{"id":150383,"date":"2024-02-12T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/12\/bayer-leverkusen-hand-liverpool-huge-blow-in-xabi-alonso-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:29:19","slug":"bayer-leverkusen-hand-liverpool-huge-blow-in-xabi-alonso-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/12\/bayer-leverkusen-hand-liverpool-huge-blow-in-xabi-alonso-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer Leverkusen hand Liverpool huge blow in Xabi Alonso pursuit \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bayer Leverkusen director Simon Rolfes has insisted he is \u201csure\u201d Xabi Alonso will remain at the club beyond this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alonso has masterminded an outrageous season at the helm of Leverkusen, whose emphatic 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich at the weekend left them firmly in control in the Bundesliga title race.<\/p>\n<p>His performance has caught the eye of Europe\u2019s elite sides but few have been linked with Alonso as strongly as\u00a0Liverpool, who will bid farewell to Jurgen Klopp in the summer and have been tipped to make a move for their former midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was confident Leverkusen would be able to keep hold of Alonso beyond this season, Rolfes told\u00a0<em>Sport1<\/em>\u00a0he was \u201csure\u201d before listing three reasons for his confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is the contract setup,\u201d Rolfes began, referring to the fact Alonso is under contract until 2026. \u201cThe other thing is how comfortable he feels, his family and himself, and he knows what he has in this club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a very good team, we will have a good perspective next year and there will be no change to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/01hpebz79dg5t6czzetp.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Xabi Alonso\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Alonso is a wanted man \/ Rene Nijhuis\/MB Media\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>90min<\/em>\u00a0understands Alonso\u2019s contract with Leverkusen\u00a0does include a release clause\u00a0which is applicable solely for the Spaniard\u2019s former clubs \u2013 Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Reports elsewhere place the clause at between \u20ac15m-\u20ac18m.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid remain committed to Carlo Ancelotti, who recently signed a new contract, but Alonso is a leading candidate for his other former employers.<\/p>\n<p>While Liverpool definitely need a new manager, Bayern may also be in the market after an underwhelming season which could end without Bundesliga honours for the first time since 2012, with current boss Thomas Tuchel yet to win over fans.<\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen have failed to win just four games in all competitions this season and have not tasted defeat at all since the final day of the 2022\/23 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayer Leverkusen director Simon Rolfes has insisted he is \u201csure\u201d Xabi Alonso will remain at the club beyond this summer. Alonso has masterminded an outrageous season at the helm of Leverkusen, whose emphatic 3-0 victory over Bayern Munich at the weekend left them firmly in control in the Bundesliga title race. His performance has caught [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bayer Leverkusen hand Liverpool huge blow in Xabi Alonso pursuit \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/12\/bayer-leverkusen-hand-liverpool-huge-blow-in-xabi-alonso-pursuit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bayer Leverkusen hand Liverpool huge blow in Xabi Alonso pursuit \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bayer Leverkusen director Simon Rolfes has insisted he is \u201csure\u201d Xabi Alonso will remain at the club beyond this summer. 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