Arsenal get brand new worry as another huge manager exit confirmed amid Mikel Arteta stance
Jurgen Klopp leaving Liverpool will not be the only major managerial exit at the end of the 2023/24 season following a shock announcement over the weekend. On Friday,Klopp shocked the footballing world by revealing he would be departing his position at Anfield at the conclusion of the current campaign after nine years at the club.
Former midfielder and current Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso is the firm frontrunner to succeed Klopp while Brighton head coach Roberto De Zerbi and Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann have also been mooted as other options. For one of those to take over from Klopp, it would require them to depart a club, however just over 24 hours after Klopp's announcement, it was surprisingly revealed Barcelona would also be after a new manager.
On Saturday evening, following the late 5-3 defeat to Villareal, Xavi confirmed he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. «I think the club needs a change of dynamic,» he admitted. «For the good of the players, I believe that they will free themselves. We play with a lot of tension.
»For the good of the board of directors, it is best that I leave. I will give my best. I think all of that will help the dynamic change. This is the message I would like to give. I think I am doing the right thing." Hansi Flick and Nagelsmann are both said to be on the club's shortlist and unsurprisingly Arteta, given his history with the Spanish club and work at Arsenal, is also included.
In 2023, amid talk of Barcelona attempting to identify Xavi's long-term successor, Arteta was questioned about the Barcelona job with his answer understandably vague. «What I can say is that I am extremely happy and proud to be where I am,» he said. «Barcelona, now, they are in a really good
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