Why did alonso decline the job, maybe his dream isnt liverpool and he feels like he has more to do at sporting. There any number of reasons why he feels it might not be for him, football has changed somewhat in that running to liverpool isnt necessarily the deal it once was.There will be challenges wherever you go. He's going to have more money to spend than he does at Sporting and what's he going to decline that job for? What's his next option? Wait for Brighton/Wolves to be available and learn his trade? I can't see someone at his age with a relative lack of experience turning down a move to the dippers. Opportunity might not come up again. If it doesn't work out, he'll go and do a decent job somewhere else instead.