We should aim to bring Alonso back in a coaching role when he does hang up his boots. I think he'd make a better coach/manager than Carragher tbh.
Alonso's 30 now and has 2 years left with Real Madrid. Maybe they'd be willing to let him leave if they buy Modric? Probably not though, he plays in the vast majority of Real Madrid's games - over 50 in the last 2 seasons and 34+ league games in all 3 seasons in Spain (36 last season of 38..).
I'd imagine he would be in high demand, cost a fair bit and still want decent wages - which I'm not sure FSG would give.
Tbh I don't think he's going to lose much from his game in the next 5 years.
Anyway, we need to stop living in the past and aim to move forward. Would love to be a fly on the wall to find out what's going on behind the scenes.