Liverpool line up GENIUS double deal for Xabi Alonso

There may already be a genius double deal lined-up for Xabi Alonso at Liverpool.

It now feels like a matter of when not if Arne Slot will be relieved of his duties. The reality is that the Dutchman is completely out of depth in his role.

There's no turning back from winning only five of your last 18 Premier League matches, nor going on a run at Liverpool where you lose nine games from 12.

Slot has lost his credibility, he has lost his trust and quite simply there is little faith in the Dutchman within the supporter base.

Liverpool may have some squad issues but the results are quite simply not good enough.

All of this has been happening simultaneously as Xabi Alonso has become available on the market. So, it also feels like a matter of when not if Alonso returns to Anfield and becomes the club's new head-coach to replace Slot.

Of course, it remains to be seen when it happens. A lot hinges on where Liverpool finish and what happens from now until the end of the season.

If things start to get even more dire, if that is possible, Slot could lose his job midway through the season. If things improve, he may last until the summer at which point the hierarchy will have to let him go.

Long-term Liverpool cannot be preparing for life under Slot. Alonso seems like the perfect option, and it feels like Richard Hughes has already been preparing and lining up moves to suit the Spaniard's system.

Alonso famously liked to play a 3-4-2-1 at Leverkusen, with bombing wing-backs and attacking midfielders slotting in behind the no.9.

Liverpool don't really have that many archetypal no.10s at the moment. Florian Wirtz is really the only option.

However, recent reports have linked the Reds with a move for Mateus Mane and there have also been reports about Liverpool making a move for Kenan Yildiz in the summer.

Why are these two profiles so intriguing?

Well because both Mane and Yildiz, while capable of playing out wide prefer to run into central channels and cut in from the wing. They are very similar to the type of players who Alonso wanted to operate in his system as the two attackers behind his sole no.9.

They would be perfect playing in these roles in Alonso's system with the likes of Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong bombing up and down the wing.

The fact that Liverpool's scouts are looking at Mane and exploring a move for Yildiz suggests that they are looking to move in that direction and also perhaps that they are planning for a future with Alonso rather than Slot.

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