Xabi Alonso was a man of interest for Liverpool owners FSG, but they had a change of stance on him. <\/strong><\/p>\n Despite heavy fan clamor for the former Reds midfielder to take the reins at Anfield amid a crumbling season under Arne Slot, the club\u2019s hierarchy have ultimately closed the door on a romantic return.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE<\/u><\/span> & GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The root of the boardroom\u2019s sudden shift in attitude dates back to the frantic search for J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s American ownership group was incredibly keen on bringing their former playmaker back to Merseyside after his historic, unbeaten domestic double with Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n However, Alonso famously rejected the advance, choosing instead to briefly remain in Germany before jumping to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n According to a report by Sam Wallace for The Telegraph, that rejection left a lingering bitterness in Boston. Wallace revealed:<\/p>\n \u201cFSG would have appointed Alonso post-J\u00fcrgen Klopp but that Alonso turned down Liverpool, and then waited another year for Real Madrid to become available, seems to have made a profound impression on FSG. They have, it is understood, made no plans to replace Slot this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n The pride of the decision-makers was clearly wounded by being treated as a secondary option to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n With Liverpool refusing to make a move, Alonso did not wait around. In a stunning twist, Chelsea capitalising on the hesitation officially announced the Spaniard as their new manager on a lucrative four-year contract.<\/p>\n This leaves Liverpool in a highly volatile position. While FSG is determined to break the narrative that disgruntled fans dictate club policy, keeping faith in Slot is a massive gamble.<\/p>\n The Dutchman has presided over a dramatic slump this season, losing the dressing room and drawing furious boos from the Anfield faithful.<\/p>\n Salah\u2019s explosive statement and subsequent likes from several teammates has further increased pressure on the Dutchman.<\/p>\n By letting Alonso slip through their fingers to a Premier League rival, FSG\u2019s stubbornness will either be vindicated or remembered as a historic mistake.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xabi Alonso was a man of interest for Liverpool owners FSG, but they had a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}FSG did not like being turned down by Xabi Alonso<\/h2>\n
Xabi Alonso joins Chelsea as Slot\u2019s future remains uncertain<\/h2>\n