That is probably the biggest issue about the English game. You need to be a great player and great at striking the ball, of course, but it's also about your head and being able to understand the game, especially for… — Xabi Alonso Copy Share Image
Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you are going to play, how to read the match. You have to truly understand the game. — 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
