I even had hoped that Man United would be interested in signing Xabi Alonso because I think what makes Man United what it is today is Ten Hag's incompetence in coaching Man United and I think if Xabi Alonso handles Man United, then they will have the potential to be even better.
However, these hopes immediately vanished when I heard rumors that Liverpool were interested in Xabi Alonso. As we know, Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool at the end of this season, so Liverpool will definitely look for a new coach to replace Jurgen Klopp. If Xabi Alonso was faced with the option of choosing Liverpool or Man United, he would most likely choose Liverpool. The reason is certainly clear because he has a strong history and chemistry with Liverpool.
Is it true that Manchester United will sack Erik Ten Hag this summer? I don't think this rumor is too strong although they are interested in Xabi Alonso, the Leverkusen coach is indeed being attracted by other European clubs including Bayern Munich themselves are interested in Xabi Alonso's job but it will not be easy including Manchester United.
It is true that if Xabi Alonso is faced with two choices of Manchester United and Liverpool it is likely that he will choose Liverpool he is a legend of Liverpool players when he was young then there is hope he goes there.
If with this choice, it is likely that Manchester United will keep Erik Ten Hag until his contract expires.
A few months back the new owners of Manchester United had confirmed that they will be keeping Erik Ten Hag. But they did not say anything about the next season. Manchester United’s struggles are still continuing, They might not even get the chance to play in the Conference League.
My opinion about Xabi Alonso is that he should stay at Bayer Leverkusen for 1 or 2 more seasons. Or he might become Erik Ten Hag. Erik Ten Hag is a very good small team/player manager. He can manage a small team with small players like Ajax very well. But when he came to Manchester United, he immediately started having problems with some of the big players in the team.
So it is very clear that he is not a big team manager. Xabi Alonso probably is also not ready to manage a team as big as Liverpool or Manchester United. The expectations are high, the media is ruthless over there. A relatively less experienced manager might struggle a lot there.