Wow: Huge Xabi Alonso claim emerges just as Liverpool appoint Arne Slot

Liverpool fans once dreamed of a fairytale reunion with former midfielder Xabi Alonso when the future beyond Jurgen Klopp still hung in the balance.

The Merseysiders could not lure the Spanish head coach away from Bayer Leverkusen, but they did succeed in attracting an attractive proposition in Arne Slot.

So attractive an option, in fact, that the Dutchman would have still been a firm candidate even if the Bundesliga winner had declared his interest in a move to Anfield.

“Nobody...