For everyone who loved watching Xabi Alonso as a player, and believes that he’ll one day coach one of his former clubs – Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Real Sociedad – things just got interesting.
Five months after leaving Real Sociedad’s B-team the 40-year-old has taken charge of Champions League side Bayer Leverkusen who sit one off the bottom of the Bundesliga.
His new team have lost five and drawn two of their eight league games played so far this season but they did beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the Champions League last month.