Bayer Leverkusen have already clarified Xabi Alonso clause with Liverpool hint

Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro revealed that there is no clause which would allow Xabi Alonso to leave for Liverpool but previously hinted that there could be an "agreement" if the Reds approached them.

Jurgen Klopp's shock announcement that he will leave Anfield in the summer means that FSG will be looking for a new manager for the first time in almost a decade. The German has been in charge of Liverpool since replacing Brendan Rodgers in October 2015.

And former Reds' midfielder Alonso has been installed as the bookies favourite to replace Klopp when he departs Merseyside at the end of the season. The Spaniard has enjoyed a remarkable season at Leverkusen who sit top of the Bundesliga table and are unbeaten in the league so far.

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But there is no official clause which will allow Alonso to depart for Anfield according to Leverkusen's CEO. He did, however, hint in November that there an agreement could be made if Alonso wanted to leave.

"No, we don't need a clause, we have a very good relationship with Xabi and he knows that at the end of the day, we're not going to force someone to stay if they don't want to," Carro said in an interview with broadcaster Ben Jacobs two months ago.

"We want him to feel so happy and so good with us and that he only wants to stay and this is our objective. There is nothing on paper [for him to leave] but sometimes agreements that are not on paper are agreements as well. We know that if he needs to move in the future, we'll be able to talk to each other but I hope that he will stay."