Real Madrid is a big club, and like at any other big club, too, there are always critics after defeats. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
If you have control of the midfield, you have control of the game, and you have more chances to win. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I wanted to end my career still at the highest level, and Bayern is the highest level. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
The Bundesliga is much quicker; it's more physical than the Liga, which is more technical. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
We will have to go to win. There's no other option. We have one more match. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I had five great years at Liverpool and I would rather just keep that memory as it is. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
When I was a Real Sociedad player, we lost on every occasion we visited Camp Nou. Maybe that is normal for a… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Passion? Of course it's necessary, but it's more important to have footballing foundations, certainly, when developing players. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Cristiano has unique qualities, brings danger in one-on-one situations, and has the ability to score and find something different. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I don't think I will stop learning about football. There are certain parts we will never understand, like what happens in the… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I feel very comfortable with the system used by Mourinho. It's a very dynamic 4-2-3-1 that can easily change to 4-3-3 or… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
It is difficult to copy Real Madrid, as not every team has those players who can run with such explosion, like Ronaldo. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I have improved with time by playing for elite teams in elite leagues and the Champions League and with the Spanish national… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I have been lucky enough to be at great clubs, from my hometown club to Liverpool to Real Madrid to Bayern Munich. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
If you go out and play your own way, anything can happen. You might win. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I have played at Liverpool, a special club, grown as a player and won titles. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Managing Liverpool? Yes, for sure, I have dreamt of that, but first I have to prove myself and prepare. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
You have to know your role and accept it, because that's what is best for the team. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
I have learned from all of my coaches, and I am sure I will learn a lot with Guardiola. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
To be fighting at European level, you need players who know how to play in the big games. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
How many times have you seen me run into the box with the ball, dribbling past players? It's uncommon because it's not my game;… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
If I decide somewhere along the way to take my chances as a manager, my link, my commitment, my passion with Liverpool is there. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
That is probably the biggest issue about the English game. You need to be a great player and great at striking the ball, of… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
I have played at Liverpool, a special club, grown as a player and won titles. — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
Leaving Liverpool was the toughest decision I had to make in football because I was in an exemplary club, a proper football club, with… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share
