Xabi Alonso

[AnfieldEd]

good player but also overrated.

hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

 

[Dan1983]

Overrated? 😂

 

[Blaugrana Bull]

Great player but never liked the dude.

 

[Yannik]

Apparently becoming the new manager of Borussia Moenchengladbach lol.

 

[BarcaOG]

kinda random, no? i wonder how good his german is..

 

[Andresito]

kinda random, no? i wonder how good his german is..

Should be fluent after 3 years at Bayern. Has time to refresh it now too.

 

[BarcaOG]

Should be fluent after 3 years at Bayern. Has time to refresh it now too.

idk man, bale was at real for like 6 years and his spanish is garbage. the same was true of ozil.

granted, xabi is definitely a more serious professional so you might be right.

 

[Andresito]

idk man, bale was at real for like 6 years and his spanish is garbage. the same was true of ozil.

granted, xabi is definitely a more serious professional so you might be right.

Yeah definitely, Xabi is a different breed compared to Bale and Ozil, I'd never imagine them becoming coaches.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Apparently becoming the new manager of Borussia Moenchengladbach lol.

Why the "lol" ?

 

[BarcaOG]

Why the "lol" ?

because its random AF, lol. he has links with sociedad, real, and bayern. nobody would be surprised if he began couching youth teams there with an eye to senior coaching in the future


but gladbach? weird

Yeah definitely, Xabi is a different breed compared to Bale and Ozil, I'd never imagine them becoming coaches.

Yeah you right. Impressive stuff!!

 

[El Gato]

Don't think it's too random. Usually you don't want to start at a big side and Gladbach seat has just freed up. Free to experiment with good talent, a lot of room to grow, can push for top4. Why not?

 

[khaled_a_d]

because its random AF, lol. he has links with sociedad, real, and bayern. nobody would be surprised if he began couching youth teams there with an eye to senior coaching in the future


but gladbach? weird

He started coaching youth sides in RM & Sociedad already. After 3 years and at the age of 39 he should be ready for another job and non of those are free.
OTOH, Alonso was world class smart midfielder who played under some of the best managers who had different ideas.
He was coached by Denoueix, Benitez,Pelegrini, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Pep, Aragones, Del Bosque
Normal that another club will take a look at him tbh

 

[BarcaOG]

you make good points, but what's the difference between gladbach and sociedad? there's a big difference between those two and going lampard straight into real or liverpool.

it makes complete sense that hed want to start at a low profile club, of course. its just that gladbach is a random choice. but i guess that among mid table low profile clubs the choice would always be arbitrary

Don't think it's too random. Usually you don't want to start at a big side and Gladbach seat has just freed up. Free to experiment with good talent, a lot of room to grow, can push for top4. Why not?

wolfe!111!

 

[Andresito]

you make good points, but what's the difference between gladbach and sociedad? there's a big difference between those two and going lampard straight into real or liverpool.

it makes complete sense that hed want to start at a low profile club, of course. its just that gladbach is a random choice. but i guess that among mid table low profile clubs the choice would always be arbitrary

Maybe he was being groomed to taking over after Alguacil, but considering Alguacil has done pretty well they've had no reason to appoint Xabi.

This was probably an offer out of thin air. Xabi has been coaching Sociedad B for 2 years now and has done well. I think he's mature ebough for the next step that is Gladbach. Simply a too good of an offer to say no to.

 

[El Gato]

wolfe!111!

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