Xabi Alonso admits interest in Premier League move after Liverpool snub

Xabi Alonso hasn’t ruled out a move to the Premier League despite snubbing a return to Liverpool last month.

The Spaniard had been one of the favourites to replace Jurgen Klopp as Reds manager, ahead of the German stepping down at the end of the season, but ultimately decided to stay put at Bayer Leverkusen.

Alonso is on the verge of leading his side to their first ever Bundesliga title, with Leverkusen currently boasting a 16-point advantage over second-placed Bayern Munich with just six games left to play. Meanwhile, a potential treble is also on the cards, having both set up a DFB-Pokal final showdown with FC Kaiserslautern and reached the Europa League semi-finals.

Leverkusen face West Ham United in the latter, offering Alonso a first return to English soil as a manager. And despite snubbing a return to Liverpool to replace Klopp, he admits a return to the Premier League in the future remains a ‘nice thought’.

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”You never know, at the moment I have enough on my plate to think about,” he said ahead of facing the Hammers. “But I'm still young as a coach and for sure it's a nice one (thought).

“I speak regularly with some colleagues who coach in the Premier League and they know that each game is really tough to prepare and to play.

"It's a very exciting competition with so many great players, coaches, great clubs, stadiums - and West Ham is one of them. We are facing them tomorrow with great respect but with great excitement that we have a great chance to go through and keep going in a great season as well.”‌

With Liverpool also in Europa League