Hyypia made an emotional departure from Anfield in May 2009 as he signed for German side Bayer Leverkusen. Limited chances meant that Hyypia wanted to continue playing, however he expressed an interest in returning to Merseyside as a coach once his playing career ended.
After one season in Germany, Hyypia announced his retirement from professional football. The Finnish international stepped into coaching for both the national team and Bayer Leverkusen. Hyypia was announced as manager of Brighton & Hove Albion in the Championship but, with the team in the relegation zone, his offer of resignation was accepted. His indifferent coaching career continued in Switzerland with FC Zurich, but was sacked towards the end of the season after losing a vote of confidence in the team.
Over a four-year spell at Anfield that ended in 2006, Traore appeared over 100 times for the Merseysiders. Premier League spells with Charlton Athletic (with whom he was sent off on his debut) and Portsmouth followed before spending a brief time in the Championship at Birmingham City.
Further spells at Monaco, Marseille and American outfit Seattle Sounders followed before Traore announced his retirement at the end of the 2014 season. Traore now works for the Sounders as an assistant coach.
Three years after Alonso’s triumph in the Champions League, the Spaniard signed for Real Madrid. During his time at the Spanish giants, Alonso added another Champions League medal to his cabinet despite being ruled out through suspension as Real beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 in extra time. Alonso moved to Bayern Munich in August 2014 but announced his retirement to be at the end of the 2016-17 season.
Nowadays, Alonso is a youth coach at Real Madrid after completing his UEFA Elite coaching course alongside former teammates Raul, Xavi, Victor Valdes and Joan Capdevila in 2018.
The Spaniard left for Atletico Madrid in 2007 and spent two seasons in his home country. Following on from his time with Atletico, Garcia enjoyed spells with Racing Santander, Panathinaikos and Mexican sides Puebla Club Universidad Nacional in 2010.
Garcia announced his retirement in January 2014 but made a brief comeback for newly-formed Indian Super League side Atletico de Kolkata in July 2014.
The Spaniard worked for beIN Sports during their coverage of the 2016 European Championships.
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