Chosen to replace Gerardo Seone, Xabi Alonso has been working miracles with Bayer Leverkusen since October 2022. At the end of a 2022-23 financial year completed with the key to qualifying for the Europa League, the Spanish coach has had a sensational first part of the season with the German club. Bundesliga leaders ahead of the Munich ogre and qualified for the quarter-finals of the German Cup, the Pillendreher can certainly thank the new recruits who are blazing but also the Iberian who knew how to give them height. Victim of his success, the former Liverpool player logically finds himself in the good books of Bayern Munich as well as Real Madrid.
In search of the successor to Carlo Ancelotti, tipped to give up his apron at the end of the season, Xabi Alonso is emphatically announced in the Spanish capital. During an interview given to Movistar+the native of Tolosa finally responded to the interest of the Merengue club while addressing the question linked to a probable release clause that could be activated by the Spanish team. “A release clause? Well, these are contractual matters. I am very comfortable here now. I am very attached to this club”soberly released the former midfielder who worked for Real Madrid between 2009 and 2014.
