🚨 Christian Falk's Fact Files - Liverpool contact Alonso's agent, Leverkusen have shortlisted Bayern plan B manager, Klopp to Germany? Stuttgart like Championship coach & more

Today's exclusive transfer round-up from Bundesliga insider Christian Falk, featuring Bayer Leverkusen, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool and more

[From left to right: Kieran McKenna, Xabi Alonso and Jurgen Klopp]

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Today’s top stories

• Truth of Bayern’s “contact” with Alonso and Liverpool’s talks with Xabi’s agent…

• Leverkusen have Real Madrid legend on shortlist of potential managerial successors for Alonso…

• Could one Championship boss be heading to the Bundesliga?

• And further updates on Hansi Flick, Jurgen Klopp, Sebastian Hoeneß and more!

FC Bayern is once again the club that is drawing the attention of the football world to the Bundesliga this week. Because: The search for a successor to Thomas Tuchel could trigger a coaching domino in Germany but also in Europe. Premier League clubs and coaches are also affected.

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Thomas Tuchel will leave FC Bayern in the summer and his contract, which runs until 2025, will be terminated. The coach is not leaving Munich voluntarily and therefore does not want to take a break. Although he is also on the list at FC Barcelona, ​​he is more interested in the Premier League. I've already reported that he always wanted to coach Manchester United. But what is surprising is that Thomas Tuchel could also imagine returning to Chelsea. His time in London was the happiest of his career. By now the new management should also have realised that parting ways with Tuchel was perhaps a mistake. The question is whether the relationship with Todd Boehly can be restored. My colleague Tobias Altschäffl shared a rumour in the current episode of my podcast “Bayern Insider” that Tuchel referred to the American as “Ted Lasso” during an emotional discussion. Lasso is the hero of the American comedy series of the same name, which has many fans. Whether Boehly found the comparison funny is at least doubtful.

Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) to the left of Noel Gallagher - (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

The successors to Tuchel are now being discussed at FC Bayern. Xabi Alonso is still Munich's dream coach. But - despite many reports - there were still no negotiations between Bayern and Alonso. What speaks for it: When Liverpool contacted Iñaki Ibáñez, Alonso's agent, the agent immediately communicated the Reds' interest to those in charge at Leverkusen. That didn't happen in the case of Bayern. FC Bayern is still waiting for a signal from Alonso as to whether he can imagine a move to Munich. As soon as that happens, they would start negotiations.