Bayer Leverkusen's record with Alonso this season is unbeaten (Getty)
Former German star Lothar Matthaus considered that the Spaniard
Alonso's name has been linked to a possible move to three teams whose colors he played as a player, namely Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, due to what he is offering this season with Leverkusen, which is on track to win the German League title for the first time in its history.
With an unbeaten record in the 38 matches it has played so far in all competitions, Leverkusen leads the local league standings by 10 points over Bayern, which has won the title in the past 11 seasons, and has qualified for the semi-finals of the local cup as it faces - next Wednesday - Fortuna Dusseldorf from the second division, It also qualified for the quarter-finals of the European League (Europa League) and will meet English West Ham on the 11th and 18th of next month.
In a press interview yesterday, Wednesday, Matthews - winner of the 1990 World Cup and the Golden Ball for best player that year - believed that filling the void that Klopp will leave at the end of the season will be difficult for any coach in light of what he has provided for the club and his status among the “Reds” fans.
He advised Alonso to stay in Leverkusen, saying, "Liverpool is not the right choice for him after this season. He has better options."
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Matthews spent most of his career at Bayern, and said that he would welcome Alonso as an alternative to coach Thomas Tuchel, who will also leave the team at the end of the season, but he acknowledged that “he (at Bayern) will have to build a new team for the future with new players.”
He asked, "Why move to Liverpool? Why should he leave this beautiful team that makes us happy with beautiful football, like (what Barcelona presented) 12 years ago?"
Klopp shocked the football world last January by announcing that he would leave Liverpool at the end of the season after 9 years at Anfield.
Matthews said that Klopp's success in Liverpool made it difficult for any coach to replace him, considering that "coaching in Liverpool after Jurgen Klopp is not an easy matter, because Jurgen is a champion, he is wonderful. What he did was wonderful and what can you (as a new coach) offer?" more than him?".
On the other hand, Matthews praised Germany's current coach, Julian Nagelsmann, and said that the team is "on the right path" after returning to its level with two friendly victories over France and the Netherlands.
He concludes, "Our dream and desire in Germany is for Jurgen Klopp to take over as the next national coach."
Source: Agencies