"I think the rumours have been circulating for some time now. And I know exactly what your question is getting at, but it has nothing to do with me," Klopp said when asked on the Austrian channel Servus TV if his phone had started ringing after Xabi's departure, according to quotes translated by EFE."
"It has actually rung, but not from Madrid," the former Liverpool coach said with a laugh, insisting that the news "hasn't affected him at all."
"This shows several things: on the one hand, that we [coaches] no longer have any time, and on the other hand, that the demands at Real Madrid are, logically, enormous," he said."
"I think when you arrive after a legend and an incredibly good coach, who had a very specific way of coaching his team -- Carlo Ancelotti -- if you arrive there and try to implement some new rules, this time it seems it has proven too difficult," he said."
Jürgen Klopp said he has not received calls from Real Madrid after Xabi Alonso's exit and that the decision had nothing to do with him. Klopp has not managed since leaving Liverpool in 2024 and is currently head of global soccer for Red Bull. He acknowledged rumours about the Madrid vacancy but said his phone had not rung from Madrid. He described Alonso as a very talented coach and expressed sympathy for him. Klopp said Alonso's short tenure signals that something is not working at Real Madrid, that coaches have little time, and that expectations at the club are enormous. He suggested arriving after Carlo Ancelotti and attempting to change entrenched methods can be especially difficult.
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