Xabi Alonso ready to leave Bayer Leverkusen this summer if Madrid make a move | OneFootball

Bayer Leverkusen chief executive officer Fernando Carro has confirmed that the club will not stand in Xabi Alonso’s way if he decides to leave the club amid Real Madrid links.

Alonso’s future has been a major talking point since his exploits with Die Werkself last season.

He was strongly linked with a move to Madrid but remained with the champions for at least one more season. Madrid have since been monitoring the highly rated Spanish tactician.

With Carlo Ancelotti’s future now up in the air, Alonso is once again under the spotlight and Leverkusen know it’s only a matter of time before he leaves the club.

“We have a gentleman’s agreement with Xabi Alonso for his exit,” Carro said (via journalist Fabrizio Romano).

“If a team in which Xabi Alonso has played comes, we would sit down to talk and we would not prevent him.”

Alonso’s contract with the champions runs until 2026, but the club wants him to make a decision in the next few weeks so they can plan for a potential successor.

“If Xabi Alonso does end up going somewhere else, then we have to make that clear to him in the next few weeks, and we will discuss it with him in the next few weeks,” Carro told Sky.

“We will not wait until the end of the season. This is a decision that cannot be dragged out much longer but must be decided relatively quickly.”

Alonso led Leverkusen to an unbeaten Bundesliga title win and the DFB-Pokal last season. He also took them to the Europa League final, but they were defeated by Atalanta.

Leverkusen are on course to relinquish the Bundesliga crown to Bayern Munich, but Madrid believe Alonso is the ideal candidate to succeed Ancelotti.

After their humiliating Champions League quarter-final exit, Ancelotti will not finish the season at Madrid.

The Italian is already in talks with Brazil to replace Dorival Junior.