The Leverkusen manager was linked with a move to Liverpool before committing his future to Bayer Leverkusen
Xabi Alonso hasn’t ruled out a move to the Premier League despite snubbing a return to Liverpool last month.
Leverkusen face West Ham United in the latter, offering Alonso a first return to English soil as a manager. And despite snubbing a return to Liverpool to replace Klopp, he admits a return to the Premier League in the future remains a ‘nice thought’.READ MORE: Liverpool receive glowing Richard Hughes endorsement as Bournemouth transfer hint offered
"It's a very exciting competition with so many great players, coaches, great clubs, stadiums - and West Ham is one of them. We are facing them tomorrow with great respect but with great excitement that we have a great chance to go through and keep going in a great season as well.” ”You need to fight a lot to get that destiny,” he said. “At the moment we have to think about West Ham and they are playing against Atalanta. Dublin is a little bit far away to think about. We're in the quarter-finals, it's a great chance to go further in the competition.
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