Liverpool have wished former midfield star Xabi Alonso good luck following his appointment as the new Bayer Leverkusen boss.
The appointment was confirmed after Bayer's midweek Champions League defeat by FC Porto saw Gerardo Seoane dismissed as the club's head coach. The German side sit in the bottom three of the Bundesliga with five points from their opening eight league games.
Leverkusen made an approach to appoint the out-of-work Thomas Tuchel, following his dismissal from Chelsea last month, but this approach was rejected and Bayer subsequently turned to Alonso. It is the Spaniard's second managerial stint after three years coaching Real Sociedad's B team.
