{"id":16262,"date":"2025-10-15T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=647878"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:15:29","slug":"arda-gulers-show-his-admiration-for-xabi-alonso-ill-buy-gloves-if-he-asks-me-to-play-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/arda-gulers-show-his-admiration-for-xabi-alonso-ill-buy-gloves-if-he-asks-me-to-play-goalkeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Arda G\u00fcler\u2019s show his admiration for Xabi Alonso; \u201cI\u2019ll buy gloves If he asks me to play goalkeeper\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid midfielder Arda G\u00fcler has expressed his deep admiration and trust for Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso, describing him as a coach he would do anything for, even if it meant taking on an unfamiliar role between the posts.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with L\u2019\u00c9quipe, the young Turkish star said, \u201cI have full confidence in everything Xabi asks me. If one day he asks me to play as a goalkeeper, I\u2019ll go and immediately buy gloves!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement has quickly gone viral among fans, highlighting the strong respect G\u00fcler holds for Alonso\u2019s footballing philosophy and leadership. Though Alonso currently manages Bayer Leverkusen, his influence continues to extend far beyond the Bundesliga, particularly among players who admire his tactical intelligence and calm demeanor.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00fcler\u2019s comments reflect his humility and dedication, traits that have earned him praise at Real Madrid despite a challenging start due to injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid midfielder Arda G\u00fcler has expressed his deep admiration and trust for Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso, describing him\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3694,3686,1823,3796,2109,266,3860,3608],"class_list":["post-16262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arda-guler","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-madrid","tag-real-madrid","tag-turkiye","tag-xabi-alonso"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262","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=16262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}