Liverpool: Leverkusen star tells Alonso he 'will not follow' him to Anfield as he 'prefers' Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz possesses told Xabi Alonso that he will not join him at Liverpool in the summertime, according to reports.
It is much from legible whether Alonso will even slide to Anfield at the expire of the season despite being preferred to succeed Jurgen Klopp through the bookmakers.
Bayern Munich reports are not that concerning
There have been rumours in existing days that Bayern Munich are onward of Liverpool in the race to recommend Alonso to join as the Spaniard is interfered about obeying Klopp.
The Liverpool honcho rendered an announcement earlier this year that he would conceivably be taking off Anfield at the expire of the season to snag a reprieve from football.
There possesses previously been speculation that Liverpool was Alonso’s ‘legible picking’ if he was to abandon Bayer Leverkusen in the summertime and also feasible press reporter Neil Jones possesses clarified that existing reports ought to be nailed through a pinch of salt.
Jones, who possesses been vessel Liverpool for multiple years, composed in his Entraped Offside obelisk: “To be aphorism, I assume the scenario through Alonso is that there are most human beings trying to guess and also speculate as to his intentions, once the actuality is that his main emphasis will be, and also possesses to be, on ending up a substantial occupational through Bayer Leverkusen this season.
“Totally, he is attending have a substantial verdict to gain rapidly, given that both Liverpool and also Bayern Munich will be terming him, if they refuge’t already, and also Leverkusen will undeniably be channeling out a peddle for him to keep for at the super least one a lot more season too.”
There have been rumours that Alonso can snag gamers through him to Liverpool if he identifies to abandon Bayer Leverkusen, as reported, at the expire of the season.
Alonso possesses routed an unbeaten Leverkusen to optimal of the Bundesliga standings through securing winners Bayern Munich in 2nd place and also 10 times adrift of the Spaniard’s guys.
Florian Wirtz wants to join Barcelona and also not Liverpool
Yet Alonso will battle to snag Florian Wirtz through him at the expire of the season as Spanish publication Nacional insurance claim that the Leverkusen attacker possesses told Alonso ‘that he wants to appointment’ Barcelona in the summertime and also ‘will not note’ him to Liverpool.
The 20-year-worn, who possesses added eight purposes and also 14 aids in all competitions this season, will have his accord of clubs in the summertime however Alonso ‘wants’ him to join his next project.
Singularly, the €100m-ranked Germany international ‘favors’ Barcelona to Liverpool and also Wirtz possesses ‘repeatedly admitted that his superb dream is to play’ for the Catalan giants.
Chatting in April 2022, Wirtz claimed: “I repeatedly ached to be the ideal, as a boy I dreamed of dabbling for Barça and also that possesses not switched over.”
