After Xabi Alonso ruled himself out of the running yesterday, there’s a new favourite to be Liverpool’s next manager. Alonso is set to stay at Bayer Leverkusen, after turning down the chance for talks with both Liverpool and Bayern Munich. The Spaniard had been the overwhelming favourite to succeed Jurgen Klopp, with Reds supporters looking forward to having a former hero of the club at the helm. However, the focus must now shift. Since the ‘surprising’ news about Alonso, Sporting manager Ruben Amorim looks to have become the front-runner. However, he’s far from being the only one in contentio…