Xabi Alonso IS the frontrunner to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool as Anfield chiefs step up their search for a new manager... with Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi also at the top of their shortlist

Klopp, 56, dropped the bombshell news on Friday morning that he is planning to leave the Anfield club after eight and a half years at the helm, insisting 'we are not young rabbits any more'.