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Liverpool have drawn up a shortlist of seven manager s in their search for a successor to manager Jurgen Klopp, though are only just beginning the formal hiring process, 90min understands. Klopp announced towards the end of January that he would be leaving Liverpool this summer, much to the shock of the Football ing world. Liverpool also have a sporting director vacancy to fill, and 90min understands the club would prefer to find a candidate here before turning their full attention to the manager situation with that hire on board. Nevertheless, the club have had two months to do their due diligence on Klopp's replace ment after he informed them of his decision privately in November. Sources have confirmed to 90min that Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso is the early favourite and frontrunner for the manager's job, though he is not guaranteed to get the gig due to the ongoing sporting director search. Alonso would be interested in a return to Liverpool as manager, but he i...

Manchester United spent the summer of 2019 chasing Harry Maguire, a year after the centre-back had proven himself an international calibre defender for England at the World Cup. Leicester knew the asset they had and hardly refused to budge over a steep asking price, which eventually resulted in an £80m transfer that made Maguire both the most expensive defender in the world and most expensive English player ever. With then United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looking to build a British core of a squad he hoped would soon challenge for major honours, Maguire was made captain . For the most part, he did pretty well in his first year. United dramatically improved by finishing third in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals in three cup competitions. His second season was another solid effort even if he was far from setting the world alight, though an infamous police incident in Mykonos that is still ongoing did threaten to derail it before it began. It also perhaps highlighted Maguire...