Xabi Alonso

Madrid is a big city. It's very dynamic and cosmopolitan.

— Xabi Alonso

I want to win the Champions League with Bayern.

— Xabi Alonso

Everything can change in the Champions League.

— Xabi Alonso

Losing is a part of this sport.

— Xabi Alonso

While I was at Madrid, for me, Cristiano was the best.

— Xabi Alonso

Cristiano's numbers are amazing, indisputable.

— Xabi Alonso

I feel good; my family and I feel comfortable in Munich.

— Xabi Alonso

So many times, football is really unfair.

— Xabi Alonso

I have played at Liverpool, a special club, grown as a player and won titles.

— Xabi Alonso

Anoeta is always a tough place to go: people get right behind their side.

— Xabi Alonso

I had five great years at Liverpool and I would rather just keep that memory as it is.

— Xabi Alonso

I have been lucky enough to be at great clubs, from my hometown club to Liverpool to Real Madrid to Bayern Munich.

— Xabi Alonso

With Senna, I am not incompatible; I am not incompatible with anyone.

— Xabi Alonso

If you go out and play your own way, anything can happen. You might win.

— Xabi Alonso

It's hard to imagine being an ex-player. It's not easy to find a new passion.

— Xabi Alonso

I've said a few times the Bundesliga is closer to the Premier League than the Liga.

— Xabi Alonso

I stay in contact with friends I have in Liverpool. It's not a normal club; it's so special and very important to…

— Xabi Alonso

My idea was to stay in Madrid. Then, when I heard of Munich's interest, I said, 'Xabi, think what you want and…

— Xabi Alonso

I don't want to just play well; I want the players around me to play better, and that's when I feel that…

— Xabi Alonso

The midfielders are important: they have to offer themselves to receive the ball and make good use of it, take choices, try…

— Xabi Alonso

The grass, the sound of the ball, the jokes with my teammates - that's what I will miss most. That is what…

— Xabi Alonso

If I decide somewhere along the way to take my chances as a manager, my link, my commitment, my passion with Liverpool…

— Xabi Alonso

You need to have the same ideas to work as a team, to have a good team spirit. And you don't get…

— Xabi Alonso

I used to enjoy watching Ronald Koeman, even though he didn't play in my position. I loved the way he hit the…

— Xabi Alonso

Bayern is a big club and a big brand, but on a daily basis, it's a family club. You get to know…

— Xabi Alonso

The only thing I regret is not winning the Premier League with Liverpool. I'll never know how that feels and experience the…

— Xabi Alonso

At Liverpool, I used to read the match day programme, and you'd read an interview with a lad from the youth team.…

— Xabi Alonso

I've still got Paul Scholes' shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one…

— Xabi Alonso

In England, those qualities of playing it simple, being in the right position, reading the game, knowing the right moment to make…

— Xabi Alonso

Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football…

— Xabi Alonso

That's one thing that I've always wanted: to make my own decisions and not to be pushed. That has happened in my…

— Xabi Alonso

If you win the midfield, you probably win the game. But that doesn't mean the players in the midfield are the ones…

— Xabi Alonso

Writing is not easy, but having an opinion is!

— Xabi Alonso

I hardly ever get in the box.

— Xabi Alonso

Kroos is an excellent player.

— Xabi Alonso

Football is a lot to do with mental state.

— Xabi Alonso

I am still as slow as I was when I was 20.

— Xabi Alonso

If I have to yell at Cristiano Ronaldo, I yell.

— Xabi Alonso

I've been lucky, but I have earned that luck.

— Xabi Alonso

At the end, when you play, you want to win.

— Xabi Alonso