{"id":15238,"date":"2025-04-22T08:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=590060"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T03:01:07","slug":"leverkusens-ceo-carro-reveals-about-the-gentlemans-agreement-with-xabi-alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/leverkusens-ceo-carro-reveals-about-the-gentlemans-agreement-with-xabi-alonso\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverkusen\u2019s CEO Carro reveals about the gentleman\u2019s agreement with Xabi Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the season is about to end, there are rumours that Real Madrid are planning a managerial change ahead of the start of new season. Among some top candidates, Xabi Alonso tops the list. Although he have a contract with Bayer Leverkusen, the club won\u2019t stand in between his decision due to a gentleman\u2019s agreement. The CEO of Leverkusen, Carro revealed about this gentleman\u2019s agreement signed with Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2024-25 season nears its end, Real Madrid are reportedly considering a managerial shake-up ahead of the new campaign. Among the potential successors, former midfielder Xabi Alonso has emerged as the frontrunner to take charge at the Santiago Bernab\u00e9u.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso, currently managing Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen, has impressed the footballing world with his tactical brilliance and calm leadership. Despite being under contract with Leverkusen, a potential move to Madrid appears increasingly feasible due to a unique clause in his agreement with the German club.<\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro recently confirmed the existence of a gentleman\u2019s agreement with Alonso. According to this informal pact, the club would not block his departure if a former team of his comes calling. Given Alonso\u2019s history as a key midfielder for Los Blancos, this opens the door wide for a sensational return.<\/p>\n<p>While nothing has been finalized yet, the combination of Real Madrid\u2019s interest and the mutual respect between Alonso and Leverkusen suggests that this deal could materialize smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the season is about to end, there are rumours that Real Madrid are planning a managerial change ahead of the start of new season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[423,344,2026,3796,3919,266,3608],"class_list":["post-15238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-bundesliga","tag-carlo-ancelotti","tag-football","tag-la-liga","tag-real-madrid","tag-xabi-alonso"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}