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Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeneß has acknowledged for the first time that the club are interested in replacing outgoing coach Thomas Tuchel with Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso. Former Bayern player Alonso has stunned German football by leading Leverkusen to a 10-point lead in the Bundesliga with just eight games left as they look set to end the Bavarian club’s 11-year stranglehold on the championship. They are 38 games unbeaten in all competitions under the Spaniard and are in the German Cup semi-finals and Europa League last eight. But his success means another former club Liverpoo…

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