Xabi Alonso … the secret agent: "I chose to go to Bayern to steal Guardiola's secrets"

The reason for choosing a team rather than another is certainly the coach. Having a great coach on the bench helps to attract even better players. This was explained recently by Trevor Sinclair, former Manchester City footballer, talking about Pep Guardiola. If the Citizens have a team full of champions, the merit is of the Catalan, because anyone would like to have the opportunity to be trained by him. And to confirm this theory comes a new colleague of Pep. Xabi Alonso, currently coach of Real Sociedad's Team B, explains to The Athletic what prompted him to choose Bayern Monaco after the spell at Real Madrid.

GUARDIOLA – The desire to steal the secrets that make Guardiola one of the best in the world. One thought … a lot of looking to the future, considering that the Spaniard arrived in Munich in 2014 and hung up his boots in 2017. But evidently the Basque already knew he would do the coach and wanted to get on with the work . And then … away with the secret mission: “I was very curious to discover its secrets. It has an infinite natural enthusiasm. The football season is long, but until the last day Pep never seemed tired. He was always alert, always ready. And this maybe gives his players a few more meters in the legs when it matters most ".

KLOPP – In career, however, Xabi Alonso also met another great of the bench. Both with Real and with Bayern, the Spaniard challenged Klopp's Borussia Dortmund. And also from the German there is something to learn. "I didn't like playing against Borussia, because they played with an intensity that could break you. It was as if Klopp wanted to put you in a cage, if he wanted to trap himself. There was an organized and constant pressure, all the time. The atmosphere of those matches was beautiful, but the challenge of beating Borussia Dortmund was immense. " However, Bayern obtained twice out of four in the season with Klopp still in the Bundesliga. And basically, defeating the German is another thing that every ambitious coach … must learn to do.