Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is one of the frontrunners to replace Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen after the Spaniard signalled his intention to leave the club at the end of the

Xabi Alonso will step down as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, the German club have announced. Alonso has been heavily linked with the Real Madrid head coach position after a remarkable two and a half years at Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen have confirmed manager Xabi Alonso will leave the club at the end of the season. Alonso was a relatively unknown managerial commodity when he agreed to join Leverkusen in 2022, having only taken the helm of Real Sociedad's B team prior to his move to Germany,