Real Madrid ‘welcomed’ Xabi Alonso’s decision to snub Liverpool and Bayern Munich to remain at Bayer Leverkusen – with Los Blancos president Florentino Perez ‘setting date for him to replace Carlo Ancelotti’
This campaign, they are 13 points clear of Bayern at the top of the Bundesliga, unbeaten all season, and into the last eight of the Europa League for a second year running.