Xabi Alonso brings his Bayer Leverkusen team to Liverpool on Tuesday night, having been strongly linked with the Anfield job himself earlier this year. After Jurgen Klopp announced his intention to leave the Reds midway through last season,

Alonso was hot favourite for the Liverpool job when Jurgen Klopp announced in January he was leaving, but quickly ruled himself out of the running.

Xabi Alonso will return to Anfield tonight for the first time as a manager having been linked with a return to Liverpool in the summer