Xabi Alonso is favourite to replace Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool — and it’s easy to see why.
Top of the Bundesliga, unbeaten, and sticking it to the team that usually win everything. Sounds familiar. His style of play, however, isn’t.
Unlike Klopp’s favoured 4-3-3, Alonso’s Leverkusen set up in a 3-4-2-1, but they don’t play that way.
In possession, left-winger Alex Grimaldo often drops and the centre-backs shuffle across to make a back four and give Jeremie Frimpong licence to bomb forward.
Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso is the hottest managerial property in Europe
The Leverkusen players relish working under Alonso and listen to his every word
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