{"id":405337,"date":"2025-09-07T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405337\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T13:32:11","slug":"thiago-to-take-coaching-job-in-first-permanent-role-since-retirement-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/405337\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago to take coaching job in first permanent role since retirement – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Liverpool player Thiago Alcantara<\/a> is to take up a coaching role at Barcelona<\/a>, with manager Hansi Flick reportedly \u2018highly valuing\u2019 his contribution last summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following his retirement from playing, Thiago spent the summer of 2024 coaching at Barcelona<\/a>, contributing to the Catalan club\u2019s pre-season before they went on to win the league.<\/p>\n

He is now set to return there in a permanent position, Cadena SER<\/a>\u2018s Adria Albets first reporting the news then Fabrizio Romano adding<\/a> that he could be in place \u201cfrom next week if all goes to plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albets explained that the appointment comes after Flick \u2018highly valued his contribution during the 2024 pre-season\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,<\/p>\n

It is a move that has been on the cards for a while, with Thiago out of a job and returning to Merseyside after his summer at Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to All Red Video<\/a> last September, the Spaniard said: \u201cWell, at the end I had the chance to get into football again, helping the coaching staff of Barcelona<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI decided for the practical part, not for the theory, just because of the experience I had doing all these years in football and the kind of role I had in the team. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to pass it through to other players. I love to help new players as well, young players to develop under the coach. It was pretty good spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Thiago was a product of Barca\u2019s famous La Masia academy, joining the club from Flamengo at 14 years old. <\/p>\n

As an incredibly talented technician in midfield, Thiago made his Barcelona<\/a> B debut aged 17, before playing his first game for the senior side less than a year later under Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

He would go on to play 100 matches for Barcelona<\/a>, but his career would arguably peak at Bayern Munich<\/a>, where he was instrumental in seven Bundesliga successes and four German Cup wins, as well as playing a pivotal part in their 2020 Champions League<\/a> triumph.<\/p>\n

After seven years in Germany, again working with coach Guardiola, Liverpool pulled off a coup in signing Thiago for \u00a320 million in 2020.<\/p>\n

\"WOLVERHAMPTON,<\/p>\n

As we all know, injuries blighted his time at Anfield, but when the No. 6 did step onto the pitch, he was a genuine joy to watch. <\/p>\n

With beauty matched by bite, his grace on the ball wasn\u2019t just aesthetically pleasing; he was also penetrative and a major driving force behind Liverpool pushing for a quadruple in 2022. <\/p>\n

His incredible awareness and footballing intelligence should stand him in good stead for being able to analyse the game, and learning from the likes of Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp<\/a> can\u2019t have done his coaching education any harm!<\/p>\n

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