Fabrizio Romano has provided a telling update on whether Liverpool legend, Jurgen Klopp, will succeed Carlo Ancelotti as manager of Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
Ancelotti\u2019s time at Real Madrid<\/a> is coming to an end, with the club fully intending to part ways with their manager following a disastrous campaign. Los Blancos lost the Copa del Rey final to bitter rivals Barcelona, trail Barca by four points in LaLiga and were humiliated in the Champions League by Arsenal.<\/p>\n Ancelotti will pay the price for the club\u2019s failures and already has his next job lined up, with a contract to become the new manager of the Brazilian national side ready to be signed.<\/p>\n Back at the Bernabeu, Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Xabi Alonso is understood to be the No 1 candidate to take the reins.<\/p>\n However, there has been speculation Liverpool icon, Jurgen Klopp<\/a>, could return to management if offered the Real Madrid job.<\/p>\n Klopp is currently serving as Head of Global Soccer within the Red Bull system, though there have been suggestions he\u2019s unhappy and feels overworked in the role.<\/p>\n Taking to YouTube<\/a> to set the record straight, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano stated:\u00a0\u201cI keep receiving many questions on Jurgen Klopp. I was checking on this story for weeks because we had this rumour for a long time.<\/p>\n \u201cBut what I got on this story on Jurgen Klopp is there is some people at Real Madrid having a high opinion of Klopp, really appreciating Klopp.<\/p>\n \u201cBut at the moment I\u2019m not aware of anything advanced, also because the agent of Klopp has already gone public and clarified how happy he is at Red Bull<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cJust arrived a few months ago and taking care of the [manager search] at Leipzig. For example I\u2019m told Klopp had direct contact with [Como manager] Cesc Fabregas a few weeks ago to speak about the Leipzig project.<\/p>\n \u201cCesc is still deciding to stay at Como, that\u2019s the position of the coach, that\u2019s another story but it\u2019s showing you how Klopp is involved in the Red Bull project.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that\u2019s the story, I\u2019m still told that internally at Real Madrid they consider Xabi Alonso as the man for the job.<\/p>\n \u201cReal Madrid still believe Alonso is option number one, two and three to become the new head coach.<\/p>\n \u201cThen we have to wait for the exit process with Bayer Leverkusen, but the agreement between Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid will not be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n Latest Real Madrid news \u2013 Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal all involved<\/strong><\/p>\n \u26aa\ufe0f\u00a0Liverpool hopes of signing Real Madrid superstar ALIVE amid concrete interest \u2013 report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n