Liverpool is perhaps about to rent a Serie boss as their subsequent supervisor.
That is in line with his agent, no less than, following new feedback. The Merseysiders face the unenviable job of attempting to switch their best supervisor for a technology or two when Jurgen Klopp departs the membership this summer season.
That job was solely made tougher when the widespread favorite for the function, Xabi Alonso, dominated himself out of the working final week, asserting his intention to stay in situ with undefeated Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
Thiago Motta weighing up choices with Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Barcelona jobs upcoming
If all the FourFourTwo writing workforce had brokers, we’re pretty assured that we, too, would all have been linked with the Liverpool job by now too. And would you have a look at that, Thiago Motta’s consultant has instructed the highest brass at Anfield ought to have a look at none aside from Thiago Motta.
As Calciomercato report (as relayed by Sport Witness), Motta’s agent Alessandro Canovi simply occurred to speak about how fascinating it’s that Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Barcelona all have managerial vacancies developing this summer season, with Thomas Tuchel and Xavi additionally having introduced they are going to go away their posts on the finish of the season.
That got here after stories within the Italian press that Motta might be an choice for any of the three golf equipment this summer season. However Canovi is certainly, undoubtedly not suggesting something by speaking publicly about these soon-to-be-empty dugouts. By the best way, although, simply so you realize, apropos of nothing…Motta is out of contract at Bologna this summer season.
“In the mean time the one reality is that Motta has an expiring contract with Bologna,” Canovi continued.
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“Will he keep at Bologna? I can’t say, as a result of I’ve no negotiations with anybody. You may’t discuss issues that aren’t in place.”
We expect you simply did, Alessandro.
Motta is a contemporary rarity with worldwide caps for 2 nations – Brazil and Italy – and loved an esteemed taking part in profession at Barcelona, Atletico, Genoa, Inter and Paris Saint-Germain earlier than hanging up his boots to maneuver into teaching in 2018.
He has rapidly rising by way of the ranks from PSG’s youth workforce, to a short-lived spell at Genoa, to twice efficiently guiding Spezia away from the drop, earlier than taking on his present place in September 2022.
Bologna have been capable of muscle into the Champions League locations this season – Motta’s first full season in cost – after a long time of mid-table finishes at finest and struggling relegation at worst.
If they will maintain off Roma and Atalanta to make fourth place their very own, and even overtake under-performing Juventus into third, it might be the membership’s finest league end since they got here an in depth third to Juve and Inter in 1966-67.
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Kylian Mbappe has been informed to keep away from signing for Actual Madrid and go to Liverpool as an alternative – whereas there are new signings on the horizon at Anfield. A possible Van Dijk successor might be purchased, whereas one Brazilian wonderkid has been linked.
In the meantime, Thiago Motta has been touted as an choice to take over from Jurgen Klopp.