There was a time not so long ago that Xabi Alonso was being heavily linked with taking over at West Ham this summer. When West Ham take on Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League last eight they will get to see the house that Tim Steidten built. West Ham’s technical director not only appointed Xabi Alonso but was the man who brought in so many of the players who have turned them into Germany’s invincibles. The fact Steidten appointed Alonso saw the Spaniard linked with the Hammers as a replacement for David Moyes this summer. But Alonso has outgrown those links to the London Stadium with his thr…