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Pablo Longoria tried to convince Xabi Alonso to take over from Jorge Sampaoli on the OM bench
Pablo Longoria dared. In the columns of So Foot, the president of OM reveals having approached Xabi Alonso to take over from Jorge Sampaoli in the summer of 2022.
“He told me no with an elegance… The same one he had when he played football, a 40-meter crossbar in his feetrelates the Iberian leader. He was telling me no, I should have been upset, but I almost wanted to thank him (laughs). You see that his brain goes at another speed. (…) He knew exactly the three or four clubs he wanted to coach and was ready to wait for them. »
“An elegant no”
Xabi Alonso landed at Bayer Leverkusen in October 2022. During the current campaign, the former Real and Liverpool midfielder is doing great things on the bench of the German club, currently leading the Bundesliga after twenty days.
As a reminder, during this famous 2022 offseason, OM finally bet on Igor Tudor to take over from Jorge Sampaoli.
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