Forget Xabi Alonso: FSG already know the head coach they want to manage Liverpool after 2025/26

Liverpool have not secured a pre-agreement with Xabi Alonso to take over from Arne Slot for the 2026/27 season.

That’s the verdict from TEAMtalk, though it remains to be seen just how patient the club’s hierarchy will remain should the Reds fail to secure Champions League football.

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The Merseyside giants currently sit outside of the top five spots that are...