{"id":638692,"date":"2024-04-16T10:16:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=638692"},"modified":"2024-04-16T10:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T14:16:49","slug":"xabi-alonso-real-madrid-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/16\/xabi-alonso-real-madrid-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Doubt\u2019 Liverpool Dealt Xabi Alonso Blow as Manager\u2019s Dream Job Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro has \u201cno doubt\u201d that Xabi Alonso will become Real Madrid\u2019s manager in the future. The Spaniard has emerged as one of the most in-demand managers across Europe due to his success with Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<h2>Xabi Alonso Expected To Complete Exciting Santiago Bernabeu Return<\/h2>\n<h3>Writing History at Bayer Leverkusen<\/h3>\n<p>Alonso started his managerial career as a youth trainer at Real Madrid before taking charge at Real Sociedad\u2019s B team in 2019. Two years later, he was given the head coach role at Bayer Leverkusen, who were second-bottom in the Bundesliga at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/14\/liverpool-manager-search-roberto-de-zerbi\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool Handed Blow In Race For Manager Described As \u2018So Special And Unique\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under Alonso, they ended the 2022\/23 campaign in the Bundesliga\u2019s sixth spot, securing a place in the Europa League. However, the best was yet to come for the former Real Madrid midfielder at Bay Arena.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Leverkusen have sent shockwaves across Europe with their incredible performances, staying unbeaten for 43 games so far. On Sunday, the club celebrated their first-ever Bundesliga trophy, ending Bayern Munich\u2019s run of 11 consecutive titles.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being one of the hottest names in all of Europe, Alonso has vowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/xabi-alonso-confirms-staying-at-bayer-leverkusen-liverpool-bayern-munich-coach-26784#:~:text=Xabi%20Alonso%20has%20ended%20any,with%20eight%20games%20to%20go.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stay at the club<\/a> for at least another season. However, it seems the 42-year-old is already eyeing a future return to Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<h3>Returning to Real Madrid?<\/h3>\n<p>Liverpool and Bayern Munich, who have both enjoyed Alonso\u2019s services as a player, are both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/alonso-liverpool-bayern-munich-future-32423228\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> to be closely following the manager\u2019s success at Leverkusen. However, for Fernando Carro there\u2019s only one certain destination for the in-demand manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/21\/andriy-lunin-contract-extension-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Already Prepared\u2019 Fabrizio Romano Reveals Blancos Plan For Key Contract Extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Leverkusen CEO told Cadena Ser (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1780149882441109961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>): \u201cI have no doubts. One day, Xavi Alonso will be Real Madrid\u2019s manager. No doubts at all, zero doubts. The only doubt is when he will sign for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it will happen, trust me. I am sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Chasing the treble<\/h3>\n<p>Alonso has already led Leverkusen to the Bundesliga title, ending their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/bayer-leverkusen-nickname-neverkusen-history-story-xabi-alonso-26923\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neverkusen<\/a>\u201d curse. However, the club still have a chance to improve their historic 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/05\/real-madrid-loan-arda-guler\/\" target=\"_self\">Real Madrid Consider Loan Options As Young Star Wants More Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They will face Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal final on May 25, looking to complete a domestic double. A bigger prize would be to win the Europa League, where Alonso\u2019s men are facing West Ham in the second leg of their quarter-final tie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro has \u201cno doubt\u201d that Xabi Alonso will become Real Madrid\u2019s manager in the future. The Spaniard has emerged as one of the most in-demand managers across Europe due to his success with Bayer Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso Expected To Complete Exciting Santiago Bernabeu Return Writing History at Bayer Leverkusen Alonso started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":638702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,4,6,30],"tags":[737],"class_list":["post-638692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid","category-bundesliga","category-la-liga","category-news","tag-xabi-alonso"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}