Philippe Coutinho has talked up one coach who’s been linked with the Liverpool job after Jurgen Klopp leaves in the summertime.
Xabi Alonso stays many individuals’s most well-liked option to take over, but when the Bayer Leverkusen supervisor doesn’t return to Anfield, one choice who’s reportedly being thought of is Hansi Flick (SportBILD).
The Brazilian playmaker labored with the 59-year-old at Bayern Munich, successful the Champions League in 2020, and he talked up his former boss in an interview with Sport.
Coutinho stated of Klopp and Flick: “They’re two nice coaches. I’ve skilled with each of them and the reality is that I had an excellent relationship with them and their groups have all the time performed very properly. I’d say any of those choices are superb for any staff on this planet.”
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The European triumph with Bayern 4 years in the past was the height of Flick’s reign on the Allianz Enviornment, which noticed him take cost for under 86 matches however win 70 of these, averaging an astonishing 2.53 factors per sport (Transfermarkt).
His subsequent spell as Germany nationwide staff coach was relatively extra sobering, overseeing their group stage exit on the 2022 World Cup and dropping 4 of his remaining 5 video games in cost, with a 4-1 thrashing by Japan final September seeing him turn into the first-ever particular person to be sacked from the Nationalmannschaft job.
One huge plus of Liverpool presumably transferring for the 59-year-old is that he’d be available, as he’s not in a managerial put up in the mean time, whereas Alonso and Leverkusen would want persuading if the Spaniard have been to be employed.
The previous Reds midfielder stays the popular candidate for a lot of supporters, but when he proves to be unattainable, Coutinho’s endorsement of Flick would possibly ring a bell with the Anfield hierarchy in the case of making their determination on Klopp’s eventual successor.
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