{"id":27081,"date":"2024-04-15T09:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=27081"},"modified":"2024-04-15T09:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:11:44","slug":"mcmanaman-alonso-made-right-call-to-stay-with-leverkusen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/15\/mcmanaman-alonso-made-right-call-to-stay-with-leverkusen\/","title":{"rendered":"McManaman: Alonso Made Right Call to Stay with Leverkusen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-jqxvd-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-jqxvd-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-59\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2ff26f1f-4d78-41d3-be7d-67aacb478996\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Former Liverpool star Steve McManaman believes Xabi Alonso made the correct choice in remaining with Bayer Leverkusen instead of pursuing the Liverpool managerial position. Despite being a frontrunner to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, Alonso opted to stay with Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>McManaman explained to AS that while Alonso may have been tempted by the Liverpool job, staying with Leverkusen allows him to gain more experience. He also pointed out the potential opportunities in the future, including the possibility of coaching Real Madrid, given Alonso&#8217;s connections to the club and his house in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>McManaman highlighted the uncertainty surrounding coaching positions at top clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG, and Manchester City, suggesting that staying at Leverkusen allows Alonso to focus on his current role without distractions.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, McManaman believes Alonso&#8217;s decision to stay with Leverkusen is the right move for now, allowing him to develop his coaching career while putting an end to speculation about his future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool star Steve McManaman believes Xabi Alonso made the correct choice in remaining with Bayer Leverkusen instead of pursuing the Liverpool managerial position. Despite being a frontrunner to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, Alonso opted to stay with Leverkusen. McManaman explained to AS that while Alonso may have been tempted by the Liverpool job, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":27088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[810],"class_list":["post-27081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-alonso"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27151,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27081\/revisions\/27151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}