Xabi Alonso exuded class as a Liverpool participant within the mid to late 2000s, and he’s now doing the exact same as supervisor of Bayer Leverkusen.
The 42-year-old is again at Anfield because the Bundesliga title holders meet his former membership within the Champions League tonight, with the Spaniard set to obtain a rapturous welcome from the Merseyside trustworthy.
Our former midfielder addressed the media at his pre-match press convention on Monday evening, and one gesture that he made after the cameras stopped rolling confirmed the true mark of the person.
Alonso reveals his class after press convention
As highlighted by Theo Squires for the Liverpool Echo, as soon as the media formalities concluded, Alonso took the time to strategy the native press pack and shake the arms of each journalist current, lots of whom he’d recognised from his days as a Reds participant.
It was a gesture that the reporters vastly appreciated, having waited at Anfield for 4 hours between the tip of Arne Slot’s press convention and the start of the Leverkusen supervisor’s duties.
Squires added of the previous Spain midfielder: “Alonso tread the road fastidiously between feeding the Liverpool nostalgia narrative and respecting his Leverkusen current. Oozing class as a participant, he’s simply the identical as a supervisor.”
Alonso continues to be adored in Liverpool
In a parallel universe, Alonso might’ve been addressing the Liverpool press pack as a matter of routine, having been touted as an early frontrunner for the Anfield supervisor’s job after Jurgen Klopp introduced his departure from the membership earlier this yr.
It’s since come to mild (through The Occasions) that, regardless of the abundance of hypothesis in the course of the spring, the 42-year-old had by no means really been approached by his former membership about getting into the Reds’ hotseat earlier than the eventual appointment of Slot.
Nonetheless, his success on Merseyside as a world-class footballer in his enjoying heyday ensured that he continues to be adored by LFC followers, particularly those that bear in mind his exploits in L4 in the course of the 2000s.
Except for his items as a participant and hovering popularity as a supervisor, Alonso confirmed along with his gesture after the Monday evening press convention that he additionally possesses a lot class as an individual, which is probably a very powerful trait of all.
