Liverpool have doubts about who should be trusted with a multimillion-pound project that has so far failed to deliver the expected results.
For weeks, Xabi Alonso's name has been mentioned as the leading candidate – while Chelsea have also entered the race – but the club are still not fully convinced.
It is for this reason that Liverpool's leaders have requested information about what happened at Real Madrid with the Spanish coach.
A phone call was even made to Valdebebas to clarify the existing dilemmas.
Alonso left Real Madrid in January 2026.
Since then, his name has been linked with many clubs, but especially with Liverpool.
Current Anfield manager Arne Slott has come under pressure after the team's disappointing season, despite spending $487 million in the summer transfer window.
The huge investment has not produced the desired results and many voices are pointing the finger at the current coach.
Those same voices, including influential former players, have mentioned Alonso as the favorite to take charge of Liverpool.
His name has been discussed several times as "the chosen one", even as an option to take over the team in the middle of the season due to the results crisis.
However, rumors of a change during the season gradually faded.
Now that the season is coming to an end, the English club's managers and owners have decided to act.
But before choosing Slot's potential successor, they wanted to learn in detail the current situation and what has happened with each candidate - something very common in modern football, where clubs communicate with each other to get answers to any doubts they may have.
One of these calls from Anfield went to Valdebebas to ask about the work done by Alonso.
The relationship between the two clubs, despite last year's tensions over Trent Alexander-Arnold, remains based on trust, which is why Liverpool sought some kind of "guarantee" from the Real Madrid hierarchy.
They were looking for support for their decision – like a kind of letter of recommendation in the business world.
The truth is that Liverpool still have doubts. People close to the English club admit this. These are the same doubts that led the board to stop what seemed like the sacking of Slot, especially after several press conferences that were very poorly received.
A period of reflection and decision-making is now opening, and Alonso's name is definitely on the list – but the questions being asked indicate that the decision is not yet final./Express newspaper/
t7 live
