Xabi Alonso firmly believes in recovering the identity of Real Madrid. This was made clear during his first press conference as coach of the white team, in which he promised to “get important, decent things” of the club and make the fans of the ‘meringue’ feel pride for how the team that won 14 times the Champions League.
“We have the conviction that we can get important things, worthy of Real Madrid and these European Cups”said Alonso after signing the contract that links it to the club for the next three years. Then he posed with the shirt he knew how to defend as a footballer and now, at 43, he will have it as a sports head.
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“We start a new stage and I feel that the club and the fans are united and that we have a great team. We have fantastic players. A team with a very good potential and present; that gives me many reasons to come here with a lot of energy and illusion of getting the best of each of them and building a great team. We can manage to convey emotions, joy, say ‘that’s Real Madrid’. If we get on that, we will have unstoppable force. We can start something beautiful. Hala Madrid! ‘
“It is a very special day, I will have it marked in my calendar for life. Very happy to be able to be here when I feel my house. The link with Real Madrid and Real Madrid has never ceased to exist. Since it has come back into Valdebebas, I have re -renated that feeling, it has been on. It is the beginning of a stage,” he said.
The hitherto coach of Bayer Leverkusen, with whom he conquered the Bundesliga and the German Cup undefeated last season, had a memory for his predecessor in the bank, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti.
“Before starting to talk about the new stage, I don’t want to stop talking about the stage that has been closed. Carlo was my coach, a great person and a great influence”he stressed on the DT that left for Brazil to assume the challenge of rebuilding a sleeping giant.
“Without his mastery, I would probably not be here. I take over and pick up his legacy with a lot of honor and pride. I hope to meet expectations and be able to take the club to all places where we all believe we can do it.”Alonso added.
Before, President Florentino Pérez praised the new DT: “A new coach arrives, who is already one of the best in the world and who perfectly represents what Real Madrid is, because he already knows what this shield and this shirt supposes,” he said.
“You will have a fan who loves you and admires. You know very well what the demand of this club is. Welcome to your home”Pérez concluded.
Dutch Erik Ten Hag will happen to Xabi Alonso as DT of the Bayer Leverkusen with a contract until June 2027as the German club announced Monday. The last Ten Hag station as coach was the Manchester United where he was between 2022 and 2024. The other candidate to assume the team of the aspirin was the Spanish Cesc Fábregascurrent coach of Italy, which however made the German club know that it was not available.
“With Erik Tenhag we opted for an experienced coach and notable successes”Said Leverkusen’s sports director, Simon Rolfes.
“His six titles with Ajax were somewhat extraordinary. With three leagues and two glasses, he and Ajax dominated Dutch football between 2018 and 2022,”Rolfes added.
In Manchester United, the success of Ten Hag was minor, despite having won the League Cup and the FA Cup. After a bad start in the 2024/2025 season he had to leave the club.
According to Rolfes, the idea that Ten Hag of football combines with that of Bayer Leverkusen. “With a high technique and dominant football, we want to look for the highest goals in the Bundesliga and the German Cup,”said.
Hag, meanwhile, said: “Bayer Leverkusen is one of the best teams in Germany and is part of the European elite. The club offers fantastic conditions. The conversations with those responsible impressed me. I have come to Leverkusen to confirm the ambitions that have grown in recent years.”
Leverkusen won double in 2024. The first Bundesliga title in history achieved it without losing a single game. Now, after Xabi Alonso’s march and key players such as Jonhathan Tah y Florian WirtzTen Hag will have to face a club remodeling phase.
Ten Hag is the third Leverkusen coach from the Netherlands after Peter Bosz (2018-2021) and Rinus Michels (1988-1989).
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