Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is currently the odds on favourite to be named the next permanent manager at Anfield.talkSPORT BET have priced the 44-year-old Spaniard at 4/7 to be named Liverpool’s next permanent manager, with current boss Arne Slot under pressure for his job despite having won the Premier League in his first season last year. The full odds list can be found here.talkSPORT BET New Customer Offer: Bet £10 Get £30 In Free Bets – CLAIM HERE*Arne Slot could seemingly do no wrong in his first season as Liverpool manager, winning the Premier League title at a canter at the first time of asking after replacing Jurgen Klopp as Reds manager in the summer of 2024.Things looked to be going from strength to strength for the Merseyside club last summer, as the side spent nearly £420million on new players over the transfer window, breaking the Premier League’s transfer record twice in the process to hugely improve the squad.However, the new signings have quite clicked, and with a couple of notable departures and serious drop off in performance from several individuals compared to last season, Liverpool’s title defence is in tatters with the side currently sat fifth in the table, 21 points off the top.Saturday lunchtime’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton means Slot’s men have picked up just one point from their last three Premier League matches, leaving them sat precariously just a point above Chelsea in the final Champions League qualifying position, and five points behind fourth placed Aston Villa, leaving Slot under pressure in his job.Former Reds midfielder Alonso is the odds on favourite to replace the Dutchman in the Anfield dugout, the Spaniard, who spent five years as a player for Liverpool, making over 200 appearances and winning four trophies, including the Champions League and the FA Cup.Alonso has been out of a job since being sacked by Real Madrid in January after six months in charge, having moved to the Spanish capital after a successful three years at Bayer Leverkusen.At the German side, Alonso’s men went an entire domestic season undefeated, winning the club a first ever league title and securing the domestic double, and also reached the final of the Europa League in the same record breaking season in 2023-24.Next Liverpool manager oddsXabi Alonso – 4/7Luis Enrique – 3/1Steven Gerrard – 8/1Julian Nagelsmann – 8/1Jurgen Klopp – 12/1Oliver Glasner – 16/1Simone Inzaghi – 16/1Andoni Iraola – 20/125/1 BARAll odds correct at the time of writingView full list of Next Liverpool manager odds HERELuis Enrique is currently priced as the second favourite to replace Slot at Liverpool, priced at 3/1 with talkSPORT BET.The 55-year-old is currently plying his trade at PSG in France, whom he led to the club’s first ever Champions League title last season, which also saw the Spaniard become just the second ever manager to win two European continental trebles.Enrique still has another season remaining on his current contract in the French capital, and it remains to be seen whether he’d want to cut his time in Paris short despite sitting top of Ligue 1 and in the quarter finals of the Champions League once again.Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard is another being linked with a move back to Anfield as a manager.The 45-year-old made over 700 appearances for the Reds as a player, winning nine trophies including the Champions League and two FA Cups, as a player, and has been out of a managerial job since his departure from Saudi Arabian side Al Ettifaq in January last year.Gerrard has previously managed in the Premier League, spending the best part of a year at Aston Villa following a successful three years at Rangers, which, in 2021, saw him win the Scottish side their first and only league title since 2011.Current Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann is priced at 8/1, along with Gerrard, to make the move to Anfield this summer.The 38-year-old will currently have his mind firmly set on taking his nation to the World Cup this summer, and has a contract with Germany taking him through until the end of Euro 2028.Nagelsmann has also been linked with a move to Manchester United and Chelsea this summer, the man in demand after steadying the ship at Germany prior to their home Euro 2024 campaign, having won three trophies in a two-year spell at Bayern Munich, including a league title.Klopp, who spent nine years as Liverpool manager prior to Slot’s appointment in 2024, winning eight trophies including a Champions League, Premier League and an FA Cup, has been priced at 12/1 to make the move back to Anfield.Current Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner, who has already announced he’ll be leaving the Eagles this summer, and former Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi, who is currently managing Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, are both priced at 16/1, while Bournebouth boss Andoni Iraola is 20/1.talkSPORT BET – Bet £10 Get £30 In Free Bets – CLAIM HERE*Commercial content notice: Taking one of the bookmaker offers featured in this article may result in a payment to talkSPORT. 18+. 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