While Germany's strongest team, Bayern Munich, plays for Kim Min-jae, is looking into candidates for next season's coach post one after another, only Julian Nagelsmann, the former coach, is reportedly mentioning a re-entry card. Legendary midfielder Zinedine Zidane has also made the list.
Germany's "Bild" reported on the 30th that "Germany's most winning team picked Xavi Alonso as the person to succeed current coach Thomas Tuchel, but now we have to focus on alternative candidates."
Alonso, a legendary midfielder who played for Real Madrid in Spain and Liverpool in England, is currently leading Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga and leading the UEFA Europa League. In particular, Munich is likely to win its Bundesliga title for the first time since its foundation.
In the midst of this, stock prices soared, with Munich as well as Liverpool, where he played when he was active, but Alonso did not stay next season at a press conference held by the Leverkusen club on the 29th.
Coach Alonso said this at a pre-press conference with Hoffenheim.
"We have all speculated a lot about my future. We were busy playing many games, but we had a good concentration," said Alonso, who said, "We wanted to make a decision during the A-magic period. Last week, I had a very good meeting with Simon Lolpez Leverkusen general manager and Fernando Caro Leverkusen CEO. I informed them of my decision to stay in Bayer Leverkusen."
"Bayer Leverkusen is the best place for me as a coach. The fans gave me great support this year," he said. "They believe we can have a great season, and the players gave me a lot of reasons to believe. My job does not end here."
As a result, Munich had to give up its Alonso card and find another coach.
Bild singled out five players. If Alonso refuses, they will be Roberto De Gerby 44, the current coach of the Austrian football team Ralf Rangnick 65, the current Aston Villa coach Unai Emery 52, the former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane 51, and Nagelsmann 36, the current coach of the German football team.
Among them, Nagelsmann stands out the most. Nagelsmann was sacked in a surprise move in March last year, and Tuchel took over. It is true that Munich was struggling in the Bundesliga at the time, but its sudden departure drew attention as it was gaining momentum after beating Paris Saint-Germain PSG in the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League.
There were reports that the club decided to terminate the contract due to poor performance when dating a female reporter belonging to Bild also affected the Munich club, but the exact reason for the dismissal was not revealed.
"The new sports director Max Everest has already contacted Nagelsmann," Bild said. "Nagelsmann is also open to returning." Nagelsmann has to find a new team after nine months of coaching the German national team after the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship in June.
Meanwhile, the German media are not excluding the possibility of Legendary midfielder Zidane taking over in Munich.
Zidane has never lived in Germany, but he plans to take the helm of Munich along with Frank Ribery, a Munich legend, as his senior coach. Some predict that Zidane will be able to take control of the team as he is a former world-class midfielder.
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