Bayer Leverkusen's CEO, Fernando Carro, has hinted at a potential future role for Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid.

Alonso, who recently led Leverkusen to its first-ever Bundesliga title, ending Bayern Munich's monopoly along the way, was heavily tipped to take over from Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool.



However, he confirmed last month that he would be staying put at Leverkusen beyond this season.

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Despite this, Carro has suggested that Alonso could still end up managing another team in the future.

Confirming the worst fears of many Liverpool fans, he specifically name-checked another of the Spaniard's former clubs, Real Madrid.

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Speaking to Spanish news outlet AS, he said: "It is possible that at some point in his career as a coach, he [Alonso] ends up managing Real Madrid, yes."

However, Carro also acknowledged that several clubs were "interested" in appointing Alonso as manager before he committed to Bayer Leverkusen.

And he didn't rule out the possibility of him taking charge at any one of his former teams, which include Liverpool and Bayern Munich as well as Real Madrid.

"There are many interested clubs, it is true, which does not mean that in the future he [Alonso] cannot coach some of those that have been named, especially his former teams as a player," said Carro.

It does not tend to come up often, certainly not in comparison to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and once Alonso is settled at one of those, it could be hard to get him out again.

Even this summer, before his Bayer Leverkusen decision, there was a slight fear that Real Madrid could come calling despite Carlo Ancelotti's contract extension.
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