I feel like some players who might have stayed if Alonso had been the manager will think hard now about wanting to move on themselves. Amorim looks the most likely choice now but I know that he very strongly favours a 3-4-3 formation, I wonder if that will give pause for thought to any current players who think they might not get a look in , in a 3-4-3
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Soldato
"Xabi Alonso says he will remain as Bayer Leverkusen manager next season despite interest from Liverpool and Bayern Munich."
Caporegime
I really thought he'd take the Bayern job. Seems like a much safer choice than the Liverpool job, almost guaranteed to win things and no pressure living up to Klopp.
He's off to Madrid after next season.
That's what Harry Kane thought...
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Reports linking Amorim with us have been picking up a fair bit in the last week, particularly those coming out of Portugal. I generally have a rule of never believing anything coming out of Portugal (if you believed them then Liverpool & Utd have signed 250 Portuguese based players each in the past 12 months) but there feels like there's something in these reports. Even when Alonso's name was being touted about as the favourite for the job, Amorim's name was always mentioned as somebody in the mix and watching a statto's analysis of the way Sporting play, they suggested that alough the formation is different, there's a lot of similarities in terms of style of play between Sporting and ourselves.
I found myself watching the Sporting - Benfica match tonight which Sporting won 2-1 to move 4 points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand. If they go on to win the title it'll be 2 titles in 4 seasons for Amorim which is some achievement considering Sporting hadn't won the League in 19 years prior to his arrival.
I found myself watching the Sporting - Benfica match tonight which Sporting won 2-1 to move 4 points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand. If they go on to win the title it'll be 2 titles in 4 seasons for Amorim which is some achievement considering Sporting hadn't won the League in 19 years prior to his arrival.
Not watched his games besides odd clip however from what ive read he does seem a good fit. The formation would be interesting if he played it with us to see how it worked out. It maybe a good thing and give our opposition something different to think about.
As I said earlier in the thread, if alonso wasn't tearing it up in germany there would be a lot more chatter about him, ironic its taken alonso saying no thanks for there to be more focus on him.
Soldato
he's supposed to really highly rated as a manager, I've not seen too much of sporting this year myself, are they playing well?
I watched an hour of their match vs Benfica at the weekend and they cut them to bits on the counter in the 2nd half. Like us vs Utd they found a way to mess up most of them mind
Is that the 'journo' that works for sky sports Germany jumping the gun? Don't think he's got the best track record, tweets a lot of ********- I think we'll get him but its not done to the degree he is saying
All the stories are coming out of Portugal at the moment. Although it does feel more real this time, I'm always wary of believing Portuguese media. I suspect that the Liverpool press pack won't report much on this for a good few weeks - their info will be coming from Liverpool and I don't think the club will brief anything until Sporting have have their title wrapped up.
He is yeah, sporting themselves paid a pretty hefty sum to get him from Braga after just a season
This guys pretty reliable as far as Portuguese transfer news goes https://x.com/pedromsepulveda/status/1777627559485657489
Caporegime
Emery would have to be crazy to try and step into a legendary manager's shoes again.