2023-09-26 14:23:00
Ancelotti can very well imagine the world and European champion as his successor: “I trained Xabi. He does a great job at Bayer Leverkusen. He understands the game excellently. And that’s why he’s a good coach,” he said at a press conference. He added: “I wish Xabi Alonso, Raúl, Álvaro Arbeloa to become Real coach one day. I love them all.”
However, Alonso, who had a brilliant start to the season with Bayer with 13 points in the Bundesliga and second place in the table behind champions Bayern Munich, still has a contract with the Rhinelander that runs until June 30, 2026.
Leverkusen’s club boss Fernando Carro recently said about his coach in a one-two on “Sport1”: “He lives in the present and is fully with us,” emphasized Carro, “he also knows that a coach depends on what the team can do.” Bayer “delivered” by strengthening the team before this season.
“He is a coach who has won everything as a player and knows what it takes to be successful. He has the desire – as he did as a player – also as a coach, to have the game under control,” Carro emphasized.
Alonso played for Real between 2009 and 2014
Alonso is one of the most dazzling figures in Spanish football; he also wore the Real jersey and played a total of 236 games (six goals) for the Madrilenians between 2009 and 2014.
After his stint with the Royals, he moved to FC Bayern for three years. Alonso has been under contract with Bayer as head coach since October 5, 2022.
When his contract was extended in Leverkusen in August, Alonso said: “I am very grateful for the trust that Bayer 04 has placed in me. The fact that we are convinced of the same idea and the same direction in terms of sporting orientation ensures great proximity and Trust between the club officials and me.”
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