“How Xabi Alonso is leading Bayer Leverkusen’s impressive transformation in the Bundesliga”

Leverkusen –

Jose Mourinho ever said, Xabi Alonso have all the capital to be a great football coach. Now Bayer Leverkusen on fire in his hands, began to prove?

Bayer Leverkusen signed Xabi Alonso in early October 2022 with a duration until the summer of 2024. At that time, Leverkusen was ranked 17th.

Now under Alonso’s polish, Leverkusen continues to heat up and make a long jump to sixth in the Bundesliga!

Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in 13 matches in all competitions. They also reached the semifinals of the Europa League.

Alonso has sailed a total of 30 matches with Leverkusen in all competitions. The details are 17 wins, six draws and seven defeats.

Reported from Mirror, Xabi Alonso is starting his career as a coach. Starting from 2018 for a year, Alonso coached the Real Madrid youth team, continued to Real Sociedad B, and now at Bayer Leverkusen.

Jose Mourinho He used to coach Alonso at Madrid. Mourinho can already see, that Alonso is an above average player!

“He grew up like me, as a football player and had a coach father. But, Alonso was better than me (during his time as a player-ed),” said Mourinho.

Xabi Alonso play as a central midfielder. He is the general to organize attacks and maintain rhythm.

Jose Mourinho explains, Alonso has high intelligence to read the game. So no wonder, Mourinho believes Alonso will become a top coach one day!

“He is a top player in his position and his knowledge of football is very high,” said Mourinho.

“He has played in Spain, England and in Germany. He was coached by Guardiola at Bayern, by me and Ancelotti at Madrid, and coached by Benitez at Liverpool,” he continued.

“So I think, if you put everything together, Xabi Alonso has the tools to be a very good coach.”

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