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By Chris McKenna Xabi Alonso is leaning towards staying at Bayer Leverkusen – leaving Liverpool to look at other managerial targets. Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness has said it will be “probably impossible” to land the Spaniard this summer as the German champions were also chasing him. That feeling is similar at Anfield as new CEO of football Michael Edwards drafts a shortlist of names to replace Jurgen Klopp. That means it is not expected – at least at the moment – that Alonso, 42, will be on their final list. The Bayer Leverkusen manager is a highly-sought after man as he looks …

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