Xabi Alonso is the new manager of Bayer Leverkusen. The Spaniard won the German league title with the club this season.
The 35-year-old is a two-time European and world champion with Spain. He also won the Champions League with Liverpool (2005) and Real Madrid (2014) Xabi Alonso's first source of inspiration as a technician is his father, Periko, a former Spanish international in the early 1980s (20 caps) He draws inspiration from a “fundamental demands that we play in a certain way” “Basque, “ says that this is the only way to play and that he is drawing inspiration from his mastericic “ ” ‘I’m preparing for and I'm on the sidelines,’ says the Basque technician. “I'm not a supporter, but yes. I miss it when I’t on the field,” says the former Bayern Munich player.