Jurgen Klopp wasn’t the only one to bid farewell to Liverpool last weekend, with Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara also leaving Anfield at the end of the 2023/24 season.
Reports from Spain suggest that the latter is already in demand, but in a different role to the one he has had for the past few years.
AS claim Barcelona are trying to bring the 33-year-old back to the Camp Nou and have been in contact with him, but this time he is acting as an assistant coach to new manager Hansi Flick, whom he knows very well from their time together at Bayern. Munich.
The La Liga giants are hoping that Thiago can act as an intermediary between the manager and the squad, and his respected ‘football presence’ for his achievements and qualities, as he speaks both Spanish and German fluently, would likewise be very beneficial in that regard. It will be proven. As a player.
However, the Catalan club’s efforts to hire him may ultimately be thwarted as previous contacts with his representatives have not been encouraging.
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Thiago’s career has unfortunately suffered a major setback over the past year. Ongoing injury problems have meant he has played just five minutes of first-team football since the end of April 2022 (Transfermarkt).
The midfielder, who turned 33 last month, has many years left as a player, but rediscovering his previous levels after being sidelined for so long may be a bit difficult.
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Now a switch to coaching appears to be a natural path for the man described by Glen Johnson as ‘one of the best footballers around’ and whose graceful presence in the middle of talkSPORT’s Adrian Durham claimed he took Liverpool ‘from heavy metal to lift music’ . of the park.
A football genius who has won 32 trophies at club level, including 11 league titles and two Champions Leagues (Transfermarkt), Thiago will no doubt have a huge repertoire of knowledge to impart when he starts working as a coach. There will be.
He should also easily command the respect of the current Barcelona squad, who will have watched him shine across Europe over the past decade-plus.
If he were indeed hired as part of Flick’s backroom staff at the Camp Nou, the LaLiga giants would have pulled off a massive coup.
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