrong there. Don’t care – they’ll draw him out and that’s what I think we were hoping to do at some point,” Keys told beIN Sports.“At no other time in history will jobs at Liverpool, Munich, Manchester United, maybe Real Madrid will be available again. Right now, he can have his pick.
“So right now his stock is as high as it will ever be and his opportunities are as broad and as great as they’ll ever be and I think he has bottled it.”Former Chelsea and Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole thinks Xabi Alonso has made a “terrible decision” to stay at Bayer Leverkusen beyond this season.Gary Lineker has predicted when Pep Guardiola – who is out of contract in 2025 – will leave Premier League side Manchester City.
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