Xabi Alonso is a man with options. There is a danger that the remainder of this season will turn into one long recruitment process, rather than what he hopes will be the run-in to the first title ...

Xabi Alonso has Bayer Leverkusen reaching new heights, and the club is a candidate, if not the favorite, to dethrone Bayern Munich’s monopoly of dominance. After 14 games in the Bundesliga, Bayer ...

Despite turning 35 in a little over two months, Xabi Alonso has proved as crucial as ever to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich since they kicked off the 2016/17 campaign with a resounding 6-0 ...

His name is known and revered throughout the footballing world: Xabier Alonso Olano a.k.a. Xabi Alonso, widely regarded as one of the top players on the planet, is now at FC Bayern. He is a World ...

Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said keeping a cool head would be the secret to making his side's recent dominance of Bayern Munich count in the Champions League last 16. "We know each other ...

What next for Bayern Munich? Their immediate future will not involve Xabi Alonso. With Thomas Tuchel due to leave Sabener Strasse at the end of the season, Alonso, who is on the cusp of taking ...

That’s the question facing Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen as they seek to prove they belong among European soccer’s top teams after ending Bayern Munich’s 11-year reign in the German ...

HEIDENHEIM, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 17: Head coach, Xabi Alonso of Leverkusen during the Bundesliga match ... More between 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Voith-Arena on February 17 ...

Xabi Alonso's team were vastly superior to Bayern, who have dominated German football for more than a decade. ... Bayern looked uncomfortable in their system, particularly down the flanks.

Bayern Munich are targeting a move for Xabi Alonso should Thomas Tuchel be sacked as head coach. Any appointment of Bayer Leverkusen head coach Alonso would be with a view to the 42-year-old ...

Xabi Alonso’s success with Germany’s red company team owes much to the fact that the former Bayern professional always had a means of cracking the code of his old club tactically.

Xabi Alonso has brought his methods to Madrid. But what does history tell us about those who have gone before him?