Xabi Alonso will remain Bayer Leverkusen coach next season, the Bundesliga leaders said. "This is the right place for me to be. I will stay at Leverkusen," Alonso said in a news conference on Friday. The coach has a contract with the club until June 2026, but his excellent work caught the eyes of other top European teams, such as Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Real Madrid, and he has been repeatedly linked with a move to another team. Under Alonso, Leverkusen top the Bundesliga 10 points ahead of
Xabi Alono will remain Bayer Leverkusen coach after the end of the current season, the Bild newspaper reported. According to Bild, the news will be confirmed during a news conference on Friday. Broadcasters Sky and Sport1 have also reported that Alonso is not leaving the club. Alonso has a contract with the Bundesliga leaders until June 2026, but his excellent work caught the eyes of other top European teams, such as Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Real Madrid, and he has been repeatedly linked wit
Freiburg coach Christian Streich has said he made the right decision to quit after more than 12 years in charge at the end of the season but has no idea at the moment what he will do then. Streich announced early last week via the Freiburg website that he was leaving after almost three decades in all at the Bundesliga club. He said at his first news conference since then on Thursday that "it is almost perfect the way it is" and that he was grateful to be among "very few coaches" who could decide
German international Florian Wirtz will not make his future at Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen dependent on that of coach Xabi Alonso. "I am not tying my path to his," Wirtz told Saturday's edition of Der Spiegel news magazine. "It's extremely important to me that I have such a good relationship with him. But of course we'll decide on our future independently of each other." Wirtz, 20, has a Leverkusen contract until 2027 and Alanso until 2026. Leverkusen are unbeaten all season in 38 matche
Michael Gregoritsch starred as Freiburg boosted their hopes of again qualifying for Europe with a 2-1 Bundesliga win at fourth-bottom Bochum on Sunday. Later, unbeaten leaders Bayer Leverkusen can re-establish their 10-point advantage over Bayern Munich with nine games to go with a win at home to Wolfsburg. Eintracht Frankfurt also take on Hoffenheim. Freiburg coach Christian Streich brought Gregoritsch into the starting line-up following his winning goal off the bench in Thursday's Europa Leagu