Alonso top favourite for Liverpool bench

Xabi Alonso has emerged as one of the favourites to become Liverpool's next coach after Jurgen Klopp's shocking decision to leave the club at the end of the season.

Alonso is enjoying spectacular success at Bayer Leverkusen, who has two points more than Bayern Munich at the helm of Bundesliga and is in the preliminary phase of Europe League.

When he joined the club in October 2022, they were second in the end after eight Bundesliga matches. Only 26 matches later ended in sixth place and secured the exit to Europe.

But Liverpool is not the only club that has looked at the Spaniard. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, and even Manchester City, where Pep Guardiola may not prolong his stay until the end of next season, will also look closely at the situation, Kosova Prees follows.

The former Spanish sponsor, who has recently turned 42, has been left two and a half years in his contract with Bayer Leverkusen.