It has been a phenomenal season for former Liverpool players taking steps into the world of management. Clearly, the outstanding example has been Xabi Alonso, who led Bayer Leverkusen to a quite stunning campaign. Having won the Bundesliga undefeated for the first time in German football history, Alonso’s team also picked up the German Cup while making it to the Europa League final. This inevitably saw strong links for Alonso to replace Jurgen Klopp as the new Liverpool manager. However, the Spaniard’s decision to continue learning his trade at Leverkusen was perhaps the right call. Alonso’s s…