Xabi Alonso is ready to cut his managerial teeth and hopes that his new vocation will one day lead him back to Liverpool.
The World Cup winner called time on an illustrious playing career at the end of the 2016-17 campaign, as the former Liverpool and Real Madrid star bowed out with Bayern Munich.
He quickly aired an ambition to go into coaching, with there plenty that a man with La Liga, Bundesliga and Champions League crowns to his name can pass on to the next generation.
Alonso has now revealed that he would welcome the opportunity to take the reins at Anfield further down the line, with the 36-year-old having previously spent five productive years on Merseyside.