"We don't advise anyone. At the time we would have liked him to have stayed here, but we know that he is a coach with enormous talent who, yes, has a different context in Madrid."
"If the president [Florentino Perez] says that a coach is a necessary evil, if the coach is left alone and he is always the one who receives the criticism, then the situation is very different from the one he lived in Leverkusen, where we all row in the same direction and do not leave the coach alone politically."
"During the international break, I spent a weekend in Madrid and the [Madrid] coaching staff and families were at our house twice. We have a very good relationship; after all, during those three years we were like a family. We feel a lot of appreciation for each other and we maintain very close contact."
Xabi Alonso is under intense pressure at Real Madrid following a run of poor results and a public falling-out with Vinicius Jr. Real Madrid have won just three of their last nine matches in all competitions and sit four points behind Barcelona. Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro criticised Real Madrid's treatment of Alonso and said Leverkusen would have supported him differently, offering united political backing. Carro recalled close personal ties from Alonso's Leverkusen years and said the club's door remains open to Alonso and former player Florian Wirtz, noting Wirtz's limited impact at Liverpool.
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