Liverpool want Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso and their sporting director Simon Rolfes for the new season, the Football Insider portal reported on Monday. Citing “well placed sources”, the report said the two were top of the Premier League leaders’ shortlist to replace manager Jürgen Klopp, who will leave after the season, and Jörg Schmadtke, who left Anfield at the end of January. Leverkusen are eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and on an unbeaten run of 32 matches in all competitions over the season. They are in the semi-finals of the German Cup and in the Europa League las…