Alonso To Leave Leverkusen Amid Reports Of Real Madrid Move

Xabi Alonso will time off Bayer Leverkusen astatine nan extremity of nan season, amid reports he will win Carlo Ancelotti astatine Real Madrid.

Last twelvemonth Alonso, 43, led Leverkusen to nan double of a Bundesliga title - without losing a crippled - and nan German Cup successful his first afloat play arsenic a elder nine manager.

The erstwhile Spain world played for Real betwixt 2009 and 2014 pursuing a five-year spell astatine Liverpool, earlier ending his playing profession aft 3 years astatine Bayern Munich successful 2017.

"This week nan nine and I person agreed that these 2 games are going to beryllium my past arsenic Bayer Leverkusen coach," Alonso said connected Friday.

"It is not a infinitesimal to talk excessively overmuch astir nan early because we want to person a due farewell connected Sunday present for immoderate players, for myself, and it is nan correct infinitesimal to denote it.

"We person to bask this infinitesimal pinch mixed emotions. It is emotional, I said this greeting pinch nan players, nan staff, truthful galore group who person helped maine during an unbelievable, awesome 3 years.

"Now is simply a infinitesimal to stock it pinch nan fans successful this stadium wherever I person lived awesome emotions and go what I americium correct now."

Leverkusen big Borussia Dortmund connected Sunday earlier concluding nan play astatine Mainz connected 17 May.

More to follow.