Bayern Munich threatens Liverpool’s efforts to sign the German coach’s successor, Jurgen Klopp, according to an English press report.
Klopp announced his departure from Liverpool after the end of the current season, after 8 years in charge of the Reds.
According to the British newspaper The Athletic, Reds officials have decided to appoint Spaniard Xabi Alonso, coach of Bayer Leverkusen, as coach of the team.
The newspaper added that Bayern Munich also expressed interest in appointing Alonso as coach of the Bavarian team, starting next season.
Bayern is going through a difficult period under the leadership of its coach, Thomas Tuchel, whose results declined under his leadership.
The newspaper said that Alonso will not speak with any club before the end of the current season, and there is no guarantee that he will leave the Bay Arena.
The former Spanish international played for three years with Bayern Munich, from 2014 to 2017, while he spent five years in Liverpool, between 2004 and 2009.