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00:00 What's the latest on the managerial situation?
00:20 Xabi Alonso is the frontrunner, especially after the win at the weekend. He's by a Munich five points clear now, he's the flavour of the month.
00:31 If you're looking at the managerial options, who do you go with?
00:36 There's still some doubts around Xabi Alonso. He might come to Liverpool and he's going to face massive pressure to deliver because how many times have we seen managers leave clubs and there's been a massive drop off for Salah, Xvegas and Arsene Wenger, albeit Arsene weren't quite themselves towards the end of his reign.
00:52 But who know I am, he's struggled to get them going and reignite them as well. Whoever comes in, that's going to be the pressure. But I think from what we can gather on Xabi Alonso, he's quietly made himself the frontrunner.
01:06 He'll be playing at Dal, he's going to be asked in the media probably five or six times at the end of the season. I think he'll be respectful towards Bayern Leverkusen.
01:18 He's got this club at the end of the day, he's still going to the Bundesliga, he's still going to the Europa League. Could he meet Liverpool in the Europa League? You never know, what a scenario that would be.
01:30 When he was at Liverpool, he immersed himself in the city, lived in the city centre. His partner, his wife, got a job in a hotel in Liverpool just to learn about the people and learn the language a little bit better.
01:45 That's not what every modern footballer does. Now, modern footballers, maybe if you move to Liverpool, you might live on the outskirts, maybe live Cheshire way, maybe even closer to Manchester just because it is the bigger of the cities.
01:59 A lot of footballers do live around them ways. I think Xabi Alonso, he knows the city, without sounding cliche, he knows what it means to fans.
02:08 But for now, I think it's a little bit disrespectful as well towards JĆ¼rgen Klopp, who's going to succeed. From now until the end of the season, JĆ¼rgen Klopp could still achieve something special at Liverpool.
02:18 He could still pick up four trophies, potentially. It's not going to get carried away. But I think, yes, it's a big talking point.
02:26 I think Liverpool need to focus on the here and now, pass that for a minute. Still need a sporting director as well. Don't forget, I'm sure, whoever comes in as sporting director will have a say.
02:35 But after the weekend, I think Alonso's stock has only gone up. If you did a poll of Liverpool fans, I'd like to think 90% of them probably would say Xabi Alonso to come in.