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Xabi Alonso set to leave Bayer Leverkusen at end of season putting Manchester City on red alert – Paper Talk | Football News
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… DAILY MIRROR Xabi Alonso is said to have decided he will leave Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the current campaign – placing Manchester City on red alert. Arsenal have set their sights on Simon Rolfes of Bayer Leverkusen as they continue their search for a…
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Inside Bayer Leverkusen’s academy: Bundesliga champions want to sustain their success and know youth is key | Football News
What is there left for Bayer Leverkusen to achieve? Putting that question to sporting director Simon Rolfes on a recent visit to the Bundesliga champions, his answer is a surprising one. He talks not of more glory but of developing the academy. “We only have two players at the moment in our squad from the…
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Sepp van den Berg transfer: Brentford complete initial £20m deal to sign Liverpool defender amid Bayer Leverkusen interest | Football News
Brentford have signed defender Sepp van den Berg from Liverpool. The centre-back was signed by the Reds for £4.4m in 2019 from Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle and made four senior appearances for the club. Brentford have agreed to pay £20m up front for the defender – who has signed a five-year deal – as well…
Read More Sepp van den Berg: Brentford agree deal in principle for Liverpool defender amid Bayer Leverkusen interest | Football News
Brentford have agreed a deal in principle with Liverpool to sign Sepp van den Berg. It is understood the west London club have agreed to pay £25m plus £5m in add-ons for the centre-back. Van den Berg joined Liverpool in a £4.4m move from Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle in 2019, and has made four senior…
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Xabi Alonso’s invincible Bayer Leverkusen are a breath of fresh air for German football, says Jurgen Klinsmann | Football News
Bayer Leverkusen became the first team to go unbeaten through an entire Bundesliga season in winning the competition for the first time in their history and ending Bayern Munich’s 11-year reign as champions of Germany. But the extraordinary season enjoyed by Xabi Alonso’s side is not over yet. They face Atalanta in the Europa League…
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Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen side now three games from an unbeaten treble… will it happen? | Football News
The sight of Bayern Munich lifting the Bundesliga Meisterschale has been very familiar in recent years. Eleven titles in a row, the Bavarians have dominated the German top division for more than a decade. But this year has proven to be very different. Borussia Dortmund, who missed out on toppling them with virtually the last…
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'My job is not over here' | Alonso commits future to Bayer Leverkusen
Xabi Alonso ends recent speculation linking him to Liverpool and Bayern Munich by committing his future to Bayer Leverkusen.
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Xabi Alonso: Is it advantage Liverpool over Bayern Munich for Bayer Leverkusen manager? | Football News
If there is a defining characteristic of Xabi Alonso, the metronomic player and now assured manager, it is that he is meticulous. That descriptor was used by his former tactician Jose Mourinho, it is the same framing Granit Xhaka has plumped for, as well as the analysis of Bayer Leverkusen chief executive Fernando Carro. Alonso…
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Xabi Alonso: Ex-Liverpool player ‘really happy’ at Bayer Leverkusen after being made favourite to replace Jurgen Klopp | Football News
Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso says he is “really happy” at Bayer Leverkusen and is not thinking about his future after being installed by the bookmakers as the favourite to succeed Jurgen Klopp. The Spaniard, who won the Champions League at Liverpool in a five-year playing spell at Anfield, has emerged as the early frontrunner…
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Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen can win the Bundesliga title, says Lothar Matthaus, and he might have a point | Football News
Ask Bayer Leverkusen’s sporting managing director Simon Rolfes about the club’s philosophy and he will tell you that the focus is on young and quick players with resale potential. But that was not the guiding principle of their recruitment in the summer. In came Granit Xhaka from Arsenal, now 31, to bring experience to the…
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