MUNICH.- The Spanish coach Xabi Alonso will leave the Bayer Leverkusen At the end of the season, after almost three years of work in Germany and a course before the end of his contract, he announced Friday at a press conference.
“These two matches (against Borussia Dortmund and Mainz) will be my last two as coach of Bayer Leverkusen,” Xabi Alonso explained, while the Spanish and German press assume that it will replace the Italian Carlo Ancelotti on the bench of the bench of the Real Madrid.
“In recent times we have often talked about the right moment to make this announcement, now it is the right time,” added coach Tolosarra, formed in the Royal Society and played in European giants such as Liverpool (2004-2009), Real Madrid (2009-2014) and Bayern Munich (2014-2017).
According to Spanish and German media, the 43 -year -old Basque will sign three years for Real Madrid from next summer boreal.
“It is a moment with many emotions. I will not talk about the future. We will have our own moment to say goodbye to the public. We must appreciate this moment. There is emotion, I have spoken with the players and the ‘Staff’, there are so many people who have helped me over these three incredible years,” he added.
After hanging his boots, Alonso debuted in his career as a coach in the youth categories of Real Madrid, before assuming the bench of the Reserva de la Real Sociedad team (2019-2022).
At the end of September 2022, he arrived at Bayer Leverkusen in what is his first experience as a coach of one of the five great European championships. He managed to redirect the direction of the ‘Werkself’ during his first season, taking him from the descent positions to a classification to Europa League.
Ended the drought
In its first full season, the 2023-2024, achieved the first Leverkusen championship in 120 years of history, without granting a single defeat in the 34 Bundesliga games (28 wins and 6 draws). He also won the German Cup, and his only defeat throughout the season arrived in the Europa League final (3-0 against Atalanta).
This season has kept Bayern Munich in the fight for Bundesliga, although a draw against the Bavarian giant in mid-February (0-0) prevented the ‘Werkself’ from fighting the title in the final stretch.
The Bayern was also his executioner in the round of 16 of the Champions League (5-0 in the total first leg), while in Germany he fell eliminated by the modest Arminia Bielefeld, 3rd division.
