Xabi Alonso the 'frontrunner' to become next Liverpool manager says Carragher
Jamie Carragher thinks his former Liverpool team-mate Xabi Alonso has to be regarded as the frontrunner to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield.
Carragher and Alonso spent five years playing together following the Spaniard's arrival from Real Sociedad in 2004, with the pair winning the Champions League on a famous night in Istanbul in Alonso's first season.
Alonso would go on to play for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, before returning to the Bundesliga in October 2022 for his first senior managerial role as head coach at Bayer Leverkusen.
Leverkusen have thrived under Alonso and have surprised everyone in German football this season by topping the Bundesliga where they are unbeaten in 18 matches and are four points clear of Bayern Munich.
Alonso said earlier on Friday he is "really happy" at Bayer Leverkusen and is not thinking about his future after being installed by the bookmakers as the favourite to succeed Klopp, who announced in the morning that he would be leaving Liverpool in the summer.
Carragher told Sky Sports News: "I think right now, if you look around the Premier League and Europe and you think who fits Liverpool, there is no doubt you cannot get away from Xabi Alonso, a former team-mate of mine.
"It's because he is so respected at Liverpool for what he did as a player, he is a Champions League winner, has always held himself with real class, he's a World Cup winner - and that's just his playing side.
"You think of the managers he has worked under, Rafa Benitez at Liverpool, Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, and all of these great figures.
"And right now with the job he is doing at Bayer Leverkusen, he almost looks like the brightest young thing in European football, there is no doubt about that.
"The other one I look at
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