Fernando Car, CEO Del Bayer Leverkusen, He is in Madrid, at the Laureus Awards gala and in it, he spoke of the future of Xabi Alonso. The Basque seems to be Real Madrid's number one candidate to replace Carlo Ancelotti on the bench of the Bernabéu. The Leverkusen knows it and is pressing Xabi Alonso to make the decision to continue or leave.
“The decision has to be in the next three or four weeks, we cannot wait at the end of the season. Before the end of the season we will know,” said Fernando Carro that, on the other hand, revealed the pact that exists between the German club and Xabi Alonso.
“We have a gentlemen agreement for which if a team comes in in which he has played, we would sit down to talk and we would not put an impediment. He has played in Bayern, in Liverpool, in Real Madrid and in Real Sociedad. Maybe the Royal Society is coming …”Fernando Car andn joke tone.
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The manager denied that there is an agreement between Real Madud and Xabi Alonso for next season . “I am calm because ours with Xabi Alonso is very good. We are aware that in football there can be situations that there are changes in a club that affect others. The reality is that we are preparing next season. We have worked every day and he is involved in the preparation of next year.”
“If there were an interest from another club and he were interested in leaving, we have a relationship that should be talked about. Our wish would be to follow,” said Leverkusen, to add that “I would like Madrid to win all the competitions in which it participates because then there would be no discussions. They have been eliminated from the Champions but they can win the League and the Cup. We can speculate a lot, but right now there is nothing, “he added, making it clear that they know perfectly the interest of Real Madrid in Xabi Alonso.
“We know them. We have a very good relationship with Real Madrid. I have only seen Florentino Pérez once but I have an excellent relationship with José Ángel Sánchez (general director). We have had some player given in Leverkusen, we have talked about many players in the past. There is a fluid relationship and between two clubs that are respected,” he said about his relationship with the Real Madrid.
Fernando Carro also talked about the future of Wirtz and Tah. The second, related to Barcelona, He has already announced that he will not renew and leave free in summer. “I ask him every day in the locker room and ask him if he has signed somewhere. He has promised me that before signing I would not tell. We would be the first to know, “he said.
About Wirtz, he was confident to have him in 2025-26. “He has a contract with us until 2027. I believe that next year he will play with us unless an offer that we cannot reject and that he wants to go.”
