Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso will reportedly be Borussia Monchengladbach’s next head coach.
German outlet Bild claim the 39-year-old is returning to Germany four years after leaving as a player, replacing Marco Rose who is set to take the reins at Borussia Dortmund ahead of the start of next season.
Monchengladbach confirmed last month that Rose, who led the club into the Champions League last season, will depart in the summer.
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Rose, 44, will replace Edin Terzic at Borussia Dortmund after they agreed to pay his €5million release clause.
That has left an opening at Monchengladbach and Alonso is understood to have been lined up by the Bundesliga side to take over.
Alonso, who played for three years in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich before retiring, is currently in charge of Segunda Division B club Real Sociedad B.
Alonso returned to Sociedad, where he started his career in June 2019, to take charge of the club’s B team. His side sit top of the table, but his contract expires this summer and he has agreed to join Monchengladbach.
It will be Alonso’s first senior managerial role, but he has picked up a wealth of experience from the likes of Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez, Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola and Vicente Del Bosque as a player.
“I will have picked up something from all of them, beginning with those I had here,” he said after being appointed by Sociedad.
“Javier Clemente gave me my debut, John Toshack, Roberto Olabe and Raynald Denoueix. I tried to be close to them. But I do not want to be a ‘carbon-copy’, because that always goes badly.
“The idea is to apply all you have learned to create your own style. As a player I could read a game. As a coach I want a versatile team which adapts to what each game requires.”
Alonso played more than 200 times for Liverpool and won the Champions League, FA Cup and UEFA Super Cup at Anfield, before moving to Real Madrid and then Bayern.
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