"I think it’s a terrible decision," ex-Liverpool winger Joe Cole told TNT Sports about Xabi Alonso staying at Bayer Leverkusen for another season, despite interest from Liverpool and Bayern Munich.
"As managers, your stock goes so up and down so quickly, he’s the hottest property in world football right now in management, I think he should’ve made the move this summer.
"In a year's time, it could be completely different, keeping this team together is going to be tough enough because they’ve got some fantastic players and all the giants in Europe are going to be looking at them."
Xabi Alonso has announced he's staying at Leverkusen for another season to build on what is likely to be the first Bundesliga title in the club's history.
Unless something goes terribly wrong at Anfield next season, that puts Alonso out of contention to become the Liverpool manager in the foreseeable future.
