How Xabi Alonso Turned Bayer Leverkusen To Almost Neverlusen
How Xabi Alonso Turned Bayer Leverkusen To Almost Neverlusen

A lot of things have happened in football recently that are hard to believe - we still think that Wayne Bridge KSI thing was some sort of elaborate AI rendering - but last season’s Bundesliga might well be the best.

Before 2024, Bayer Leverkusen were infamous for never having won the league.

It was an enormous part of the club’s identity, then Xabi Alonso just went and won it for them, unbeaten.

This, told through the words of those who witnessed it first-hand, is the incredible story of how it happened.

This video was adapted from an article that originally appeared in FourFourTwo magazine