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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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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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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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Bayern Munich: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Xabi Alonso and Zinedine Zidane potential Thomas Tuchel successors | Football News
Liverpool target Xabi Alonso is the preferred target to succeed Thomas Tuchel if Bayern Munich decide to part ways with the manager this summer – while they are also looking at Zinedine Zidane and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, according to Sky in Germany. The pressure has increased on Tuchel following Bayern’s 3-2 loss at Bochum on…
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Bayern Munich keen to beat Liverpool to Xabi Alonso appointment with Thomas Tuchel on thin ice – Paper Talk | Football News
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… THE TIMES Thomas Tuchel is increasingly likely to be removed from his role as Bayern Munich head coach in the summer, with the Bundesliga side keen to jump ahead of Liverpool in the race to tempt Xabi Alonso away from Bayer Leverkusen. Please use Chrome browser…
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Liverpool: Jamie Carragher explains why Xabi Alonso is standout candidate to replace Jurgen Klopp | Football News
Jamie Carragher provides a tactical breakdown of how Xabi Alonso masterminded a resounding 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich to cement Bayer Leverkusen’s place at the Bundesliga summit – and rubberstamp his own credentials as a future Liverpool manager… There’s a great chance that Xabi Alonso is going to be the next Liverpool manager. He seems…
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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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Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen release clause could put Liverpool on alert – Paper Talk | Football News
All the top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers… THE SUN Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso has a release clause in his contract that only three clubs can activate, according to reports – Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Image: Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso has a release clause in his contract that only…
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